Faculty laboratories and offices are located in the Armour Academic Center and in the Jelke Building. Most of our faculty members collaborate not only with other researchers at RUSH University, but also with investigators throughout the U.S. and abroad.
Faculty with primary appointments in Anatomy & Cell Biology
- D. Rick Sumner, PhD, Professor and Chair
- Renad Abu-Sawwa, PharmD, BCPPS, Associate Professor
- Amy Beresheim, PhD, Assistant Professor
- Jeffrey Borgia, PhD, Associate Professor
- Michael Bradaric, PhD, Associate Professor
- Colleen Cheverko, PhD, Assistant Professor
- Lei Duan, MD, Assistant Professor
- Jennifer Eastwood, PhD, Associate Professor
- Karim Elalfy, PT, MA, Instructor
- Christopher Ferrigno, PhD, MPT, Associate Professor
- Frank Ko, PhD, Assistant Professor
- Robert Leven, PhD, Associate Professor
- Carl Maki, PhD, Professor
- Meghan Moran, PhD, Assistant Professor
- Ankur Naqib, PhD, Assistant Professor
- Jeffrey Nelson, MD, Associate Professor
- James T. O'Donnell, PharmD, MS, FCP, Associate Professor
- Joan O'Keefe, PT, PhD, Associate Professor
- Jitesh Pratap, PhD, Associate Professor
- Ryan Ross, PhD, Associate Professor
- Amarjit S. Virdi, PhD, Professor
- Adam Wilson, PhD, Associate Professor
- Brittany M. Wilson, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow/Instructor
Faculty Emeriti
- Kristin Al-Ghoul, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus
- W. Frank Hughes, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus
- James M. Kerns, PhD, Professor Emeritus
- Jena Khodadad, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus
- James M. Williams, PhD, Professor Emeritus
Faculty with conjoint appointments in Anatomy & Cell Biology
- John Bailitz, MD (Emergency Medicine)
- Faraz Bishehsari, MD, PhD (Internal Medicine)
- Brian J. Cole, MD, MBA (Orthopedic Surgery)
- Christopher Forsyth, PhD (Internal Medicine)
- Carlo Franco, PhD (Anesthesiology)
- Nadim Hallab, PhD (Orthopedic Surgery)
- Ali Keshavarzian, MD (Internal Medicine)
- Garth R. Swanson, MD, MS (Internal Medicine)
- Robin M. Voigt-Zuwala, PhD (Internal Medicine)
- Markus Wimmer, PhD (Orthopedic Surgery)
Post-Doctoral Fellows
- Stacey Cahoon, PhD - Ross lab
- Hoomin Lee, PhD - Ko lab
- Akanksha Sharma, PhD - Borgia lab
- Pankaj Shitole, PhD - Ross lab
- Brittany Wilson, PhD - Sumner lab
Staff
- Rita Eaddy, BA, Administrative Manager
- David Gerard, Research Lab Supervisor - Borgia lab
- Zoe Herdman, Research Lab Tech 2 - Ko lab
- Martice Herron, Clinical Research Coordinator - Borgia lab
- David Karwo, Lab Services Coordinator - Human Anatomy Laboratory
- Kevin Little, Clinical Research Coordinator - Borgia lab
- Wryan Mitchell, Clinical Research Assistant - O’Keefe lab
- Niyati Patel, Research Lab Tech 3 - Ross lab
- Mehrdad Jafari Tadi, Research Lab Tech 2 - Maki lab