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Eric E. Bouhassira, Ph.D.
Professor, Cell Biology
Professor, Medicine (Hematology)
Ingeborg and Ira Leon Rennert Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Stem cell researchBlood-forming stem cellsCell therapy
Dr. Bouhassira’s work focuses on prompting human embryonic stem cells to develop into hematopoietic (blood-forming), as well as stem cells, and into red blood cells. This work could potentially help patients needing transfusions and save lives by expanding the production of customized cells that could be transplanted without risk of rejection. The cells produced by Dr. Bouhassira can also be used to deliver therapeutic proteins to the circulatory system. read more...
Roy S. Chuck, Ph.D., M.D.
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Professor, Department of Genetics
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Paul Henkind Chair in Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Eye diseaseDry eyeStem cell research
Stem cell treatmentCorneal restorationLaser surgery
A basic scientist as well as a clinical researcher, Dr. Chuck has helped develop a unique model of dry eye using Botox that allows for testing of preclinical therapies. He has served as principal investigator on five FDA studies of vision correction and written more than 175 peer-reviewed papers and more than 100 book chapters and abstracts. Dr. Chuck has been featured several times on ABC News and ABC’s “Good Morning America” on various eye diseases and conditions. He serves on the editorial boards of several publications, including the Journal of Refractive Surgery and Lasers in Surgery and Medicine.
Sanjeev Gupta, M.B.,B.S., M.D.
Professor, Medicine (Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases), Einstein
Professor, Pathology, Einstein
The Eleazar and Feige Reicher Chair in Translational Medicine, Einstein
Attending Physician, Medicine, Montefiore Health System
Stem cell researchCell therapyGene therapy
Liver diseases
Dr. Gupta is a pioneer in the development of cell therapy – treating disease by introducing healthy cells into the body. He has discovered various mechanisms for coaxing transplanted cells to attach to host tissue and multiply, paving the way for treating health problems such as high cholesterol, hemophilia, liver failure, and hepatitis. read more...
Milan Kinkhabwala, M.D.
Professor, Surgery, Einstein
Chief, Transplantation, Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation
Director, Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care
Liver diseasesTransplantationStem cell research
Liver cancer
Dr. Kinkhabwala is an active member of Einstein’s NIH-funded Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, where he is working to develop new treatments derived from stem cells for liver diseases, including liver cancer. An expert in complex liver surgery, including liver transplantation, he helped establish the Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation, where physicians, surgeons, nurses and other clinicians work with scientists to deliver integrated care for patients with organ failure. read more...
Ruth Macklin, Ph.D.
Distinguished University Professor Emerita, Epidemiology & Population Health
Dr. Shoshanah Trachtenberg Frackman Faculty Scholar in Biomedical Ethics
BioethicsMultinational researchEthics in reproductive healthBioethics of research involving human subjectsGlobal health
Dr. Macklin is considered one of the founders of the field of bioethics. In a career dating to the early seventies, Dr. Macklin has lectured and published widely on a variety of medical ethics topics, including research using human subjects, global health, stem cell research, reproductive health, public health ethics, end-of-life issues and HIV/AIDS. She is a past president of the International Association of Bioethics and currently serves on its board of directors. read more...
Steven A. Porcelli, M.D.
Professor and Chair, Microbiology & Immunology
Professor, Medicine (Rheumatology)
Murray and Evelyne Weinstock Chair in Microbiology & Immunology
Microbiology & ImmunologyT-cell immunityTuberculosis (TB)
Dr. Porcelli studies the control of acquired immunity – the type that develops when our bodies generate specific responses involving antibodies or T cells following exposure to vaccines or infection by disease-causing microbes. In particular, he investigates how T cells – which supervise both defense against microbes and immune tolerance – control the acquired immune response. read more...