Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology Faculty and Staff
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
Animesh Barua, PhD, 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
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
Claire Auger, PhD - Borgia lab
Hoomin Lee, PhD - Ko lab
Hita Moudgalya, MD - Borgia lab
Pankaj Shitole, PhD - Ross lab
Imad Tarhoni, MD, PhD - Borgia lab
Brittany Wilson, PhD - Sumner lab
Staff
Rita Eaddy, BA, Administrative Manager
Andrew Caldemeyer, Research Lab Tech 2 - Maki lab
Bryan Dulion, Research Lab Tech 2 - Ross lab
David Gerard, Research Lab Supervisor - Borgia lab
Zoe Herdman, Research Lab Tech 1 - Ko lab
David Karwo, Human Anatomy Laboratory Manager
Rylan Martin, Research Lab Tech 3 - Moran lab
Jack Paras, Clinical Research Assistant - O’Keefe lab
Niyati Patel, Research Lab Tech 2 - Ross lab
Mehrdad Jafari Tadi, Research Lab Tech 2 - Maki lab