University of Illinois at Chicago - College of Medicine

Terry Chiganos
BS, Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2001
PhD: Department of Bioengineering
Advisor: Patrick Rouche, PhD
Thesis: Comparative Electrophysiological Response Dynamics During Stoke
Residency: University of Illinois College of Medicine, Emergency Medicine

Irene Klein
BS, Biology, Brown University, 1999
PhD: Department of Pharmacology;
Advisor: Asrar Malik, PhD
Thesis: Regulation of Caveolae Mediated Endocytosis and Endothelial Cell Permeability by Intersectin-2L
Residency: Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Jacksonville, FL, Internal Medicine

Evan Osmundson
BS, Microbiology, California State Polytechnic University, 2000
PhD: Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics;
Advisor: Hiroaki Kiyokawa, MD, PhD
Thesis: Essential Roles of the HECT E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Smurf2 in Mitotic Progressions and Fidelity
Pre-Residency: Post doctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Ralph Weichselbaum, Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago 

Mark Pilkinton
BS, Microbiology, University of Memphis, 2000
PhD: Department of Pharmacology;
Advisor: Oscar Colamonici, MD
Thesis: Mip/LIN-9 links negative and positive transcriptional regulators critical for cell cycle progression
Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Internal Medicine

Ronald (Jake) Jackups (2008)

Residency: Clinical Pathology, Washington University at St. Louis-Barnes Jewish Hospital

PhD: Dept. of Bioengineering; Advisor: Jie Liang, PhD

Thesis: Prediction of Transmembrane of Beta-Barrel Protein Structures

Anil Maliyekkel (2008)

Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Case Western Reserve University

PhD: Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics; Advisor: Igor Roninson, PhD

Thesis: Transdominant Inhibitors in Functional Genomics

Masakatsu Nanamori (2008)

Residency: Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic

PhD: Dept. of Pharmacology; Advisor: Richard Ye, MD, PhD

Thesis: Pharmacological Characterization of Formyl Peptide Receptors

William (Brad) Ruzicka (2008)

Residency: Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

PhD: Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics; Advisor: Alessandro Guidotti, MD

Thesis: Epigenetic Alteration of GABAergic Neurons of the Prefrontal Cortex in the Pathogensis of Schizophrenia

David Ramsey (2008)

Residency: Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University

PhD: Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics; Advisor: Hoahua Qian, PhD

Thesis: Modulation of the GABA Signaling Pathway in the Diabetic Retina

George Scaria (2008)

Residency: Internal Medicine-Medical Science, Case Western Reserve University

PhD: Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics; Advisor: Alisa Katzen, PhD

Thesis: The Role of myb in Drosophila Embryogenesis

Michael Broman (2007)

Residency: Internal Medicine-Medical Science, University of Chicago

PhD: Department of Pharmacology; Advisor: Asrar Malik, PhD

Thesis: "The Role of CDC42 in the maintenance and Recovery of Endothelial Adherens Junctions"

David Moons (2007)

Residency: Pathology, University of Michigan

PhD: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics; Advisor: Hiroaki Klyokaws, MD, PhD

Thesis: Roles of Cell Cyle Regulation in Female Reproduction: Analysis of the Cdk4-Null Mouse

Michelle Muza-Moons (2007)

Residency: Internal Medicine-Medical Science, University of Michigan

PhD: Department of  Microbiology & Immunology; Advisor: Gall Hecht, MD

Thesis: Mechanism of Intestinal Epithelial Tight Junction Disruption by Enteropathogenic E.Coli

John (Jack) Collins (2006)

Residency: Radiology, University of Chicago

PhD: Anatomy & Cell Biology; Advisor: Yasuko Nakajima, MD, PhD

Thesis: "Signal Transduction of G Protein-coupeld Inward Rectifier Potassium Channel by Substance P"

Sapan Desai (2006)

Residency: General Surgery, Duke University

PhD: Anatomy & Cell Biology ;Advisor: Anna Lysakowski, PhD

Thesis: "Quantitative Morphology of Rodent Vestibular Organs and Efferent Innervation Patterns in Chinchilla"

Quan (Donny) Hoang (2006)

Residency: Ophthalmology, University of Illinois at Chicago

PhD: Anatomy & Cell Biology; Advisor; Yaskuko Nakajima, MD, PhD

Thesis: "Ionic and Transduction Mechanisms of Sleep and Arousal Orexin Effects on Inward Rectifier K+ Channels"

David Jho (2006)

Residency: Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

PhD: Pharmacology; Advisor: Asrar Malik, PhD

Thesis: "Regulation of endothelial permeability by anglopoletin-1 and vascular endothellal growth factor"

Phoebe Lin (2006)

Residency: Ophthalmology, University of California-San Francisco

PhD: Pharmacology; Advisor: Richard Ye, MD/PhD

Thesis: "Signaling Mechanisms and Neutrophil Modulation through the Lysohosphatidylcholine Receptor, G2A"

Brenton Mar (2006)

Residency: Pediatrics, Columbia University

PhD: Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics; Advisor: Carol Westbrook, MD/PhD

Thesis: "Investigations of 5qNCA (JMJD18) as a Tumor Suppressor Gene in Myeloid Malignancies"

Residency: Internal Medicine-Medical Science, University of Chicago

PhD: Department of Bioengineering; Advisor: Carol Westbrook, MD, PhD

Thesis: "Genomic Approaches to Novel Target identification for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer"

Residency: Ophthalmology, University of Illinois at Chicago

PhD: Department of Biological Sciences; Advisor: Paul Malchow, PhD

Thesis: "Isolation, Localization, and Characterization of GABA Transporters from the Retina of the Skate"

Residency: Instructor in Orthopedic Surgery, Human Motion Laboratory, Rush University, Chicago

PhD: Department of Bioengineering; Advisor: Debra Hurwitz, PhD

Thesis: "Hip Joint Loading in Subjects with Total Hip Replacements"

Residency: Pediatrics, Boston Combined Residency Program

PhD: Department of Molecular Genetics; Advisor: Lester Lau, PhD

Thesis: "CCN3-induced Activities in Cutaneious Wound Healing, Angiogenesis, and Proliferative Restenosis"

Residency: General Surgery, Johns Hopkins University

PhD: Department of Physiology & Biosphysics; Advisor: Jesus Garcia-Martinez, MD, PhD

Thesis: "Expression and Function of Calcium Channels in Skeletal Muscle"

Residency: Dermatology, Stanford University

PhD: Department of Molecular Genetics; Advisor: Lester Lau, PhD

Thesis: "Stuck on CYR61: Activities in Tissue Injuury"

Residency: Urology, University of Washington

PhD: Department of Physiology & Biosphysics; Advisor: Geula Gibori, PhD

Thesis: "Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Estradiol Production in the Rat Corpus Luteum"

Residency: Orthopedic Suregery, Johns Hopkins University

PhD: Department of Physiology & Biosphysics; Advisor: Jesus Garcia-Martinez, MD, PhD

Thesis: "Calcium Channel Regulation: Roles of Alpha-2/Delta Subunit Protein Kinase-C-Beta-II" (outstanding thesis award, UIC Graduate College, 2003

Residency: Radiology, University of Illinois at Chicago

PhD: Department of Physiology & Biosphysics; Advisor: Mark Rasenick, PhD

Thesis: "Interactin' with Actin and Tubulin at the Centrosome"

Residency: Pediatrics, Washington University

PhD: Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics; Advisor: Igor Roninson, PhD

Thesis: "Mechanistic Analysis of the MDR1 P-gylcoprotein Using Differential Immunoreactivity"

Residency: General Thoracic Surgery, Duke University

PhD: Dept. of Pharmacology; Advisor: Guy LeBreton, PhD

Thesis: "Mapping of a Ligand-binding Site for the Human Platelet Thromboxane A2 Receptor"

Residency: Neurosuregery, Washington University School of Medicine

Current Position: Clinical Instructor & Cerebrovascular Fellow, Dept. of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago

PhD: Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics; Advisor: Brenda Russell PhD

Thesis: "Mapping of a Ligand-binding Site for the Human Platelet Thromboxane A2 Receptor"

Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Mecial Center

Current Position: Fellow in Pediatric Oncology and Neuro-Oncoloyg, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital, Boston

PhD: Dept. of Pharmacology; Advisor: Guy LeBreton, PhD

Thesis: "Identification and Characterization of Thromboxane A2 Receptors in Oligodencrocyte and Schwann Cells"

Residency: Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, University of Colorado Helath Sciences Center

Current Position: Fellow Physician, Pediatric Gastroenterolgy, Hepatology & Nutrition, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

PhD: Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology; Advisor: Edward P. Cohen, MD

Thesis: "Cancer Therapy with DNA VAccines: A Study of Efficacy and Mechanism"

Residency: Pediatrics/Genetics,  Children's Hospital, University of Cincinnati

PhD: Dept. of Molecular Genetics; Advisor: Andre Gudkov, PhD

Thesis: "Generation of Gene-Suppressing Peptides from Genetic Suppressor Elements"

Residency: Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, PHoenix, AZ

PhD: Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology; Advisor: Jonathan Art, PhD

Thesis: "Synaptic Currents Mediating Efferent Inhibition in the Turtle Cochlea"

Residency: Internal Medicine, UCLA Medical Center

PhD: Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology; Advisor: Rochelle Cohen, PhD

Thesis: "Estrogen Influences on the Limbic System"

Residency: Program in Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania

PhD: Dept. of Biochemistry; Advisor: Robert Costa,PhD

Thesis: "Regulation of Transthyretin and Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor Three Beta Gene Expression in the Liver"