Research Faculty by Division
Administration

Roy Silverstein, MD
Chair and Linda and John Mellowes Professor of Medicine; Associate Director, Clinomics, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine

Melinda Stolley, PhD
Professor; Associate Director Prevention & Control, Cancer Center
Cardiology

Ivor J. Benjamin, MD, FAHA, FACC
Center Director, Professor

Andreas Beyer, PhD
Associate Professor

David D. Gutterman, MD
Adjunct Professor

Nicole Lohr, MD, PhD, FACC
Associate Professor, Medical Director Cardiovascular Clinical Trials

Michael E. Widlansky, MD, MPH
Northwestern Mutual Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine and Pharmacology; Associate Director, Cardiovascular Center

David X. Zhang, PhD
Associate Professor
Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine

Zeljko Bosnjak, PhD
Professor, Medicine (Endocrinology); Secondary Faculty in Physiology

Gilbert G. Fareau, MD
Associate Professor; Director of Endocrine Neoplasia; Clinical Medical Director

Srividya Kidambi, MD, MS
Chief, Associate Professor

Paul Knudson, MD
Associate Professor

Hershel Raff, PhD, FAAAS, FAPS
Professor, Medicine, Physiology and Surgery; Director, Endocrine Research Laboratory

Daisy Sahoo, PhD
Vice Chair for Research, Division of Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine; Professor, Medicine (Endocrinology); Secondary Faculty in Biochemistry and Pharmacology and Toxicology

Mary G. Sorci-Thomas, PhD
Professor, Medicine (Endocrinology); Associate Director, Cardiovascular Center; Program Director, CVC T32 Training Program

Denise Teves Qualler, MD
Associate Professor
Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Banani Banerjee, PhD
Associate Professor

Ivan M. Lang, PhD, DVM
Professor

Bidyut K. Medda, PhD
Associate Professor

Patrick Sanvanson, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Jyoti Sengupta, PhD
Professor

Reza Shaker, MD
Assoc Provost, Sr Assoc Dean, Ctr Dir, Chief, Prof
General Internal Medicine

Kathlyn E. Fletcher, MD
Professor

MaryAnn C. Gilligan, MD, MPH
Professor

Cynthia Kay, MD, MS
Associate Professor

Jessica Kuester, MD
Assistant Professor

Ann B. Nattinger, MD, MPH
Associate Provost for Research; Senior Associate Dean for Research, School of Medicine; Professor of Medicine, Lady Riders Professor of Breast Cancer Research

Joan Neuner, MD, MPH
Professor

Liliana E. Pezzin, PhD, JD
Professor, Institute for Health & Equity; Executive Director, Collaborative for Healthcare Delivery Science

Amalia J. Lyons, MD
Assistant Professor

Jeffrey Whittle, MD, MPH
Professor
Geriatrics and Gerontology

Kathryn M. Denson, MD
Chief, Professor

Steven Denson, MD
Associate Professor

Edmund H. Duthie, MD
Professor
Hematology and Oncology

Ehab L. Atallah, MD
Professor

Kathryn A. Bylow, MD
Associate Professor

Karen-Sue B. Carlson, MD, PhD
Associate Professor

John A. Charlson, MD
Associate Professor

Xiao Chen, MD, PhD
Associate Professor

William R. Drobyski, MD
Professor

Anita D'Souza, MD
Associate Professor

Mary Eapen, MRCPI, MS, MBBS
Professor

Timothy Fenske, MD, MS
Professor

Ben George, MD
William F. Stapp Endowed Chair; Associate Professor of Medicine; Director, Phase 1 Clinical Trials Program; Associate Director for Cancer Genomics and Precision Medicine; Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine Center

Jonathan B. Gully, MD
Associate Professor

Mehdi H. Hamadani, MD
Professor

Mary M. Horowitz, MD, MS
Professor and Deputy Cancer Center Director; Robert A. Uihlein, Jr. Chair in Hematologic Research; Associate Director of Genomics; Scientific Director Emeritus, CIBMTR

Sailaja Kamaraju, MD
Associate Professor

Deepak Kilari, MD
Associate Professor

Subramaniam Malarkannan, PhD
Professor and Gardetto Chair for Immunology and Immunotherapy; Professor, Medicine (Hematology and Oncology) and Microbiology & Immunology; Senior Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute

Sean M. Marks, MD
Associate Professor

Smitha Menon, MD
Associate Professor

Laura Michaelis, MD
Interim Chief, Associate Professor

Marcelo C. Pasquini, MD
Professor

Wendy L. Peltier, MD
Associate Professor

Katherine A. Recka, MD
Associate Professor

Wael Saber, MD, MS
Professor

Elizabeth Thiel, MS, MD
Associate Professor

James P. Thomas, MD, PhD
Professor

Li-Shu Wang, PhD
Associate Professor

Krista Wiger, MD
Assistant Professor

Stuart J. Wong, MD
Center Director, Professor
Infectious Diseases

Jenifer Coburn, PhD
Center for Infectious Disease Research



Nephrology

Ashraf El-Meanawy, MD, MS, PhD, FASN
Professor

Kevin R. Regner, MD, MS, FASN
Chief, Professor

Andrey Sorokin, PhD
Professor, Medicine (Nephrology) and Microbiology & Immunology

Jeffrey A. Wesson, MD, PhD
Professor
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

Julie A. Biller, MD
Chief, Professor

Anne Clough, PhD
Professor, Co-Director

Rahul Sudhir Nanchal, MD
Professor
Rheumatology

Mary Ellen Csuka, MD, FACP
Professor
