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Faculty Research Interests
(all area codes 804)
Pasquale Accardo, M.D.
Children’s Hospital
2924 Brook Road
Richmond, VA 23220-1298
Phone: 228-5868
E-mail paccardo@vcu.edu
Developmental assessment of children, screening tools and alternative therapies.
Stuart P. Adler, M.D.
P.O. Box 980163
Phone 828-1807
E-mail SADLER@hsc.vcu.edu
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Pregnancy. (NIH funded)
Mollie Anderson, C.P.N.P.
P.O. Box 980315
Richmond, VA 23298
Phone: 828-2982
E-mail: mvanders@hsc.vcu.edu
Vaccine studies in premature, high risk infants (pharmaceutical
funded)
Joann Bodurtha, M.D., M.P.H.
P.O. Box 980033
Richmond, VA 23298-0033
Phone: (804) 828-9632 x112
E-mail bodurtha@hsc.vcu.edu
Richard R. Brookman, M.D.
P.O. Box 980151
Phone 828-9408
E-mail rbrookma@hsc.vcu.edu
Epidemiology of STDs in adolescents; health education of adolescents,
especially in reproductive health areas. (state funded)
Robert Cohen, Ph.D.
P.O. Box 980489
Phone 828-3147
E-mail rcohen@vcu.edu
Youth violence prevention. (CDC funded)
Nancy L. Dunn, M.D.
P.O. Box 980121
Phone 828-9605
E-mail nldunn@hsc.vcu.edu
Multidisciplinary clinical research studies of childhood cancers,
including
COG studies. Evaluation and followup of childhood cancer survivorship.
Greg R. Elliott, M.D.
P.O. Box 980315
Phone 828-2440
E-mail grelliot@vcu.edu
Cystic Fibrosis Center.
Sarah Elsea, Ph.D., F.A.C.M.G.
P.O. Box 980441
Phone: 628-0987
E-mail selsea@vcu.edu
Molecular genetics of Smith-Magenis Syndrome (NIH Funded), chromosome microdeletion
and microduplication syndromes
More on human genetics: www.vipbg.vcu.edu/hg/
Melissa Evans, M.D.
P.O. Box 980530
Richmond, VA 23298-0530
Phone: 828-9964
E-mail: mcevans@vcu.edu
Investigation of the relationship of intracellular calcium regulation to vascular smooth muscle tone (in conjunction with Dr. Paul Ratz’s lab).
Robert A. Fisher, M.D., F.A.C.S.
P.O. Box 980254
Richmond, VA 23298-0254
Phone: 828-2461
E-mail: rafisher@hsc.vcu.edu
Website: http://www.vcuhealth.org/transplant/hltc_trials.htm
Studies of Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT): A multicenter prospective study to collect scientific data on pediatric liver transplantation (NIH sponsored); Rapamune Outcomes Assessment Registry (ROAR) (pharmaceutically sponsored).
Martin Graham, M.D.
P.O. Box 980529
Phone 828-9614
E-mail MGRAHAM@hsc.vcu.edu
Smooth muscle cell biology; intestinal fibrosis Crohn’s
Disease; collagen pathobiology; wound healing. (NIH funded)
Gauri Gulati, M.D.
P.O. Box 980506
Richmond, VA 23298
Phone: 828-0099
E-mail: ggulati2@vcu.edu
Eczema study, intranasal influenza vaccine and RSV vaccine clinical
trials.
Scott Gullquist, M.D.
P.O. Box 980301
Phone 828-5745
E-mail SGULLQUIST@hsc.vcu.edu
Physiology of hypoplastic left heart syndrome; postoperative pulmonary
mechanics; clinical trials. (pharmaceutically funded)
Gary Gutcher, M.D.
P.O. Box 980276
Phone 828-9966
E-mail GGUTCHER@hsc.vcu.edu
Newborn medicine; neonatal parenteral nutrition; especially fat
and fat-soluble vitamins; predictive models for clinical outcomes
in low birth weight infants.
Barbara Harding, R.N., B.A.N., C.C.M., P.A.H.M.
P.O. Box 980021
Phone 828-1817
E-mail bharding@vcu.edu
Care of children with chronic diseases. (state funded)
Care Connection For Children: www.careconnections.vcu.edu
Anne-Marie Irani, M.D.
P.O. Box 980225
Phone 828-9620
E-mail AIRANI@hsc.vcu.edu
New treatments for pediatric asthma; use of nasal cytology in
the diagnosis of allergic rhinitis and sinusitis in infants
and
young children; human mast cell heterogeneity. (pharmaceutical-sponsored
clinical trials and CDC grant.)
Indra Kancitis, M.D.
P.O. Box 980506
Richmond, VA 23298
Phone: 828-0099
E-mail: ikancit@hsc.vcu.edu
Eczema study, intranasal influenza vaccine and RSV vaccine clinical
trials.
Philip Kum-Nji, M.D., M.P.H.
P.O. Box 980506
Richmond, VA 23298
Phone: 828-0099
E-mail: pkumnji@vcu.edu
Effect of environmental tobacco smoke on childhood illnesses, role of breast feeding in protecting against infant illness, use of public health services, eczema study, intranasal influenza vaccine and RSV vaccine clinical trials.
Anil Kumar, M.D.
P.O. Box 980140
Phone 828-9616
E-mail arkumar@hsc.vcu.edu
Growth hormone therapy for GH deficiency and other causes of short
stature; symptoms at the time of diagnosis and diabetes mellitus;
gynecomastia – pubertal and prepubertal; follow up of children
with ostepenia and response to therapy like bisphosphonates; childhood
obesity and prevention of type 2 diabetes in high-risk children;
use of androgel in children with primary or secondary hypogonadism.
(pharmaceutical-sponsored clinical trials)
William Koch, M.D.
P.O. Box 980163
Phone 828-0132
E-mail WKOCH@hsc.vcu.edu
Epidemiology and pathogenesis of parvovirus B19 infections, viral
diagnostics, neonatal infections.
Joseph H. Laver, M.D.
P.O. Box 980646
Phone 828-9602
E-mail jhlaver@vcu.edu
Pediatric non-Hodgkins lymphoma; COG studies. (NCI funded)
Suzanne Lavoie, M.D.
P.O. Box 980049
Phone 828-9711
E-mail slavoie@vcu.edu
HIV in children. (federally funded)
Elsie Mainali, M.D.,Ph.D.
P.O. Box 980276
Phone 828-9966
E-mail emainali@vcu.edu
Neonatal medicine.
Gita V. Massey, M.D.
P.O. Box 980121
Phone 828-9605
E-mail GVMASSEY@hsc.vcu.edu
Multidisciplinary clinical research studies of childhood cancers;
coordinator of national study of myelodysplastic syndrome, acute
nonlymphocytic leukemia and Down syndrome in children; COG studies.
(NCI funded)
Sean McKenna, M.D.
P.O. Box 980506
Richmond, VA 23298
Phone: 828-0099
E-mail: smckenna@mcvh-vcu.edu
Eczema study, intranasal influenza vaccine and RSV vaccine clinical
trials.
Michael McVoy, M.D.
P.O. Box 980163
Phone 828-0132
E-mail MMCVOY@hsc.vcu.edu
Molecular mechanisms of herpes virus genome cleavage, packaging,
and circularization; cytomegalovirus immune evasion mechanisms
and their impact on pathogenesis and vaccine efficacy. (NIH funded)
Laboratory
Web site
Linda Meloy, M.D.
P.O. Box 980506
Phone 828-3530
E-mail ldmeloy@vcu.edu
Breastfeeding projects; vaccine studies; treatment of hyperbilirubin
in newborns. (pharmaceutical-funded clinical trials)
John Mickell, M.D.
P.O. Box 980530
Phone 828-9964
E-mail jmickell@mail2.vcu.edu
Bioelectrical impedance monitoring of total body water changes
in critical illness in pediatrics; and co-investigator with the
School of Nursing in study to determine effectiveness of sedation
in
achieving sedation goals (physiologic stability, ventilator synchrony
and comfort) in mechanically ventilated patients.
William B. Moskowitz, M.D.
P.O. Box 980543
Phone 828-9143
E-mail MOSKOWITZ@hsc.vcu.edu
Walter E Nance, M.D., Ph.D.
P.O. Box 980033
Richmond, VA 23298
Phone: 828-9632 ex 110
E-mail: Nance@hsc.vcu.edu
Genetic deafness. (NIH Funded)
John Pellock, M.D.
P.O. Box 980211
Richmond, VA 23298-0211
Phone: 828-0442
E-mail: kaohara@vcu.edu
Epilepsy migraine, febrile status, sleep disorders, hyperbilirubinemia.
Research coordinator: Kathy O’Hara, R.N. (804) 828-3862
Additional physicians conducting neurological research: Lawrence Morton, M.D.;
Lydia Kernitsky, M.D., David Leszczyszyn, M.D., Ph.D., Steven Shapiro, M.D. and Jean E. Teasley, M.D.
Paul Ratz, Ph.D.
P.O. Box 980614
Phone 828-3449
E-mail phratz@vcu.edu
Smooth muscle physiology. (NIH funded)
More on biochemistry:
www.vcu.edu/biochem/faculty/ratz.shtml
Monica Relvas, M.D.
P.O. Box 980530
Richmond, VA 23298-0530
Phone: 828-9964
E-mail mrelvas@vcu.edu
Conducting a study to compare sublingual pCO2 measurements to other methods of assessing the adequacy of tissue perfusion.
Henry Rozycki, M.D.
P.O. Box 980276
Phone 828-9966
E-mail HROZYCKI@hsc.vcu.edu
Focused on the differences between premature and term lungs and
their response to oxygen. Use a lung explant model to examine
the effect of oxygen on alveolar development and investigate
the role of NF-kB activation in the lung response to oxygen.
Clinical research interests include line sepsis, Phase II and
Phase III clinical trials and inflammatory mediators in premature
infants.
E. Clifton Russell, M.D.
P.O. Box 980121
Phone 828-9605
E-mail CLRUSSELL@hsc.vcu.edu
Multidisciplinary clinical research studies of childhood cancers;
newborn screening for sickle cell disease and other hemoglobinopathies.
Steven M. Shapiro, M.D.
P.O. Box 980211
Clinic Phone: 828-0442
Research Laboratory: 828-7416
E-mail sshapiro@hsc.vcu.edu
Preventable brain damage that occurs in newborn infants; specifically
the effects of excessive jaundice (hyperbilirubinemia) on the
developing nervous system. Research includes the effects of bilirubin
neurotoxicity on the auditory nervous system (NIH-funded), abnormal
muscle tone and movement in a model of kernicterus (NIH-funded),
and the evaluation and treatment of children with neurodevelopmental
disorders due to hyperbilirubinemia.
Sue Sreedhar, M.D.
P.O. Box 980530
Phone: 828-9964
E-mail: ssreedha@mail2.vcu.edu
Conducting a study on bladder pressure and the impact of intraabdominal
pressure on abdominal compartment syndrome and multiorgan failure.
Wei Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.
P.O. Box 980225
Phone 828-9620
E-mail wzhao@vcu.edu
Biology and differentiation of human skin mast cells; pathogenesis
of chronic idiopathic urticaria. (Pharmaceutical funding of basic
research)
"Regulation of human Mast Cell Function" (K08 Grant from
NIH)
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