Meet the Team


IRB Members

First NameLast NameDegreesVA member?Expertise
JeremyAckermanMD/PhDNoEmergency Medicine, Radiology
NadiaAliPhDNoGenetics, Psychology
AnaAntunMDNoHematology, Oncology
KimBaioRNNoCardiology (Non-Physician Scientist)
BrendaBakerPhDNoMaternal and Child Health, Prisoners
HollyBauser-HeatonMDNoPediatrics, Cardiology
SarahBenatorJDNoHealthcare Administration Law, Public Health
HeatherBloomMDYesCardiology
MiltonBrownPhDNoPedatrics, Endocrinology
HuiCaiMDYesNephrology, Physiology
WayneCarrikerMANoPrisoner Representative
KristaCharenMPHNoGenetics
CharlesCraigMANoBioethics, Journalism; Self-Employed
CarltonDampierMDNoPediatrics, Hematology (Sickle Cell); CHOA
LauraDeaneRNNoRisk Management, Malpractice; EHC
GenevaEdwardsMHA, MS, BSN RN-BC YesRN Accreditation Specialist
BadiEl-OstaMDYesHead and Neck Cancers
A. JayFreemanMDNoPediatric Gastroenterology
ManilaGaddhMDNoHematology
James R.GaltPhDNoRadiology
NatalieGonzalezJDNoPublic Health (CDC), Law
MichaelGottschalkMDNoOrthopedic Surgery
MaryGullattePhD/RNNoNursing Administration, Oncology
CliffordGunthelMDNoInfectious Disease, Oncology
AnnHaightMDNoCancer, Pediatrics, Hematology, Immunology, Bone Marrow Transplants
RussHavlakMSNoEpidemiology, Consent and Assent, Community Research
DemarisHendersonNoCommunity Participation and Outreach
AndrewHendrickMDNoOphthalmology, Retinology
DavidHirshMDYesCardiophysiology
Sarah MarieHubanMANoIRBs and Research Ethics
JerylHuckabyRRT, MSNoPediatrics, Pulmonology
WilliamHuttonDScNoOrthopedics, Engineering, Cell Biology, Skeletal Anatomy
HeidiKarpenMDNoNeonatology; CHOA 
RichardKuerstonMBANoNeurology, Administration and Business
DawnLaneyMS, CGCNoGenetics
Laura BritanLangMPHYesVA Coordinator, Rehabilitation
AmeliaLangstonMDNoCancer, Hematology, Infectious Disease, Early-Phase Drug Trials
RebeccaLeLeikoMDNoCardiology
JolintaLinMDNoRadiation Oncology
JoelLindseyBANoEthics, Writing; Self-employed
DevonLoParoPhDNoPsychology
JeanLuanBSNoGenetics
KretonMavromatisMDYesVA, Cardiology
AbeerMoannaMDYesVA Designated Reviews, Infectious Diseases
Minh LyNguyenMDNoInfectious Disease/HIV; Grady
AjayNookaMDNoHematology 
GabrielaOpreaMDNoPathology, Oncology
CynthiaOsterPhD, RNNoCardiology, ICU
TaofeekOwonikokoMD, PhDNoMedical Oncology
SaimuralidharPadalaPhDNoCardio, Medical Devices
Monica WillisParkerMDNoNeurology, Community Research
MadelinePeytonCIPNoIRBs (Piedmont Hospital IRB)
JoePosidMPHNoEpidemiology, Infectious Disease, Bioterrorism
ShreyaRajaMDYesDigestive Diseases
SusanRayMDNoInfectious Disease, Adult Vaccines, Public Health, Internal Medicine
RogerRochatMDNoMaternal and Child Health, Public Health
MartyRotterBANoHuman Services Administration
PatrickSaundersBANoCommunity Engagement, Journalism
MindyScheithauerPhDNoPsychology, Pediatrics, Autism
DanielleSchlaferPharmDNoOncology Drugs
WalidShaibMDNoOncology (Pancreas, Colorectal, Liver, Stomach)
MorganSimmonsMMSc,CGCNoGenetics
TimothySlesnickMDNoPediatric cardiology (including Cardio MRI) 
AryehSteinPhDNoPublic Health, Nutrition, Epidemiology
ConorSteuerMDNoOncology and Hematology (Head and Neck)
MinalSuratiPharmDNoPharmacy (Winship)
MichaelTreadwayPhDNoPsychology
LarryTuneMDNoClinical Trials (Pharmaceutical), Psychiatry, Neurology, PET Scanning
KathyVoBANoBusiness
DeborahWittig-WellsPhD, RNNoNursing
DavidZiemerMD, MPHNoEndocrinology, Metabolism