Key Research Staff

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
taravli@yahoo.com

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

Berman Center for Outcomes & Clinical Research

Richard Grimm, MD, M.P.H., Ph.D.
Medical Director
612-347-7755, 612-347-7761
grimm001@tc.umn.edu

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

Brenda Jaeger-Fox
Recruitment Director
612-341-7922, 612-341-7935
bfox@whi.org

Brain & Immune Disorders

Phillip K. Peterson, M.D.
Director, Institute for Brain & Immune Disorders
612-347-2705
peter137@tc.umn.edu

Yorie Igarashi
Coordinator, Institute for Brain & Immune Disorders
612-337-8953
igara001@tc.umn.edu

Institute for Brain & Immune Disorders Advisory Board

David C. Anderson, M.D.
612-347-2430
ander012@tc.umn.edu

Milton L. Bullock, M.D.
612-347-4051
mlbull@sprintmail.com

Greg A. Carlson
612-347-7611
012513.2744@compuserve.com

Patricia D. Culliton, M.A., Lic. Ac.
612-347-6238
aamc@winternet.com

Thomas J. Kiresuk, Ph.D.
612-337-7377
kires001@tc.umn.edu

Paul R. Pentel, M.D.
612-347-4051
ppentel@hcmc.org

Gaylan L. Rockswold, M.D., Ph.D.
612-347-2810
rocks001@tc.umn.edu

Cancer

Richard Zera, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical Director, Hennepin Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chief of Surgical Oncology, Hennepin County Medical Center

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

Douglas J. Rausch, M.D.
Chief of Medical Oncology, Hennepin County Medical Center

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

Nabil Saba, M.D.
Department of Medical Oncology, Hennepin County Medical Center

Jennifer Roggenbuch
Cancer Genetics Counselor

Carol Ludowese
Cancer Genetics Counselor

Cynthia Miller, R.N.
Clinical Research Nurse
612-347-7643

Menjiwe Riley-Alves, R.N.
Research Recruiter for STAR, Assistant Coordinator
612-347-7643

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.

Nancy Mendelsohn

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

Jolene Bertrand, B.S.
Research Project Coordinator

Sheila Kelleher, M.A.
Research Project Coordinator

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

Patricia Chavez
Research Assistant

Tracey Jones
Research Assistant

Linda Carson
Research Technician

Diabetes & Obesity

Mehmood Khan, M.D.
Director, Hennepin Diabetes Center

John St. Peter, Pharm.D.
stpet003@tc.umn.edu

Kristin Neafus, Pharm.D.
Kristin.neafus@co.hennepin.mn.us

Mohammad Tariq Fareed, M.D.
mohammad.fareed@co.hennepin.mn.us

Foods for Well-Being

Mark Lyte, Ph.D.
Director
Lytex001@tc.umn.edu

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.

Timothy Henry, M.D.
Director of Invasive Cardiology

Charles Herzog, M.D.
Director of Echocardiography

Pam Paulsen, M.D.
Director of Interventional Lab

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

K. Wang, M.D.

Robert Lester, M.D.

HIV/AIDS

Ronald Schut, M.D.
Medical Director, Hennepin County Medical Center HIV/AIDS Program
ron.schut@co.hennepin.mn.us

Celeste Betros
Research Coordinator
celeste.betros@co.hennepin.mn.us

Tim Himango
Lead Case Manager
Tim.Himango@co.hennepin.mn.us

Kidney Disease

Bertram Kasiske, M.D.
Chief of Nephrology, Hennepin County Medical Center
Kasis001@maroon.tc.umn.edu

William Keane, M.D.
Chairman of the Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center
Keane001@tc.umn.edu

Hamid Rabb, M.D.
Lab Director
Rabbx003@tc.umn.edu

Frank Daniels
Lab Manager
fdaniels@biosci.cbs.umn.edu

Michael O’Donnel, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
mod@19@mail.idt.net

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

Milton G. Ettinger, M.D.
Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center, 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

Tobacco Dependence

Paul Pentel, M.D.

Dan Keyler, Pharm.D.

Yoko Hieda, Ph.D.

Catherine Ross

Donna Raphael

Trauma

Michael West, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of Surgical Research
Westx015@tc.umn.edu

Jorge Rodriguez, M.D.
Chief of Surgery, Hennepin County Medical Center
Jorge.Rodriguez@co.hennepin.mn.us

Mark Lyte, Ph.D.
Director
Lytex001@tc.umn.edu

Wyrta Heagy, Ph.D.
Heagy001@gold.tc.umn.edu

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