Graduates

Graduates of the program have had outstanding success in matching high quality residencies and transitioning into prominent fellowships.

Evan Tracy, Ph.D.

May 2024

ResidencyJohns Hopkins University, Internal Medicine Combined Physician Scientist Training Program
Graduate DepartmentPhysiology
Dissertation Title"Stromal Vascular Fraction Restores Vasodilatory Function By Reversing Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Oxidative Stress In Aging-Induced Coronary Microvascular Disease"
Ph.D. MentorDr. Amanda Jo LeBlanc
Undergraduate DegreeBS Biology, 2015
Linfield College, McMinnville, OR

Jordan Noe, M.D., Ph.D.

May 2023

ResidencyUniversity of Louisville, Louisville, KY, General Surgery Residency Program, Preliminary
Graduate DepartmentBiochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Dissertation Title"Metabolic-Epigenetic Regulation of Macrophage Polarization"
Ph.D. MentorDr. Robert A. Mitchell
F30 AWARDNational Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Project Title: "The role of MIF in mitochondrial metabolism and M2-TAM polarization."
Undergraduate DegreeBS Biology, minor in Chemistry, 2013
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT


Anne Geller, M.D., Ph.D.

May 2023

Residency

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, Urology Residency Program 

Graduate DepartmentMicrobiology and Immunology
Dissertation Title"Harnessing the Power of Trained Immunity in the Setting of Pancreatic Cancer: A Novel Mechanism of Immune Trafficking and Tumor Control"
Ph.D. MentorDr. Jun Yan
Intramural Research Fellowship

National Institutes of Health, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 2014-2015

Graduate DegreeMS Biomedical Science, 2014
Tufts University, Medford, MA
Undergraduate DegreeBS Biomedical Science in Engineering, minor in Engineering Entrepreneurship, 2013
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

George Wei, M.D., Ph.D.

May 2023

Residency

Emory University, Atlanta, GA, Neurosurgery Residency Training Program

Graduate DepartmentPharmacology and Toxicology
Dissertation Title""Oligodendrocyte Responses after Spinal Cord Injury"
Ph.D. MentorsDr. Michal Hetman and Dr. Scott Whittemore
Undergraduate DegreeBA Chemistry, 2014
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Desmond Harrell-Stewart, M.D., Ph.D.

May 2022

Residency

University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, for Internal Medicine Research Pathway 

Graduate DepartmentPharmacology and Toxicology
Dissertation Title"A Novel Role for RASSF1A in the Regulation of Ras Activation"
Ph.D. MentorDr. Geoffrey Clark
Undergraduate DegreeBS Biochemistry, minor in Biology, 2014
Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA

Samantha Morrissey, M.D., Ph.D.

May 2022

Residency

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, for Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Program

Graduate DepartmentMicrobiology and Immunology
Dissertation Title"Tumor-derived Exosomes Drive Immunosuppressive Macrophages in a Pre-metastic Niche through NF-kB dependent Glycolytic Metabolic Reprogramming"
Ph.D. MentorDr. Jun Yan
Undergraduate DegreeBA Biology, minor in Chemistry, 2013
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA


Peter Campbell, M.D., Ph.D.

May 2021

Residency

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX for Child Neurology, receiving one of two spots, with one year of basic neuroscience research

Graduate DepartmentAnatomical Sciences and Neurobiology
Dissertation Title"Development, form and function of intrathalamic circuits"
Ph.D. MentorDr. William Guido
F30 AWARDNational Institutes of Health, National Eye Institute, Project Title: "Formation and Maturation of Projections Between Thalamic Reticular Nucleus and Dorsal Lateral Geniculate Nucleus"
Undergraduate DegreeBA Independent Study in Neuroscience, 2006
Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA

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Douglas Saforo, M.D.,Ph.D.

May 2021

Residency

Emory University, Atlanta, GA, Pediatrics Residency Training Program

Graduate DepartmentPharmacology and Toxicology
Dissertation Title"Characterizing the role of extracellular matrix in non-small cell lung carcinoma metastasis using a 3D microenvironment mimetic in-vitro culture system"
Ph.D. MentorDr. Leah Siskind and Dr. Levi Beverly
Undergraduate DegreeBA Biology, 2013
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Heather Clair, M.D., Ph.D.

May 2019

Dr. Clair is a board-certified family medicine physician who joined Flagler Health and is currently associated with Primary Care at Julington Creek in St. Johns, Florida.

 

Residency

Orange Park Medical Center, Orange Park, FL, Family Medicine, 2022

Graduate DepartmentBiochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Dissertation Title"PCB-Associated Steatohepatitis and the Role of Xenobiotic Receptors"
Ph.D. MentorDr. Matthew Cave
F30 AWARDNational Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Project Title: "Xenobiotic Receptors Modulate PCB-induced Steatohepatitis"
Graduate Degree

MS Animal Science, Biotechnology, 2001
University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Undergraduate Degree

BS Animal Science, Dairy Science, 1999
University of Georgia, Athens, GA


Venkat Ramakrishnan
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2018

Fellowship

Pediatric Urology Fellowship, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA

Residency

Harvard University, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA - Urology Residency Program.   Dr. Ramakrishnan was selected to be one of the 2022-2023 chief residents, and will stay for an additional year to fulfill that role.

Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Physiology
Dissertation Title"Development of a Vascularized, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Liver-Tissue Mimic for Therapeutic Applications"
Ph.D. MentorDr. Nolan Boyd
Fulbright Research Fellow

University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, 2010-2011

Undergraduate Degree

BS Biology (Cellular Physiology), 2010
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY


Jessica Mezzanotte Sharpe
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2018

Fellowship

Hematology/Medical Oncology Fellowship, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Residency

The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, Internal Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Sharpe was selected to be one of the 2021-2022 chief residents and stayed for an additional year to fulfill that role. 2018-2022

Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Dissertation Title"The discovery of a novel, Ras-mediated NORE1A/PMLIV tumor suppressor complex"
Ph.D. MentorDr. Geoffrey Clark
Undergraduate DegreeBA Biology, minors in Chemistry and English, 2010
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

  

Huy T. Le, M.D., Ph.D.

May 2016

Faculty Appointment

Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

Residency

University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska -  Internal Medicine Pediatrics Residency Program, 2020

Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dissertation Title"Biophysical and Computational Investigation into G-Quadruplex Structural Polymorphism and Interaction with Small Molecules."
Ph.D. MentorDr. John Trent
Undergraduate Degree

BS Chemistry, minor in Biology; University of Louisville, Louisville, KY


  

Michael J. Zhang
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2016

Fellowship

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN - Physician Scientist Training Program Fellowship

Dr. Zhang was awarded a NIH F32 training grant and will spend 3 years in the lab before finishing his fellowship in 2024. He was also awarded an American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant in 2021.

ResidencyUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN - Physician Scientist Training Program - two years of clinical training (short track) as an Internal Medicine resident.
Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics
Dissertation Title"Inflammation-resolving Lipid Mediators Promote Revascularization to Enhance Wound Healing"
Ph.D. MentorsDr. Aruni Bhatnagar and Dr. Matthew Spite
Undergraduate DegreeBS Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, minor in Global Studies
University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Alex Belshoff
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2015

Dr. Belshoff joined Aloha Urology in Honolulu, Hawaii in August 2021.

 

Residency

Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, IL - Urology Residency Program, 2021

Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Dissertation Title"Probing the Anti-cancer Mechanism of Selenite: a Metabolic Approach"
Ph.D. MentorDr. Teresa Fan
Undergraduate DegreeBS Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Alden Klarer
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2015

Faculty Appointment

Assistant Professor, University of Louisville, Department of Radiation Oncology, Louisville, KY

Dr. Klarer specializes in the treatment of breast malignancies and is involved in a number of investigator-initiated and cooperative group clinical trials. Her treatment expertise and clinical interests includes intensity modulated radiation therapy, cardiac-sparing radiation therapy, stereotactic body radiotherapy, and radiobiology

Residency

University of Louisville, Department of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology Residency, 2020
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY for preliminary year in Internal Medicine, 2016

Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dissertation Title"6-Phosphofructo-2-Kinase Inhibition Induces Autophagy as a Survival Mechanism"
Ph.D. MentorsDr. Steven Ellis and Dr. Sucheta Telang
F30 AWARDGrant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Project title: "Y-family DNA Polymerases and Cellular Responses to Benzo[a]pyrene"
Undergraduate DegreeBS Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2004


Francesca Rinaldo
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2015

Dr. Rinaldo is an Affiliated Scholar at the Stanford Clinical Excellence Research Center (CERC), and Senior Vice President of Clinical Product and Innovation at Sharecare. In her role at Sharecare, she is the Chief Medical Officer of CareLinx.

 

Fellowship

Stanford University, Stanford, CA - Clinical Excellence Research Center (CERC) Fellowship 2017-2018

Dr. Rinaldo put her surgical residency on hold to accept a year long fellowship as a Design Fellow. CERC is a value-based healthcare "think-tank" with a focus on using scientific evidence to design less costly approaches and innovating models of healthcare delivery to improve the quality of care and safely and significantly reduce costs. Upon completing the fellowship, she remained at CERC as an Associate Director for the Healthcare Design Fellowship and served as a Clinical Lead for the Stanford CERC Partnership for AI Assisted Care (PAC). At PAC, she co-led a team of computer scientists and clinicians in a study examining the application of computer vision deep-learning algorithms to detect patterns of mobility in critically ill patients, and how these patterns drive post-ICU clinical outcomes. This work was published in Nature Digital Medicine in March 2019.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2020/07/strategies-to-better-care-for-older-adults-at-lower-cost.html 

ResidencyStanford University, Division of General Surgery, Stanford, CA - Accelerated Surgeon Scientist Track

Dr. Rinaldo finished her first two years of surgical residency and was voted the Consult Resident of the Year by her surgical attendings at the end of year two.

Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dissertation Title"Investigating the Mechanism of Action of XB05: A Novel Small Molecule with Anticancer Properties"
Ph.D. MentorDr. Paula Bates
Undergraduate DegreeBA Pre-Med, Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Alan Brooks
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2014

Dr. Brooks is currently associated with Norton Healthcare, Norton Heart and Vascular Institute, Cardiology Program, Louisville, KY.

 

Fellowship

University of Rochester, Rochester, New York Cardiovascular Diseases: Fellowship in Research, 2021; Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease, 2020

ResidencyUniversity of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY - Physician Scientist Training Program, Internal Medicine Research Path, 2016
Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dissertation Title"Unfolded Protein Response Signaling in Myocardial Response to Ischemia"
Ph.D. MentorDr. Aruni Bhatnagar
Graduate DegreeME Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Undergraduate DegreeBS Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 2003

Lacey Jo Gunn
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2014

Faculty Appointment

Assistant Professor, University of Louisville, Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine, Louisville, KY

ResidencyUniversity of Louisville, Louisville, KY, Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine, 2017
Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology
Dissertation Title"Effect of Complement C5a in Tumor Progression and the Local Tumor Microenvironment"
Ph.D. MentorDr. Jun Yan
Undergraduate DegreeBA Biology and Chemistry, Earlham College, Richmond, IN

Courtney Jetun Mitchell
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2014

Faculty Appointment

Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal and Fetal Medicine Fellowship Faculty, Jackson, MS. 

Dr. Mitchell's research interests include: hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, maternal mortality and morbidity, barriers to care in resource poor areas, OB quality improvement.

Fellowship

Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship, Duke University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2021

ResidencyUniversity of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, AL Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency, 2018
Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology
Dissertation Title"IL12 Induced Modifications of Tumor Infiltrating Macrophages"
Ph.D. MentorsDr. Robert Stout and Dr. Jill Suttles
F31 AWARDGrant award from the National Cancer Institute, Project title: "Functional Conversion of Tumor Associated Macrophages via Cytokine Therapy"
Undergraduate DegreeBS Biology, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA, 2007

Adrianna Henson Masters
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2014

Faculty Appointment

Assistant Professor, University of Louisville, Department of Radiation Oncology, Louisville, KY

ResidencyWake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC for Radiation Oncology
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY for Preliminary Year Internal Medicine, 2015
Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dissertation Title"Molecular Bases of Inherited Bone Marrow Failures: Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome and Diamond Blackfan Anemia"
Ph.D. MentorDr. Steven Ellis
Undergraduate DegreeBS Chemistry, minor in Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 2005

Carlo Renato G. Bartoli
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2013

Faculty Appointment

Assistant Professor, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Danville, PA

Dr. Bartoli is a cardiac surgeon-scientist with special interests in surgical management of congenital and acquired heart disease, development and clinical implantation of mechanical circulatory support devices, von Willebrand factor biology, and angiogenesis. His appointment is 60% clinical and 40% research. In parallel with his clinical practice, Dr. Bartoli manages an internationally-recognized translational biophysics laboratory that is independently funded with support from the NIH, multiple congenital cardiology foundations, and industry partners. Ongoing projects examine mechanical circulatory support in the fetus to the adult and include left ventricular assist device (LVAD) design and development, mechanisms of LVAD-associated bleeding and thrombosis, novel LVAD therapies, abnormal angiogenesis in children with single ventricle disease, and cardiovascular biology of the placenta. 

Faculty Appointment

Instructor of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA  Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, with a translational biophysics laboratory

Awarded the 2020 American College of Cardiology Doug Zipes Distinguished Young Scientist Award for "contributions to cardiovascular medicine and significant body of research."

Fellowship

Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, June 2020

ResidencyIntegrated Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, June 2019. Dr. Bartoli was the Chief Resident of the Cardiovascular Surgery service.
He received the Young Author Achievement Award from the American College of Cardiology, in recognition of outstanding research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Heart Failure.
Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics
Dissertation Title"Partial vs Full Support of the Heart with a Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device: Implications for Myocardial Recovery"
Ph.D. MentorsDr. Steven Koenig and Dr. Sumanth Prabhu
Graduate DegreeMA Biotechnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Undergraduate DegreeBS Biology (Physiology), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2004

Toros A. Dincman
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2013

Faculty Appointment

Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC,  Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology 

Dr. Dincman was also appointed as a South Carolina Translational Research (SCTR) Institute KL2 Scholar which provides protected research time/salary support and research funds.

Fellowship and ResidencyMedical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, SC ABIM subspecialty research pathway in Hematology/Oncology which included appointment as a T32 post-doctoral scholar in Integrative Training in Oncogenic Signaling (ITOS), 2020
Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology
Dissertation Title"Histone deacetylase inhibition-mediated cytotoxicity oligodendrocytes"
Ph.D. MentorDr. Scott Whittemore
Undergraduate DegreeBA Biological Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2004

Enid Choi
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2012

Faculty Appointment

Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Department of Radiation Oncology, Ann Arbor, MI at VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System

ResidencyUniversity of Michigan, Department of Radiation Oncology, Ann Arbor, MI (2015-2017)
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD - Radiation Oncology (2013-2015)
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY - Preliminary year in Internal Medicine, 2013
Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dissertation Title"Tumor-targeting aptamers for the treatment of prostate cancer"
Ph.D. MentorDr. Paula Bates
Undergraduate DegreeBS Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2000

Janelle Fassbender Adeniran M.D., Ph.D.

May 2012

Dr. Adeniran provides vitreoretinal services at Bennett and Bloom Eye Centers, Louisville, KY and maintains a strong interest in clinical research and teaching. She is a Gratis Faculty Member at the University of Louisville, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Louisville, KY.

FellowshipUniversity of Louisville, Louisville, KY - Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science Fellow in Vitreoretinal Diseases and Surgery, 2018
ResidencyUniversity of Louisville, Louisville, KY in Ophthalmology, 2016
Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, OH - Preliminary year in General Surgery, 2013
Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology
Dissertation Title"Improving Functional Recovery Following Spinal Cord Injury by Therapeutically Targeting the Vasculature"
Ph.D. MentorDr. Scott Whittemore
F30 AWARDGrant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Project title: "Functional Consequences of Notch-mediated Angiogenesis following SCI"
Undergraduate DegreeBS Neuroscience, Davidson College, Davidson, NC, 2005

Patrick Andrew Holt
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2012

Dr. Holt is the Chief of the Department of Surgery, TidalHealth Peninsula  Regional. He is an Orthopaedic Surgeon specializing in Hand, Wrist and Elbow nerve decompression surgery, trauma, and complex reconstruction at Peninsula Orthopaedic Associates. He is one of only a few fellowship-trained hand surgeons on the Lower Eastern Shore.

FellowshipDuke University, Durham, NC - Hand and Microvascular Surgery Program, 2018
ResidencyUniversity of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT in Orthopaedic Surgery, 2017
Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dissertation Title"Determination of In Silico Rules for Predicting Small Molecule Binding Behavior to Nucleic Acids In Vitro"
Ph.D. MentorDr. John Trent
Graduate Degree

MS Biotechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Undergraduate DegreeBS Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Justin R. Kingery
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2012

Faculty appointment

Associate Professor of Medicine and Hospitalist, University of Louisville, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Medical Education. Louisville, KY.

Faculty appointment

Assistant Professor in Medicine and Hospitalist, Joan and Sanford I Weill Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.

Medical Director of the 5W Stepdown Unit at NY Presbyterian Hospital and course instructor at Weill Cornell Medical College. Director, Global Ultrasound at Weill Cornell Medical College and Center for Global Health. Lecturer in Medicine at Weill Bugando College of Health Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania and the Global Health Center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Fellowship

Global Health Research Fellow at the Weill Cornell Medical College/New York Presbyterian Hospital and the Weill Bugando College of Health Sciences, Mwanza,Tanzania

ResidencyUniversity of Louisville, Louisville, KY in Internal Medicine, 2015
Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics
Dissertation Title"Inflammatory Cell-Derived Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Exacerbates Post-Inarction Left Ventricula Remodeling"
Ph.D. MentorDr. Sumanth Prabhu
Undergraduate DegreeBS Chemistry, Biochemistry, Marshall University, Huntington, WV

Jason B. Meier
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2012

Dr. Meier is a Hematologist/Oncologist at the Cancer Center at Cookeville Regional Medical Center, Cookeville, TN          
FellowshipVanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program
ResidencyIndiana University (IUPUI) in Internal Medicine
Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dissertation Title"Structure Based Drug Design for CXCR4"
Ph.D. MentorDr. John Trent
Undergraduate DegreeBS Biology, Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 2004

Maria E. Barnes-Davis
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2011

Faculty AppointmentAssociate Professor, University of Cincinnati, Department of Pediatrics in the Perinatal Institute at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Neuroscience Graduate Program at UC College of Medicine. Dr. Barnes-Davis is an Attending Neonatologist in the Division of Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology and has funding via a K-12 Award through Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Her research focuses on Functional neuroimaging (fMRI, MEG, EEG); neurodevelopmental outcomes of extremely preterm children; language; sleep and learning disorders.
Clinical FellowshipNeonatal and Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
ResidencyIcahn School of Medicine at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY in Integrated Pediatrics/Research Track.
Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Dissertation Title"Pre-and Post-operative Differences in Brain and Sleep-related Events in Children"
Ph.D. MentorsDr. David Gozal and Dr. Dennis Molfese
F30 AWARDGrant award from the National Institute of Mental Health, Project title: "Pre- and Post-operative Differences in Brain and Sleep-related Events in Children with OSA"
Undergraduate DegreeBA Philosophy, Brown University, Providence, RI, 2003

W. Lee Titsworth
M.D., Ph.D., MPH

May 2010

Neurosurgeon Lee Titsworth, MD, PhD, joined the Baptist Health Medical Group Neurosurgery in Paducah, KY as the only fellowship-trained pediatric neurosurgeon in the region. Dr. Titsworth provides surgical treatment for conditions of the brain and spine, with emphasis in adult and adolescent scoliosis surgery and endoscopic brain surgery.

FellowshipJohns Hopkins University, Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship, 2017
ResidencyUniversity of Florida/Shands Medical Center, Gainesville, FL in the Neurosurgical Residency Program, 2016
MPHClinical Effectiveness, Harvard University, School of Public Health, Fall 2015
Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology
Dissertation Title"A Possible Role for sPLA2 in Oligodendrocyte Death and Spinal Cord Injury"
Ph.D. MentorDr.Xiao-Ming Xu
F31 AWARDGrant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Project title: "Role of sPLA2 in Post Spinal Cord Injury Demyelination"
Undergraduate DegreeBA Psychology, Samford University, Birmingham, AL, 2001

Christina B. Clark
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2010

Faculty Appointment

Assistant Professor, University of Louisville, Department of Radiology, Breast Imaging, Louisville, KY

FellowshipUniversity of Rochester, Rochester, New York, Breast Imaging Fellowship, 2016-2017, where she had the opportunity to work on a clinical research project focused on the USA's only FDA-approved cone beam breast CT scanner at UR's Breast Imaging Center.
ResidencyGeisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA in Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program, 2016 
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH - Preliminary year in Internal Medicine, 2011
Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Dissertation Title"Role of Hsp90 Interactions in PC-12 Neuronal Cell Survival to Hypoxia"
F30 AWARDGrant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Project title: "Role of Hsp90 Interactions in PC-12 Survival to Hypoxia"
Ph.D. MentorDr. Evelyne Gozal
Undergraduate DegreeBA Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, German Literature, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

B. Frazier Taylor
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2009

Dr. Taylor is a Radiation Oncologist with Northeastern Radiation Oncology, PLLC. He provides services at  Saratoga Hospital's Mollie Wilmot Radiation Oncology Center in Saratoga Springs, NY; the C. R. Wood Cancer Center in Glens Falls, NY.; and Elllis Hospital, Schenectady, NY.

ResidencyYale University School of Medicine, Department of Therapeutic Radiology Radiation Oncology Training Program, 2014
Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Dissertation Title"Arsenite Inhibition of Mitotic Progression"
Ph.D. MentorDr. J. Christopher States
Undergraduate DegreeBS Biochemistry, minor in Studio Art, Denison University, Granville, OH

James Massey
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2008

In August 2014, Dr. Massey returned to his hometown of Nashville, TN and joined Radiology Alliance, P.C., specializing in diagnostic and pediatric radiology. Radiology Alliance, P.C., is a provider of inpatient and outpatient radiology services at TriStar Health System's nine Middle Tennessee Hospitals.

FellowshipIndiana University, (IUPUI) Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Pediatric Radiology
ResidencyCleveland Clinic Imaging Institute, Cleveland, OH, Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program
Transitional year - Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH
Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology
Ph.D. MentorDr. Stephen Onifer
Graduate DegreeMA Perception and Sensory Physiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Undergraduate DegreeBS Biology, minor in Chemistry, David Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN

Kelby B. Napier
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2008

Faculty Appointment

Assistant Professor, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Division of Musculoskeletal Radiology, St. Louis, MO

Dr. Napier specializes in musculoskeletal imaging and MRI, musculoskeletal CT, musculoskeletal ultrasound, image-guided procedures, sports medicine, arthritis, and bone and soft tissue tumors. 

FellowshipWashington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Musculoskeletal Imaging and Interventions Program
ResidencyWashington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology Training Program, June 2013
Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Ph.D. MentorDr. John Trent
Undergraduate DegreeBS Chemistry, Biology, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY

Stephen R. Reeves
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2008

Faculty AppointmentAssistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Seattle, WA 
Attending physician at Seattle Children's Hospital in the Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine. Dr. Reeves continues to do basic science and translational research in the realm of asthma and airway biology at Seattle Children's Research Institute, Center for Immunity and Immunotherapies.
FellowshipUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA, Seattle Children's Hospital, Pediatric Pulmonology/Respiratory Medicine, June 2014
ResidencyUniversity of California, San Diego, CA in General Pediatrics
InternshipUniversity of California, San Diego, CA in General Pediatrics, 2009
Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Dissertation Title"Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia and Respiratory Plasticity"
F30 AWARDGrant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Project title: "Postnasal Intermittent Hypoxia and Respiration: Potential Role of Protein Kinase C."
Ph.D. MentorDr. David Gozal
Undergraduate DegreeBS Biological and Environmental Sciences, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY, 2001

Daniel Allendorf
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2007

Dr. Allendorf joined Alabama Oncology in August 2013, the largest, private, community-based provider of cancer care services in Alabama. Their network is comprised of nine clinics strategically located throughout central Alabama. He is located at the Shelby Cancer Care Center, Alabaster, AL.

FellowshipUniversity of Alabama, Birmingham, AL in Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, 2013
He received The J. Claude Bennett Award for Excellence in research by an Associate Fellow, 2013.
ResidencyUniversity of Alabama, Birmingham, AL Internal Medicine Residency Program, Board Certification in Internal Medicine, 2010
He received the William E. Dismukes Award of Excellence for Outstanding Senior Resident, 2010.
Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology
Dissertation Title"Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Action of Beta-Glucans for Tumor Immunotherapy in Syngeneic and Translational Animal Models"
Ph.D. MentorsDr. Gordon Ross and Dr. Jun Yan
Undergraduate DegreeBA Chemistry, Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY

Anwar Husain
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2007

Dr. Husain is a Toxicologist for the US Food and Drug Administration, Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), Office of Science, Division of Nonclinical Science, Silver Spring, MD.

Postdoctoral FellowshipJohns Hopkins Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Bloomberg Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Department of Oncology - Division of Immunology/Hematopoesis.  Developed machine learning based workflows to assist translational research efforts in immuno-oncology research, drug development and discovery, and digital pathology whole slide image analysis.
Postdoctoral FellowshipGeorgetown University Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Metabolomic and Toxicology Research Scientist under mentorship of Peter G. Shields, M.D., working on metabolomics studies related to cigarette smoke toxicology and folate metabolomics related to breast cancer risk. 
Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Dissertation Title"Regulatory Control Regions of Human Arylamine N-acetyletransferase 1 and 2: Implications for Genetic Implications to Breast Cancer"
F30 AWARDGrant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Project title: "Genetic Polymorphisms in 5'-UTR of Human NAT1 and NAT 2"
Ph.D. MentorDr. David Hein
Graduate DegreeMS Computer Science, Hood College, Frederick, MD 2018
MS Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 2000
Undergraduate DegreeBS Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2016
BS Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1998

Jason Talbott
M.D., Ph.D.

May 2007

Faculty appointment

Associate Professor, Neuroradiology section, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG). Dr. Talbott is the Director of Clinical Operations at ZSFG. Dr. Talbott also serves as the Associate Residency Program Director, Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program.

Research interests include advanced spinal cord and peripheral nerve MR imaging techniques utilizing experimental animal models.

FellowshipUniversity of California, San Francisco, CA, Neuroradiology, 2013
ResidencyUniversity of California, San Francisco, CA, Diagnostic Radiology Residency, 2012

In 2012 he received the Alexander Margulis Outstanding Resident Research Award and also served as a Chief Resident. In 2010-2011 he was selected to participate in research training in Biomedical Imaging sponsored by a T32 Training Grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. At the 8th Annual Imaging Research Symposium in August 2011, Dr. Talbott received the award for Best Presentation for "Diffusion Weighted-MRI of White Matter Injury Produced by Ethidium Bromide and Cervical Spinal Cord Contusion Injuries in the Rat".

InternshipUniversity of California, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, preliminary year in Internal Medicine
Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology
Dissertation Title"Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Remyelination in the Adult Rat Spinal Chord"
Ph.D. MentorDr. Scott Whittemore
Undergraduate DegreeBS Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 2000

David N. Loy
M.D., Ph.D.

Dec 2002

Faculty appointments

Clinical Instructor in Neuroradiology, Washington University at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, MO as of March 2024.

He had been an Assistant Professor, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA,  Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Division of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology and was the Co-Medical Director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center at Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital, Richmond, VA

Dr. Loy had previously been on faculty at Washington University, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, MO, in Division of Neuroradiology/Interventional Radiology, 2010-2011.

FellowshipWashington University, St. Louis, MO, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Endosurgical Neuroradiology, 2010
Two year fellowship that included one year of specialized diagnostic neuroradiology followed by a year of interventional training involving endovascular treatment of brain aneurysms and advanced interventional spine procedures.
ResidencyWashington University, St. Louis, MO, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Diagnostic Radiology Training Program, 2008.
The residency tract allowed him to spend 1 full year in the lab, working with Dr. Victor Song in the Biomedical MR laboratory, focusing on MR diffusion tensor imaging in spinal cord injury. Additionally, he started a collaborative effort between WashU and the UofL Dept. of Neurosurgery in 2006.
InternshipUniversity of Louisville, Louisville, KY, in General Surgery, 2004
Post-doctoral Research FellowshipUniversity of Louisville, Louisville, KY, Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology - mentored by Dr. Scott Whittemore and Dr. Christopher Shields
Graduate DepartmentDepartment of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology
Dissertation Title"Locomotor Pathways and Microvascular Processes Following Spinal Cord Injury"
Ph.D. MentorDr. Scott Whittemore
Undergraduate DegreeBA Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY