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Key Researchers

Listed below are some of the key researchers at the MMRF. If you are unable to find the person you are looking for or no contact information is listed, please contact MMRF communications at 612.347.7672.

Alternative Medicine
Berman Center
Cancer
Cardiac Biomarker Trials
Children's Issues
Gastrointestinal & Liver Disease
Heart Disease
HIV / AIDS
Sleep Disorders
Tobacco Dependence

 

Alternative Medicine

Patricia Culliton, M.A., L.Ac.
Director, Alternative Medicine Division
aamc@winternet.com

Ulrich Beyendorff, L.Ac., Dipl.C.H.
Clinic Supervisor, Alternative Medicine Clinic
tarauli@yahoo.com

Debra Canfield
Operations Coordinator, Alternative Medicine Division
debra.canfield@hfa-mn.org

 

 

Berman Center for Outcomes and Clinical Research

Richard Grimm, MD, M.P.H., Ph.D.
Medical Director
612-347-7755
Fax: 612-347-7935
grimm001@umn.edu

Julie Levin
Administrative Director
612-341-7934
Fax: 612-341-7935
jalevin@whi.org

Brenda Kirpach
Recruitment Director
612-341-7922
Fax: 612-341-7935
bkirpach@bermancenter.org

 

 

Cancer

Richard Zera, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief of Surgery/Surgical Oncology, Hennepin County Medical Center

Joan Van Camp, M.D.
Department of Surgery, Hennepin County Medical Center

Douglas Rausch, M.D.
Medical Director, Hennepin Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chief of Medical Oncology, Hennepin County Medical Center

Michael Belzer, M.D.
Department of Medical Oncology, Hennepin County Medical Center

Kathleen Ogle, M.D.
Department of Medical Oncology, Hennepin County Medical Center

Rachel Lerner, M.D.
Department of Medical Oncology, Hennepin County Medical Center

Gregory Meyers, M.D.
Department of Radiation Oncology, Hennepin County Medical Center

Carol Schmidt, R.N., OCN, CCRP
Clinical Research Nurse
612-873-5911

 

Cardiac Biomarker Trials Laboratory

Fred Apple, Ph.D.
Medical Director of Clinical Laboratories, HCMC
Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine
fred.apple@hcmed.org
612-873-3324, Fax: 612-904-229

MaryAnn M. Murakami, B.A.
Research Laboratory Manager/ Senior Scientist
mmmurakami@mmrf.org
Office: 612-337-8993, Pager: 612-613-2321

Charles A. Herzog, MD
Staff Cardiologist, HCMC
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota School of Medicine
Consulting cardiologist for trials laboratory
Office: 612-873-2875

Stephen Smith, MD
Staff Emergency Medicine Physician, Hennepin County Medical Center
Assistant Professor
Consulting ED Physician for trials laboratory

 

Children’s Issues

Diana Becker Cutts, M.D.
Director, Office of Pediatric Research and Advocacy

Julia Joseph-Di Caprio, M.D., M.P.H.

Gail Brottman, M.D.

Lisa Hagen, R.N., M.S.

David Fisher, M.D.

Jan Kutz, R.N.

Richard Lussky, M.D.

David Thompson, M.D.

Stacene Maroushek, M.D., Ph.D.

Dawn, Martin, M.D.

Linda Thompson, M.D.

John Garcia, M.D.

Sloan d’Autremont, M.D.

Steve Baisch, M.D.

Robert Kriel, M.D.

Joni Geppert, M.P.H, R.D., L.N.
Research Manager

Cherylee Sherry, MPH, CHES
Project Manager

Tu Quan, M.P.H.
Research Project Coordinator

Patricia Chavez
Research Assistant

Tracey Jones
Research Assistant

Linda Carson
Research Technician

 

Gastrointestinal & Liver Disease

Jeffrey Albrecht, M.D.
Division Chief of Gastroenterology, Hennepin County Medical Center

Martin Freeman, M.D.

Oliver Cass, M.D.

Shawn Mallery, M.D.

Craig Peine, M.D.

 

Heart Disease

Steven Goldsmith, M.D.
Director of Cardiology

Richard W. Asinger, M.D.
Associate Director of Cardiology

Bradley Bart, M.D.

Charles Herzog, M.D.
Director of Echocardiography

Richard D. Taylor, M.D.
Director of Electrophysiology

K. Wang, M.D.

Fouad Bachour, MD

Valerie Ulstad, MD

Marco Guerrero, MD

 

HIV/AIDS

Keith Henry, MD
Director, HIV/AIDS Clinical Research Program

Bette Bordenave, RN
Research Coordinator
Bette.Bordenave@hcmed.org

Edie Gunderson, LPN
Research Coordinator
edie.r.gunderson@hcmed.org

 

Sleep Disorders

Mark W. Mahowald, M.D.
Medical Director, Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center
Department of Neurology, Hennepin County Medical Center
612-347-6288 or 1-800 343-6774

Scott Bundlie, M.D.
Department of Neurology, Hennepin County Medical Center
612-347-6288 or 1-800-343-6774

Noah A. Sandler, D.M.D., M.D.
Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Minnesota
612-624-8600

Anthony DiAngelis, D.M.D.
Chief of Dentistry, Hennepin County Medical Center
612-347-6288 or 1-800-343-6774

Scott Davies, M.D.
Chief of Pulmonary Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center
612-347-6288 or 1-800-343-6774

Conrad Iber, M.D.
Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Division
Hennepin County Medical Center
612-347-6288 or 1-800-343-6774

William Marinelli, M.D.
Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Division
Hennepin County Medical Center
612-347-6288 or 1-800-343-6774

Robert Maisel, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Chief of Otolaryngology, Hennepin County Medical Center
612-347-6288 or 1-800-343-6774

George Goding, Jr., M.D.
Department of Otolaryngology, Hennepin County Medical Center
612-347-6288 or 1-800-343-6774

Rick Odland, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.
Department of Otolaryngology, Hennepin County Medical Center
612-347-6288 or 1-800-343-6774

Gerald Rosen, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics, Hennepin County Medical Center
612-347-6288 or 1-800-343-6774

John Garcia, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics, Hennepin County Medical Center
612-347-6288 or 1-800-343-6774

Laurel Wills, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics, Hennepin County Medical Center
612-347-6288 or 1-800-343-6774

Stephen A. Smith, M.D.
Neuromuscular Diseases, Department of Neurology
Hennepin County Medical Center
612-347-6288 or 1-800-343-6774

Larry Dailey, M.D.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry
Hennepin County Medical Center
612-347-6288 or 1-800-343-6774

Michael Koch, M.D.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry
Hennepin County Medical Center
612-347-6288 or 1-800-343-6774

Constance Ullevig, R.N.
Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center
Department of Neurology, Hennepin County Medical Center
612-347-6288 or 1-800-343-6774

Ruth Elling
Research Coordinator
612-347-4031

 

Tobacco Dependence

Paul Pentel, M.D.

Dan Keyler, Pharm.D.

Yoko Hieda, Ph.D.

Catherine Ross

Donna Raphael