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CIRM Training Program

Meet Our Team

Program Director

Ching-Ling (Ellen) Lien, PhD

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Associate Director

Mark Frey, PhD

Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Program Coordinator

Kathryn Aguilar

Program Coordinator

Potential Mentors

James Amatruda, MD, PhD

Cancer and Blood Disease Institute

Medical Oncology

David Cobrinik, MD, PhD

Vision Center

Stefano Da Sacco, PhD

Roger De Filippo, MD

Pediatric Urology

Urologic Surgery

Brian Dias, PhD

Neuroscience

Mark Frey, PhD

Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Christopher Gayer, MD, PhD, FACS, FAAP

General Pediatric Surgery

Pediatric Surgery

Senta Georgia, PhD

Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Brendan Grubbs, MD

Fetal-Maternal Center

Perinatology

Christian Hochstim, MD, PhD

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Otolaryngology

Miller Huang, PhD

Cancer and Blood Disease Institute

Yong-Mi Kim, MD, PhD, MPH

Cancer and Blood Disease Institute

Rohit Kohli, MBBS, MS

Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Gastroenterology

Rusty Lansford, PhD

Radiology and Imaging

Ching-Ling (Ellen) Lien, PhD

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Rex Moats, PhD

Radiology and Imaging

Aaron Nagiel, MD, PhD

Vision Center

Retina

JinSeok Park, PhD

Cancer and Blood Disease Institute

Laura Perin, PhD

Sargis Sedrakyan, PhD

Pediatric Urology

David Warburton, OBE, OFM, KGE, KJ, DSc, MD, MMM, FRCP, FRCS, FRCPCH, FAAAS, FAPS, ATSF, FAAP

Surgery Department

Pediatrics