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Jefferson Inventors

Jefferson is a member institution of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), a non-profit organization founded in 2010 at the University of South Florida. The NAI's mission is to:

  • Honor academic invention
  • Recognize and encourage inventors
  • Enhance the visibility of university and non-profit research institute technology and innovation
  • Encourage the disclosure of intellectual property
  • Educate and mentor innovative students
  • Translate members' inventions to benefit society

Members of Jefferson's chapter of the NAI are Jefferson faculty, alumni, and affiliates who have received an issued patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

The following members were honored and inducted into the Jefferson Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors. The Jefferson Chapter now has over 60 members. These inventors represent outstanding achievements at Jefferson and in the research community.

David Abraham, PhD
Professor
Microbiology & Immunology

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PATENTS: 5,714,170; 6,312,684; 6,506,415; 6,541,036

Joel Adler, PhD
Doctoral Research Mentor

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PATENTS: 7,676,404; 9,691,046

Emad Alnemri, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 6,797,812; 6,730,779; 6,716,960; 6,686,099; 6,610,541; 6,600,024; 6,576,751; 6,566,505; 6,462,175; 6,455,296

Teresa Alnemri, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 5,672,500; 5,786,173; 5,958,720; 5,985,640; 6,274,318; 6,359,127; 6,462,175; 6,686,099; 6,716,960; 6,797,812

David Andrews, MD
Professor & Vice Chair for Clinical Services, Department of Neurosurgery
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 6,541,036; 6,096,019; 5,810,760

Jeffrey Benovic, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENT: 6,255,069

Jonathan Brody
Professor, Department of Surgery
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 6,930,175; 7,163,610; 7,811,437

Bruno Calabretta, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Cancer Biology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 5,362,631; 5,734,039; 5,817,783

Diana Cundell, PhD
Professor, Biology Program
Director, Pre-Medical Studies Program
Jefferson College of Life Sciences

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PATENTS: 5,455,240; 5,665,561 

René Daniel, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENT: 7,736,848

Bernhard Dietzschold, DVM
Professor Emeritus, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 5,695,757; 6,129,921; 6,890,532; 7,071,319; 7,074,413; 7,223,584; 7,695,724; 8,282,939; 6,355,621

Milosz Faber, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 7,695,724; 8,282,939

Andrzej Fertala, PhD
Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 5,593,859; 5,405,757

Flemming Forsberg, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Radiology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 6,302,845; 5,833,615

Gregory Fossum, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENT: 6,077,280

Leonard Gomella, MD
Chairman, Department of Urology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 5,939,258; 5,688,649; 5,674,682; 5,506,106

Muthu Govindaraj, PhD
Professor of Engineering
School for Design & Engineering
Kanbar College of Design, Engineering, & Commerce

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PATENTS: 7,144,830; 9,668,846

Irvin Hirsch, MD
Clinical Professor, Department of Urology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENT: 5,582,620

D. Craig Hooper, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Cancer Biology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 5,872,124; 5,935,570; 6,042,832; 6,129,921; 6,448,070; 6,890,532; 7,071,319; 7,074,413; 7,223,584; 8,282,939

Ya-ming Hou, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENT: 6,448,059

Lorraine Iacovitti, PhD
Professor, Department of Neurology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENT: 7,195,910

Renato Iozzo, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology & Genomic Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 6,821,947; 6,524,573; 5,354,666  

Edward Jasper, MD
Director, Bioterrorism & Disaster Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENT: 5,688,797

Sergio Jimenez, MD
Professor, Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Biology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 6,010,694

Jeffrey Joseph, DO
Vice Chairman & Director of Research, Anesthesiology
Director, Jefferson Artificial Pancreas Center
Associate Director, Anesthesiology Program for Translational Research
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Periopertive Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 6,471,6895,995,860; 5,819,723; 5,582,167; 4,951,678  

Todd Kramer
Associate Dean
Professor, Industrial Design Program
School of Design & Engineering
Kanbar College of Design, Engineering, & Commerce

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PATENTS: D553,410; D559,605; D562,608; D562,609; D563,133; D563,136; D563,138; D567,300; D568,656; D569,668; D571,136; D655,084; 8,662,269

Dennis Leeper, PhD
Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 5,716,616; 6,974,571

Claresa Levetan, MD
Faculty, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 8,808,689; 8,911,776; 9,133,440; 9,321,812;
9,511,110; 10,010,577; 10,010,578; 10,010,579; 10,010,580; 10,016,482

Yuhong Liu
Research Assistant, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 7,638,120

Christopher Pastore, PhD
Professor, Transdisciplinary Studies and Engineering
Assistant Provost, Faculty Development: Nexus Learning and Classroom
School of Design & Engineering
Kanbar College of Design, Engineering, & Commerce

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PATENTS: 7,521,114

Edmund Pribitkin, MD
EVP, Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 10,022,506

Raymond Regan, MD
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 5,688,797; 6,329,430

Isidore Rigoutsos, PhD
Director, Center for Computational Medicine
Professor, Department of Pathology & Genomic Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 8,795,987; 8,494,784; 8,445,666; 8,189,931; 8,178,503; 8,065,091; 7,991,563; 7,962,427; 7,895,024; 7,698,067; 7,613,662; 7,561,974; 7,248,971; 6,785,672; 6,446,011; 6,373,971; 6,341,284; 6,205,444; 6,108,666; 6,092,065; 5,977,890; 5,802,525; 5,799,312; 5,787,279; 5,752,019  

Jay Schneider, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology & Genomic Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 7,414,034; 7,160,913; 6,551,993

Matthias Schnell, PhD
Chair & Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 6,239,372; 7,074,413; 7,081,243; 7,223,584; 7,695,7248,822,665; 9,249,194

Nicole Simone, MD
Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 6,969,614

Linda Siracusa, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 6,010,694; 6,087,556

Carl Solis, MS
Senior EpicCare Ambulatory Analyst
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals

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PATENTS: 9,700,640

Jonathan Spindel, PhD
Professor of Engineering
School of Design & Engineering
Kanbar College of Design, Engineering, & Commerce

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PATENTS: 5,360,388

David Strayer, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology & Genomic Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 5,550,114; 5,674,493; 5,863,794; 6,051,224; 6,255,452; 6,797,728

Theodore Taraschi, PhD
Associate Provost for Research Support Services
Professor, Department of Pathology & Genomic Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 5,356,927; 5,631,278; 5,683,692

Madhukar Thakur, PhD
Professor, Department of Radiology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 4,917,878; 5,011,676; 5,308,603; 5,886,142; 6,395,255; 6,685,913; 6,824,759; 6,855,308

Mark Tykocinski, MD
President, Thomas Jefferson University
Anthony F. and Gertrude M. DePalma Dean, Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 8,329,657; 8,039,437; 7,569,663; 7,435,585; 6,797,489; 6,420,172; 6,316,256; 5,623,056; 5,601,828; 5,242,687

Scott Waldman, MD, PhD
Chair, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Cancer Biology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 5,518,888; 5,601,990; 5,731,159; 5,817,641; 5,879,656; 5,928,873; 5,962,220; 6,060,037; 6,087,109; 6,120,995

Paul Walinsky, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 5,109,861; 5,240,004

Eric Wickstrom, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 6,355,621; 6,180,767; 5,958,775; 5,703,223

Michael Williams, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENT: 7,278,420

Chengyuan Wu, MD, MSBmE
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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PATENTS: 10,022,134; 10,537,277