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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 under the leadership of Dr. Stephen Klasko. 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 the 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 at a ceremony and reception held in the Bluemle Life Sciences Building (watch video). The Jefferson Chapter now has a total of 68 members. These inventors represent outstanding achievement at this institution and in the research community.
David Abraham, PhD
Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
PATENTS: 5,714,170; 6,312,684; 6,506,415; 6,541,036
Joel Adler, PhD
Doctoral Research Mentor
Jefferson University, East Falls Campus
David Andrews, MD
Professor & Vice Chair for Clinical Services
Neurological Surgery
PATENTS: 6,541,036; 6,096,019; 5,810,760
Jeffrey Benovic, PhD
Professor & Chair
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
PATENT: 6,255,069
Jonathan Brody
Professor
Thomas Jefferson University - Surgery
Bruno Calabretta, MD, PhD
Professor
Cancer Biology
Diana Cundell, PhD
Professor
Jefferson University - East Falls Campus
René Daniel, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Medicine/Infectious Disease
PATENT: 7,736,848
Milosz Faber, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
Andrzej Fertala, PhD
Professor
Orthopaedic Surgery
Flemming Forsberg, PhD
Associate Professor
Radiology
Gregory Fossum, MD
Associate Professor
Obstetrics & Gynecology
PATENT: 6,077,280
Muthu Govindaraj, PhD
Director, Professor
Engineering Programs
Arie Horowitz
Professor
Thomas Jefferson University
Ya-ming Hou, PhD
Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
PATENT: 6,448,059
Renato Iozzo, MD
Professor
Pathology, Anatomy & Cell Biology
Edward Jasper, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine
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PATENT: 5,688,797
Sergio Jimenez, MD
Professor
Dermatology & Cutaneous Biology
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PATENTS: 6,010,694
Dennis Leeper, PhD
Professor
Radiation Oncology
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Claresa Levetan, MD
Physician
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
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
David Maguire, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Anesthesiology
PATENTS: 5,778,874
Michael Mastrangelo, MD
Director, Melanoma Program
Medical Oncology
Christopher Pastore, PhD
Professor of Transdisciplinary Studies
Engineering
PATENTS: 7,521,114;
Edmund Pribitkin, MD
EVP, Professor
Otolaryngology
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PATENTS: 10,022,506
Raymond Regan, MD
Professor
Emergency Medicine
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Isidore Rigoutsos, PhD
Director, Professor
Pathology & Genomic Medicine
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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
Pathology, Anatomy & Cell Biology
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PATENTS: 7,414,034; 7,160,913; 6,551,993
Matthias Schnell, PhD
Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
PATENTS: 6,239,372; 7,074,413; 7,081,243; 7,223,584; 7,695,724; 8,822,665; 9,249,194
Linda Siracusa, PhD
Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
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PATENTS: 6,010,694; 6,087,556
David Strayer, MD, PhD
Professor
Pathology, Anatomy & Cell Biology
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
Pathology, Anatomy & Cell Biology
Mark Tykocinski, MD
EVP, Provost and Dean, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at
Thomas Jefferson University
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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
Paul Walinsky, MD
Professor
Medicine, Division of Cardiology
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PATENTS: 5,109,861; 5,240,004
Michael Williams, MD
Assistant Professor & Physician
Anesthesiology
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PATENT: 7,278,420
Chengyuan Wu, MD, MSBmE
Assistant Professor
Thomas Jefferson University, Neurosurgery
PATENTS: 10,022,134; 10,537,277