

The IEM consists of a network of faculty, students, staff, and partners both within and outside of the University of California, brought together by the common focus of Engineering in Medicine. Currently the Institute has more than 100 participating faculty members and 20 industry members.
| NAME | POSITION | DEPARTMENT/WEBSITE | PHONE/FAX | |
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| Shu Chien | University Professor of Bioengineering and Medicine Director of Institute of Engineering in Medicine |
Bioengineering and Medicine | shuchien@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-5195 Fax: (858)534-5722 |
| David Cheresh | Professor of Pathology Associate Director of Institute of Engineering in Medicine |
Pathology Institute of Engineering in Medicine, UCSD Moores Cancer Center |
dcheresh@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-2232 Fax: (858)822-3104 |
| Shankar Subramaniam | Professor and Chair, Bioengineering Associate Director of Institute of Engineering in Medicine |
Bioengineering | shankar@sdsc.edu | Tel: (858)822-0986 Fax: (858)822-3752 |
| NAME | POSITION | DEPARTMENT/WEBSITE | PHONE/FAX | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasmin Aguado-Sierra | Post-Doctoral Researcher | Bioengineering | jaguadosierra@bioeng.ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-2547 |
| Sameh Ali | Assistant Professor | Medicine | ssali@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-7956 Fax: (858)822-2908 |
| Matthew Allison | Assistant Professor | Medicine | mallison@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)200-3814 Fax: (858)200-3815 |
| Adah Almutairi | Assistant Professor | Pharmaceutical Sciences | aalmutairi@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)246 0871 Fax: (858)200-3815 |
| Michael Andre | Professor | Radiology | mandre@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)552-8585 x 4-7651 |
| David Amiel | Professor | Orthopaedic Surgery | damiel@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-2676 |
| Dale Baker | Post-Graduate Researcher | Bioengineering | dbaker@ucsd.edu | |
| Kim Barrett | Professor, Dean | Medicine, Graduate Studies | kbarrett@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)434-2795 Fax: (858)534-3338 |
| Bruce Barshop | Professor | bbarshop@ucsd.edu | Tel: (619)543-5279 Fax: (619)543-3565 |
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| Dirk-Uwe Bartsch | Associate Adjunct Professor | Opthalmology | dbartsch@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-4392 Fax: (858)534-6826 |
| Yuri Bazilevs | Assistant Professor | Structural Engineering | bazily@ices.utexas.edu | |
| David Benson | Professor | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | dbenson@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-5928 |
| Michael Berns | Adjunct Professor | Bioengineering | mwberns@uci.edu | Tel: (858)822-2954 Fax: (858)822-1160 |
| Bill Bradley | Professor and Chair | Radiology | wgbradley@ucsd.edu | Tel: (619)543-2890 |
| David Brenner | VC of Health Sciences, Dean | School of Medicine | dbrenner@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-1501 |
| Jonathan Bui | Assistant Professor | Neurosciences | jdbui@ucsd.edui | Tel: (858)534-3270 |
| Nigel Calcutt | Professor | Pathology | ncalcutt@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-5331 Fax: (858)534-1886 |
| Edmund Capparelli | Clinical Professor | Pediatrics | ecapparelli@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)246-0009 Fax: (858)246-0025 |
| Jennifer Cha | Assistant Professor | Nanoengineering | jncha@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-4793 Fax: (858)534-9553 |
| Peter Chen | Project Scientist/Lecturer | Bioengineering | pcchen@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-2554 Fax: (858)534-5722 |
| Karen Christman | Assistant Professor | Bioengineering | christman@bioeng.ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-7863 |
| Antonio De Maio | Professor and Vice Chairman of Research | Surgery | ademaio@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-6502 Fax: (858)-822-2981 |
| Anna Devor | Adjunct Assistant Professor | Neurosciences and Radiology | adevor@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-0381 |
| Wolfgang Dillmann | Professor, Chief | Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism | wdillmann@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-9934 Fax: (858)534-9932 |
| Pieter Dorrestein | Assistant Professor | Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Chemistry | pdorrestein@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-6607 Fax: (858)822-0041 |
| James Dunford | Professor | Clinical Medicine and Surgery | JDunford@sandiego.gov | Tel: (619)533-4359 Fax: (619)533-4499 |
| Robert Engler | Professor Emeritus | Medicine |
Rengler@cardiumthx.com | Tel: (858)436-1008 |
| Adam Engler | Assistant Professor | Bioengineering | aengler@bioeng.ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)246-0678 Fax: (858)534-5722 |
| Sadik Esener | Professor | Nanoengineering | sadik@ecepops.ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-9997 Fax: (858)534-2732 |
| Sylvia Evans | Professor | Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy | syevans@ucsd.edus | Tel: (858)822-2452 |
| Shaya Fainman | Cymer Professor | Electrical and Computer Engineering | fainman@ece.ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-8909 Fax: (858)534-1225 |
| Marilyn Farquhar | Professor and Chair | Cellular and Molecular Medicine | mfarquhar@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-7711 Fax: (858)534-8549 |
| Gary S. Firestein | Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Rheumatology Allergy & Immunology Dean, Translational Medicine |
Clinical and Translational Research Insitute | gfirestein@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-0480 Fax: (858)534-2606 |
| Steve Flaim | Business and Technology Advisor | The William J. von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology Advancement | sflaim@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-1788 |
| Lawrence Frank | Professor in Residence, Co-Director | Radiology, National Skeletal Muscle Research Center | lrfrank@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-6332 Fax: |
| William Freeman | Professor, Director | Opthalmology, Jacobs Retina Center | wrfreeman@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-3513 Fax: (858)534-7985 |
| Theodore Friedmann | Professor | Pediatrics | tfriedmann@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-4268 |
| Arnost Fronek | Professor Emeritus | Surgery |
afronek@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-4270 |
| Fred Gage | Professor | Neurosciences | gage@salk.edu | Tel: (858)453-4100 |
| Gordon Gill | Professor | Cellular and Molecular Medicine | ggill@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-4310 |
| Mark Ginsberg | Professor, Director Physician Scientist Training Pathway | Medicine | mhginsberg@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-6432 Fax: (858)822-6458 |
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Director, Orthopedic Biomechanics Research Center Rady Childrens Hospital |
Medicine | diana@pinfo.org | (858) 966 1700 x 4857 (office) |
| Chris Glass | Professor | Cellular and Molecular Medicine | cglass@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-6011 |
| David Gough | Professor | Bioengineering | dgough@bioeng.ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-3446 Fax: (858)534-5722 |
| Barry Greenberg | Professor | Medicine | bgreenberg@ucsd.edu | Tel: (619)543-7751 Fax: (619)543-7870 |
| Gabriel Haddad | Professor and Chair | Pediatrics | ghaddad@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-4740 |
| David J. Hall | Assistant Adjunct Professor | Radiology and Bioengineering | djhall@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-0893 |
| Alan Hargens | Professor | Orthopaedic Surgery | ahargens@ucsd.edu | Tel: (619)543-6805 Fax: (619)543-2540 |
| Jeff Hasty | Associate Professor | Bioengineering | hasty@bioeng.ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-3442 Fax: (309)273-0130 |
| Alan Hofmann | Professor Emeritus | Medicine |
HofmannAF@cs.com | Tel: (858)822-3811 Fax: (858)534-3338 |
| Stephen Howell | Professor, Associate Director for Clinical Research | Medicine, Moores Cancer Center | showell@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-1112 Fax: (858)822-1111 |
| Trey Ideker | Associate Professor | Bioengineering | trey@bioeng.ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-4558 Fax: (858)822-4246 |
| Marcos Intagiletta | Professor | Bioengineering | mintaglietta@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-4275 |
| Terry Jernigan | Professor of Cognitive Science, Psychiatry, and Radiology Director, Center for Human Development | Psychiatry |
tjernigan@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-4105 Fax: (858)534-4114 |
| Sungho Jin | Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Iwama Endowed Chair | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | jin@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-4903 Fax: (858)534-5698 |
| Steve Jiang | Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology | Moores Cancer Center | sbjiang@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-5129 Fax: (858)822-6078 |
| Paul Johnson | Adjunct Professor | Bioengineering | pjohnson@bioeng.ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-5686 Fax: (858)534-5722 |
| Tzyy-Ping Jung | Professor | Computer Science | jung@sccn.ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)458-1927 x12 |
| Kenneth Kaushansky | Helen M. Ranney Distinguished Professor and Chair | Medicine | kkaushansky@ucsd.edu | Tel: (619)543-2259 |
| Ajai Khanna | Associate Clinical Professor | General Surgery/Abdominal Transplantation | akhanna@ucsd.edu | Tel: (619)543-3493 |
| Richard Klemke | Professor | Pathology | rklemke@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-5610 Fax: (858)822-4566 |
| David Krummen | Assistant Clinical Professor | Medicine |
dkrummen@ucsd.edu | Tel: (619)543-8205 |
| Joel Lavine | Vice Chair | Pediatrics |
jolavine@ucsd.edu | Tel: (619)543-7544 Fax: (619)543-7537 |
| Hyam Leffert | Professor | Pharmacology and Center for Molecular Genetics | hleffert@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-2354 Fax: (858)534-6833 |
| Wilbur Lew | Professor of Medicine & Chief of VA Cardiology Section | Medicine | wlew@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)642-3545 Fax: (858)552-7490 |
| Klaus Ley | Head | Division of Inflammation Biology | klaus@liai.org | Tel: (858)752-6661 Fax: (858)752-6986 |
| Julie Li | Associate Project Scientist | Bioengineering |
jli@bioeng.ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-1313 Fax: (858)822-1160 |
| Rick Lieber | Professor and Vice Chair | Orthopaedic Surgery | rlieber@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)552-8585 ext 7016 |
| Jonathan Lin | Assistant Professor | Pathology, Cellular and Molecular Medicine |
jlin@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-2743 |
| Thomas Liu | Associate Professor | Radiology and Bioengineering | ttliu@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-0542 |
| John Liu | Adjunct Professor | Opthalmology | joliu@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-7056 Fax: (858)534-7014 |
| Alison Marsden | Assistant Professor | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | amarsden@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-3744 |
| Andrew McCulloch | Professor | Bioengineering | amcculloch@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-2547 Fax: (858)534-5722 |
| Jayant Menon | Physician and Surgeon | Division of Neurosurgery | jpmenon@ucsd.edu | |
| Yury Miller | Associate Professor | Medicine | yumiller@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-5771 Fax: (858)534-2005 |
| Robert Myers | Professor | Anesthesiology | rmyers@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-6608 Fax: (858)534-1445 |
| Sanjiv Narayan | Associate Professor | Medicine | snarayan@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)552-8585 ext 3539 |
| Thomas Nelson | Professor | Radiology | tnelson@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-1433 |
| Sanjay Nigam | Professor | Pediatrics, Medicine, and Cellular and Molecular Medicine |
snigam@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-3482 Fax: (858)822-3483 |
| Victor Nizet | Professor | Pediatrics and Pharmacy | vnizet@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-7408 Fax: (858)534-5611 |
| Daniel O'Connor | Professor | Medicine | doconnor@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-0661 Fax: (858)534-0626 |
| Rosibel Ochoa | Commercialization Director | The von Liebig Center | gochoa@ucsd.edu | Tel:(858)822-6775 |
| Jeff Omens | Adjunct Professor | Medicine and Bioengineering | jomens@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-8102 Fax: (858)534-0522 |
| Bernhard Palsson | Professor | Bioengineering | bpalsson@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-5668 |
| Frank Papatheofanis | Associate Professor | Radiology | fpapath@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)552-8585 ext 7511 |
| Giovanni Paternostro | Adjunct Assistant Professor | Burnham Institute for Medical Research | giovanni@burnham.org | Tel: (858)646 3100 |
| Kevin Patrick | Professor | Family and Preventive Medicine | kpatrick@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)457-7296 Fax: (858)622-1463 |
| David Perkins | Professor of Medicine and Surgery Director of Research for Transplantation |
Medicine | davperkins@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-9664 |
| Steven Plaxe | Professor | Reproductive Medicine |
splaxe@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-6199 Fax: (858)822-6319 |
| Frank Powell | Professor | Medicine and Director of White Mountain Research | fpowell@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-4191 |
| Jeff Price | Associate Professor | Burnham | jprice@burnham.org | Tel: (858)646.3162 |
| Kim Prisk | Adjunct Professor | Medicine and Radiology | kprisk@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)455-4756 |
| Robert Ross | Professor | Medicine | rross@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)642-1138 Fax: (858)642-1199 |
| Erkki Ruoslahti | Adjunct Professor | Bioengineering | ruoslahti@burnham.org | |
| Allen Ryan | Professor | Surgery |
afryan@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-4659 Fax: (858)534-5319 |
| Robert Sah | Professor | Bioengineering | rsah@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-0821 Fax: (858)534-5722 |
| David Schlaepfer | Professor | Moores Cancer Center, Reproductive Medicine | dschlaepfer@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-3444 |
| Geert Schmid-Schonbien | Professor | Bioengineering | gwss@bioeng.ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-3852 Fax: (858)534-5722 |
| Jan Schnitzer | Professor and Scientific Director | Cellular and Molecular Biology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center | jschnitzer@skcc.org | Tel: (858)450 5990 x320 Fax: (858)450 3251 |
| Frieder Seible | Professor and Dean | Jacobs School of Engineering | fseible@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-6237 Fax: (858)822-3904 |
| Terrence Sejnowski | Francis Crick Chair | Salk Institute | terry@salk.edu | Tel: (858)453-4100 |
| Gabriel Silva | Assistant Professor | Bioengineering and Ophthalmology, and Neurosciences Program | gsilva@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-4591 Fax: (858)534-7985 |
| Gregg Silverman | Professor | Medicine |
gsilverman@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-5439 Fax: (858)822-5230 |
| William Song | Assistant Clinical Professor | Moores Cancer Center | wysong@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)246-0886 |
| Nicholas Spitzer | Professor | Division of Biological Sciences, | nspitzer@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-3896 Fax: (858)534-7309 |
| Susan Taylor | Professor | Chemistry and Biochemistry | staylor@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-5677 |
| Scott Thomson | Professor | Medicine | sthomson@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)552-7528 Fax: (858)642-1438 |
| JoAnn Trejo | Associate Professor | Pharmacology | jotrejo@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)246-0150 |
| Roger Tsien | Professor of Pharmacology and Chemistry ;& Biochemistry | Pharmacology | rtsien@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-4891 Fax: (858)534-5270 |
| Ming Tsuang | University Professor | Psychiatry | mtsuang@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-2464 Fax: (858)822-2469 |
| Shyni Varghese | Assistant Professor | Bioengineering | svarghes@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-7920 Fax: (858)534-5722 |
| Ajit Varki | Professor | Cellular and Molecular Medicine | a1varki@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-2214 Fax: (858)534-1346 |
| Judith Varner | Professor in Residence | Moores UCSD Cancer Center |
jvarner@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-0086 Fax: (858)822-1325 |
| Kenneth S. Vecchio | Professor and Chair | Department of NanoEngineering | kvecchio@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-7922 Fax: (858)534-9553 |
| David Vera | Professor | Radiology | dvera@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-2574 Fax: (858)822-0950 |
| Erik Viirre | Associate Adjunct Professor | Surgery | eviirre@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)657-8590 |
| Francisco Villareal | Professor | Medicine, UCSD Cardiology | fvillarr@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-3630 Fax: (858)534-0522 |
| Joseph Wang | Professor | Nanoengineering | josephwang@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)246-0128 |
| Sam Ward | Assistant Professor | Radiology and Orthopaedic Surgery | srward@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-4918 Fax: (858)552-4381 |
| John Watson | Professor and Vice Chair | Bioengineering |
jtwatson@soe.ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-2788 Fax: (858)822-5959 |
| Leor Weinberger | Assistant Professor | Chemistry and Biochemistry | lsweinberger@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-8671 Fax: (858)534-4864 |
| John West | Distinguished Professor | Medicine and Physiology | jwest@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-4192 |
| Virgil Woods | Professor | Medicine | vwoods@ucsd.edu | Tel: 858-534-2180 |
| Ronghui (Lily) Xu | Associate Professor | Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and Department of Mathematics |
rxu@math.ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-6663 |
| Paul Yu | Professor | Electrical and Computer Engineering | yu@ece.ucsd.edu | Tel: 858-534-6180 Fax: 858-534-0556 |
| Jason Yuan | Professor | Medicine | xiyuan@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-6534 Fax: (858)822-6531 |
| Dong-Er Zhang | Professor | Pathology and Biological Sciences | d7zhang@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-5372 Fax: (858)822-5433 |
| Kun Zhang | Assistant Professor | Bioengineering | kzhang@bioeng.ucsd.edu | Tel: 858-822-7876 |
| Liangfang Zhang | Assistant Professor | Nanoengineering | zhang@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)246-0999 |
| Binhai Zheng | Assistant Professor | Neurosciences | binhai@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)534-5807 Fax: (858)822-1021 |
| Dan Zhou | Assistant Adjunct Professor | Pediatrics | d2zhou@ucsd.edu | Tel: (858)822-6889 Fax: (858)534-6971 |
| Michael Ziegler | Professor | Medicine | mziegler@ucsd.edu | Tel: (619)543-2885 Fax: (619)543-7717 |
| NAME | TITLE | LOCATION/DEPT./COMPANY | PHONE/FAX |
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| Rowella Garcia | Fiscal Specialist | SERF 228, Mail Code 0435 | Tel: (858)822-4520 |
| Jennifer Griffin | Business Officer | SERF 227, Mail Code 0435 | Tel: (858)822-4278 Fax:(858)822-1160 |
| Stacey Liekweg | Executive Director, Regenerative Medicine Programs | CMM 2041, Mail Code 0695 | Tel: (858)246-0844 Fax: (858)822-3249 |
