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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 Andrews, MD
Professor & Vice Chair for Clinical Services, Department of Neurosurgery
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
PATENTS: 6,541,036; 6,096,019; 5,810,760
Jeffrey Benovic, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
PATENT: 6,255,069
Jonathan Brody
Professor, Department of Surgery
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Bruno Calabretta, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Cancer Biology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Diana Cundell, PhD
Professor, Biology Program
Director, Pre-Medical Studies Program
Jefferson College of Life Sciences
René Daniel, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
PATENT: 7,736,848
Milosz Faber, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Andrzej Fertala, PhD
Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Flemming Forsberg, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Radiology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Gregory Fossum, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
PATENT: 6,077,280
Leonard Gomella, MD
Chairman, Department of Urology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Muthu Govindaraj, PhD
Professor of Engineering
School for Design & Engineering
Kanbar College of Design, Engineering, & Commerce
Irvin Hirsch, MD
Clinical Professor, Department of Urology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
PATENT: 5,582,620
Ya-ming Hou, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
PATENT: 6,448,059
Lorraine Iacovitti, PhD
Professor, Department of Neurology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
PATENT: 7,195,910
Renato Iozzo, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology & Genomic Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Edward Jasper, MD
Director, Bioterrorism & Disaster Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
PATENT: 5,688,797
Sergio Jimenez, MD
Professor, Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Biology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
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
PATENTS: 6,471,689; 5,995,860; 5,819,723; 5,582,167; 4,951,678
Dennis Leeper, PhD
Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Claresa Levetan, MD
Faculty, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
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
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
PATENTS: 7,521,114
Edmund Pribitkin, MD
EVP, Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
PATENTS: 10,022,506
Raymond Regan, MD
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Isidore Rigoutsos, PhD
Director, Center for Computational Medicine
Professor, Department of Pathology & Genomic Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
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
PATENTS: 7,414,034; 7,160,913; 6,551,993
Matthias Schnell, PhD
Chair & Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
PATENTS: 6,239,372; 7,074,413; 7,081,243; 7,223,584; 7,695,724; 8,822,665; 9,249,194
Nicole Simone, MD
Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
PATENTS: 6,969,614
Linda Siracusa, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
PATENTS: 6,010,694; 6,087,556
Carl Solis, MS
Senior EpicCare Ambulatory Analyst
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals
PATENTS: 9,700,640
Jonathan Spindel, PhD
Professor of Engineering
School of Design & Engineering
Kanbar College of Design, Engineering, & Commerce
PATENTS: 5,360,388
David Strayer, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology & Genomic Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
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
Mark Tykocinski, MD
President, Thomas Jefferson University
Anthony F. and Gertrude M. DePalma Dean, Sidney Kimmel Medical College
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, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
PATENTS: 5,109,861; 5,240,004
Michael Williams, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
PATENT: 7,278,420
Chengyuan Wu, MD, MSBmE
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
PATENTS: 10,022,134; 10,537,277