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The clinical and basic sciences faculty are headed by Drs. Goldberg and Moskowitz and by Dr. Caplan respectively, who represent the Executive Committee of the Center. The Executive Committee functions as the Co-Directors of the Center, with shared responsibility for the Center activities. They assist with the day-to-day management of the Center, generating policy and the long-term objectives.<\/em><\/p>\n

For more details of the faculty member’s interests, see the synopses<\/a> or click on their name to view their curriculum vit\u00e6 (CV) or website. Off-site links will open in a new window.<\/em><\/p>\n

Eben Alsberg, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor
\nDepartment of Biomedical Engineering
\nInterests: Tissue engineering, stem cell differentiation.
\nEmail: exa46@cwru.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

James Anderson, M.D., Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
\nProfessor
\nDepartments of Pathology, Macromolecular Science & Biomedical Engineering
\nInterests: Retrieval & evaluation of human implants.
\nEmail: james.anderson@cwru.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Harihara Baskaran, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
\nAssociate Professor
\nDepartment of Chemical Engineering
\nInterests: Microvascular tissue engineering, cell transport.
\nEmail: hxb3@cwru.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

John Blackwell, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
\nLeonard Case Jr. Professor
\nDepartment of Macromolecular Science
\nInterests: Physical-chemical measurements of solution properties of complex polysaccharides.
\nEmail: jxb6@cwru.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

H\u00fclya B\u00fck\u00fclmez, M.D.<\/strong>
\nInstructor of Pediatrics, MetroHealth Medical Center
\nInterests: Juvenile rheumatic diseases, cartilage genetics and biology
\nEmail: hxb38@cwru.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Anthony Calabro, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
\nStaff Scientist
\nCleveland Clinic Foundation, Lerner Research Institute
\nInterests: Structure, function, and metabolism of hyaluronan and aggrecan in normal, malignant, and arthritic tissues.
\nEmail: calabra@ccf.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Arnold I. Caplan, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
\nDirector, Skeletal Research Center
\nDepartment of Biology
\nInterests: Tissue engineering of mesenchymal tissue, skeletal tissue biology, extracellular matrix; and the aging of the skin.
\nEmail: aic@cwru.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Dwight T. Davy, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
\nProfessor
\nDepartment of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
\nInterests: Evaluation of the mechanical properties of hard tissue.
\nEmail: dtd@cwru.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Stanton Gerson, M.D.<\/a><\/strong>
\nProfessor
\nDepartment of Hematology\/Oncology
\nInterests: Stem cell gene transfer, drug selection, transdifferentiation.
\nEmail: slg5@cwru.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Edward Greenfield, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
\nProfessor
\nDepartment of Orthop\u00e6dics
\nInterests: cellular mechanisms that regulate bone turnover in response to stimuli, e.g.<\/em>, hormones, cytokines, orthop\u00e6dic wear particles, and bacterial endotoxin.
\nEmail: emg3@cwru.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Vincent C. Hascall, M.D.<\/a><\/strong>
\nProfessor & Section Head
\nCleveland Clinic Foundation, Lerner Research Institute
\nInterests: Connective tissue biology.
\nEmail: hascalv@ccf.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Stephen Haynesworth, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
\nAssociate Professor & Associate Dean
\nDepartment of Biology
\nInterests: Developmental & ageing biology
\nEmail: seh5@cwru.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Arthur Heuer, Ph.D<\/strong>.<\/a>
\nProfessor & Director
\nDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering
\nInterests: Paraequilibrium carburization of stainless steels, oxidation-induced stresses in Ni-base alloys.
\nEmail: ahh@cwru.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Alexander M. Jamieson, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
\nProfessor & Chairman
\nDepartment of Macromolecular Science
\nInterests: Use of laser light scattering techniques to analyze the solution properties of proteoglycans.
\nEmail: amj@cwru.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Joseph M. Mansour, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
\nProfessor
\nDepartment of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
\nInterests: Mechanical behavior of cartilaginous tissues in normal, diseased & repaired states.
\nEmail: jmm12@cwru.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Ronald Midura, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
\nDepartment Chair
\nDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Lerner Research Institute
\nInterests: Connective tissue biology.
\nEmail: midurar@ccf.org<\/a><\/p>\n

George Muschler, M.D.<\/a><\/strong>
\nStaff
\nDepartment of Orthop\u00e6dics, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Lerner Research Institute
\nInterests: Bone tissue engineering, osteoblastic differentiation, age, gender, and disease related changes in connective tissue progenitors.
\nEmail: muschlg@ccf.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Horst von Recum, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor
\nDepartment of Biomedical Engineering
\nInterests: Cell delivery, drug delivery
\nEmail: hav1@cwru.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Rodrigo Somoza Palacios, Ph.D.<\/strong>
\nSenior Research Associate
\nSkeletal Research Center
\nEmail: ras286@cwru.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

J. Michael Sorrell, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
\nSenior Research Associate & Director, Monoclonal Antibody Facility
\nSkeletal Research Center
\nInterests: Dermal fibroblast biology, control of angiogenesis
\nEmail: jms30@cwru.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Jean F. Welter, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
\nResearch Associate Professor & Director, Bioreactor Core Facility
\nSkeletal Research Center; Department of Biology
\nInterests: Tissue-engineering and cell-based therapies, bioreactor design, mechanobiology, bone transplantation, imaging, fluorescence spectroscopy, drug delivery.
\nEmail: jfw2@cwru.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The clinical and basic sciences faculty are headed by Drs. Goldberg and Moskowitz and by Dr. Caplan respectively, who represent the Executive Committee of the Center. The Executive Committee functions as the Co-Directors of the Center, with shared responsibility for the Center activities. They assist with the day-to-day management of the Center, generating policy and the long-term objectives.<\/em><\/p>\n

For more details of the faculty member’s interests, see the synopses<\/a> or click on their name to view their curriculum vit\u00e6 (CV) or website. Off-site links will open in a new window.<\/em><\/p>\n

Eben Alsberg,<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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