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PRIMARY APPOINTMENTS

Dr. Robert Blanks
Professor
Medical Education Director
Coordinator, Gross Anatomy and Embryology
rblarks2@med.miami.edu

Dr. Mary Bartlett Bunge
Professor
Research: Novel strategies (including cell transplantation) to promote axonal regeneration in the adult central nervous system
mbunge@miami.edu

Dr. Kermit L. Carraway
Professor
Research: Regulation of cell surface organization
kcarrawa@med.miami.edu

Dr. Ronald Clark
Associate Professor
Coordinator: Neuroanatomy
rclark2@med.miami.edu

Dr. Gregory Conner
Associate Professor
Research: Intercellular sorting of Proteins to lysosome, structure and function of cathepsin D
gconner@miami.edu

Dr. Nevis Fregien
Associate Professor
Research: Growth factors, development, cancer
nevis@miami.edu

 

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Dr. David Helfman
Professor
Research: Cancer, signal transduction, cytoskeleton.
dhelfman@med.miami.edu

Dr. Robert Hinkley
Professor/Associate Dean for Admissions
reh@miami.edu

Dr. Mary Lou King
Professor
Research: Genetic pathways for dorsal patterning, mesoderm induction and germ cell specification in the frog embryo; mRNA localization in the egg
mking@med.miami.edu

 
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Dr. Theodore Lampidis
Professor
Research: Cellular Pharmocology, Cardiotoxicity, Anticancer drugs
tlampidi@med.miami.edu

Dr. Wieslawa Lomako
Research Assistant Professor
wlomako@med.miami.edu

Dr. Joseph Lomako
Research Associate Professor
jlomako@med.miami.edu

Dr. Susana Rossi
Research Assistant Professor
Research: Acetylcholinesterase expression
s.rossi@miami.edu

Dr. Richard Rotundo
Professor
Research: Membrane protein biogensis and localization; signal transduction; gene expression and regulation; nerves and muscle
rrotundo@miami.edu

 

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Dr. Pedro Salas
Associate Professor
Research: Polarization in epithelial cells; Role of the cytoskeleton and exocytis transport of membrane proteins
psalas@med.miami.edu

Dr. Robert Warren
Associate Professor
Interim Chairman
rwarren@med.miami.edu

 
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SECONDARY APPOINTMENTS

Dr. Livia Bajenaru
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
lbajenaru@med.miami.edu

Dr. Coralie A. Carothers Carraway
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: Membrane-cytoskeleton interactions and transmembrane signaling in malignancy and normal epithelial cell function
ccarrawa@med.miami.edu

Dr. W. Dalton Dietrich
Kinetic Concepts Distinguished Chair in Neurosurgery
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Neurology,
and Cell Biology and Anatomy
Research: Neuroprotection and Improved Recovery of Function following CNS Trauma
ddietrich@miami.edu

Dr. Sharon Elliot
Research Associate Professor
Vascular Biology Institute
selliot@med.miami.edu

 
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Dr. Jeffrey L. Goldberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
jgoldberg@med.miami.edu

Dr. Roland Jurecic
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: Molecular mechanisms of stem cell self-renewal, lineage commitment, and differentiation; mouse models of stem cell maintenance; the role of cytokine receptor maintenance in stem cell and progenitor cell differentiation and transformation; hematological malignancies.
rjurecic@med.miami.edu

Dr. Leonidas G. Koniaris
Associate Professor
Surgical Oncology
lkoniaris@med.miami.edu

 
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Dr. Richard K. Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
rlee@med.miami.edu

Dr. Jie Li
Associate Professor Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery and Cell Biology and Anatomy
Research: Role of laminins in angiogenesis, wound healing and tumor invasion
jli@med.miami.edu

Dr. Wei Li
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
wli@med.miami.edu

Dr. Vinata B. Lokeshwar
Associate Professor Urology and Cell Biology and Anatomy
Research: translational research, extracellular matrix-degrading enzymes in tumor metastasis and angiogenesis, hyaluronic acid (HA), non-invasive bladder cancer detection test (HA-HAase test), prostate cancer, interstitial cystitis
v.lokeshwar@miami.edu

Dr. Clara Milikowski
Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Cell Biology and Anatomy
Director of the Miami site of the NCI-funded Cooperative Breast Cancer Tissue Resource (CBCTR)
cmilikowski@med.miami.edu

Dr. Carlos T. Moraes
Professor of Neurology and Cell Biology and Anatomy
Research: Human Genetics; Molecular pathogenesis of disease-related mitochondrial DNA mutations
cmoraes@med.miami.edu

 
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Dr. Sean P. Scully
Professor of Orthopaedics
Research: Orthopaedic Oncology
sscully@med.miami.edu

Dr. Valery I. Shestopalov
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Research: Cataracts; lens development; bioinformatics of glaucoma
vshestopalov@med.miami.edu

Dr. Pantelis Tsoulfas
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery and Cell Biology and Anatomy
Research: Specificity of Neurotrophins Action, Neural Embryonic Stem Cells
ptsoulfa@med.miami.edu

Dr. Fulvia Verde
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology and Cell Biology & Anatomy
Research: Control of cell morphogenesis in fission yeast
fverde@miami.edu

Teresa A. Zimmers, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Research Interests: growth control, growth factors and cytokines, liver regeneration, liver transplantation, small bowel growth and repair, role of growth factors in organ repair and transplantation, regulation of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue mass, cachexia.
t.zimmerskoniaris@miami.edu

 
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