Section Chief: Robert A. Star, M.D.
Lab Members
Our Staff
Section Chief
Xuzhen (Susan) Hu
Biologist
Senior Associate Scientist
Our Fellows
Naoki Hayase, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow
Daiki Goto, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow
Andrea Sanchez Navarro, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow
Nicole Rainford, B.S.
Distinguished Postbaccalaureate Scholar
Ashley Bolds, B.S.
Distinguished Postbaccalaureate Scholar
Our Alumni: Postdoctoral Fellows
Myung-Gyu Kim, M.D., Ph.D. (2015-2017)
Professor, Internal Medicine
Korea University Medical College, Seoul, South Korea
Asada Leelahavanichkul, M.D., Ph.D. (2005-2010)
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Kent Doi, M.D., Ph.D. (2005-2008)
Professor and Chairman, Emergency and Critical Care Medicine
University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Hua Zhou, M.D., Ph.D. (2004-2010)
Professor and Chief, Nephrology
China Medical University Shengjing Hospital, Shenyang, China
Hideo Yasuda, M.D., Ph.D. (2003-2006)
Senior Assistant Professor, Nephrology
Hamamatsu University, Hamamatsu, Japan
James Dear, M.D. Ph.D. (2003-2005)
Professor and Chair, Clinical Pharmacology; Dean, Clinical Sciences
Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland
Sang-Kyung Jo, M.D., Ph.D. (2001-2003)
Professor, Internal Medicine
Korea University Medical College, Seoul, South Korea
Our Alumni: Predoctoral Students
Lara Zafrani, M.D., Ph.D. (2010)
Professor, Medecine intensive-reanimation
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris, Paris, France
Our Alumni: Postbaccalaureate Fellows
Rohit Chari, B.S. (2022-2023)
Medical student, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore MD
Justin Olivera (2020-2021)
Medical student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the Bronx NY
Megan Balwas (2020-2021)
Veterinary student, North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh NC
Erik Koritzinsky, B.S. (2017-2018)
MSTP student, Case Western Medical School, Cleveland OH
Anita Cheruvanky, M.D. (2005-2006)
Infectious Diseases, Kaiser, Moreno Valley CA
Mikaela Holly, M.D. (2003-2005)
Family Medicine, Kaiser, Vacaville CA
Our Alumni: Summer Interns
Amber Sadiq (2024)
Undergraduate student, University of Maryland, College Park MD
Nicole Rainford, B.S. (2023)
NIDDK Distinguished Postbaccalaureate Scholar, NIH, Bethesda MD
Ryan Braun, B.S. (2023)
Medical student, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington DC
Rohit Chari, B.S. (2017-2022)
Medical student, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore MD
Tiffany Bellomo, M.D. (2016)
Vascular surgery resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA
Deona Glispie, M.D. (2015)
Ophthalmologist, Carol Stream IL
Erik Koritzinsky, B.S. (2013-2016)
MSTP student, Case Western Medical School, Cleveland OH
Noah Earland, M.D., Ph.D. (2012)
MSTP student, Washington University, St Louis MO
Shokhi Goel, M.D., M.B.A. (2012)
Urology resident, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York NY
Tina Kim, M.S. (2012)
Senior Manager, Quality Sciences, Senseonics, Incorporated, Germantown MD
Kazuomori Lewis, Ph.D. (2011)
Senior Consultant, ClearView Healthcare Partners, New York NY
Amal Al Sufyani, PhD (2011)
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
Ryan Cleary, M.D. (2007)
Urologist, Bel Air MD
Benjamin Scruggs, Ph.D. (2004-2005)
CEO, Altis Biosystems (Venture Capital)
Last Reviewed October 2024