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The Children's National Research Institute
Lab Members
Our people make our lab great. We have an incredibly talented group of scientists from uniquely different disciplines and backgrounds. We believe that a strong synergy between researchers and clinicians will facilitate developing translational programs to improve neurological outcomes in children with congenital heart disease.
 | Nobuyuki Ishibashi, M.D.
Center for Neuroscience Research
Director of Cardiac Surgery Research Laboratory, Children's National Heart Institute
Foglia-Hills Professor of Pediatric Cardiac Research, Children's National Hospital
M.D. from Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan
Japanese Board of Surgery
Japanese Board of Cardiovascular Surgerynishibas@childrensnational.org |
 | Camille Leonetti, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Caen Normandie University
B.S. in Chemistry from Paris-Sud Universitycleonetti@childrensnational.org |
 | Takuya Maeda, M.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
 | Jingang Li, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
 | Nemanja Saric, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
 | Kei Kobayashi, M.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
 | Courtney T. Shepard, Ph.D, M.S.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
 | Matthew Strauss, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
 | Mobolanle (Bola) Ayodeji, M.D.
Postdoctoral Research Scholar |
 | Artur Agaronyan, B.S.
Research Technician |
 | Courtni Foster, B.S.
Research Technician |
 | Shreya Chandran, B.S.
Research Technician |
 | Grant Taylor, B.S.
Research Technician |
Alumni Lab Members
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- Akira Murata, M.D. (Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan)
- Zhaohui Lu, M.D. (Shanghai Children's Medical Center, China)
- Kota Agematsu, M.D. (Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan)
- Paul D. Morton, Ph.D. (Virginia Tech, VA)
- Gary R. Stinnett, Ph.D. (Georgia Technical Institute, GA)
- Kamil Sarkislali, M.D. (University of Maryland, MD)
- Fahad Somaa, Ph.D. (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
- Takuya Maeda, M.D., Ph.D. (Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Japan)
- Tomohisa Otsuka, M.D. (Kitasato University, Japan)
- Jennifer Romanowicz, M.D. (Children’s Hospital Boston, MA)
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- Ludmila Korotcova, M.D. (FDA contractor, Rockville, MD)
- Shruti D. Ramachandra (Undergraduate at University of Pennsylvania)
- Van Lam, M.Sc., B.S. (PhD program at Catholic University of America)
- Nimisha Vasandani, B.S. (MD program at Medical College of Georgia)
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- Elena Short, M.D. (Medical residency program, US)
- Zaenab Dhari, M.D. (Internal Medicine Resident at Rochester Regional Health, NY)
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- Fizza Shaikh - George Washington University
- Vidhi Kumar - George Washington University
- Meher Zaman - George Washington University
- Nikita Salker - University of Maryland, College Park
- Hannah Cook - Oberlin College
- Vivek Batheja - George Washington University
- Kayla Yee - George Washington University
- Madison Harris - Holton-Arms School
- Johanna Carrera - University of California, Berkeley
- Darien Colson-Fearon - University of Maryland, College Park
- Arianna Kigner - Honors College, University of Maryland, College Park
- Yalda Zarrabi - Holton-Arms School
- Athena Davis - Vassar College
- Katie Lydic - University of Maryland, College Park
- Shaleen Arora - George Washington University
- Kyle Hamilton - University of Pittsburgh
- Amani Kyle - University of Maryland, College Park
- Allison Frank - University of Maryland, College Park
- Kaelyn Gordon - Howard University
- Michael Guerra - University of California, Irvine
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- Sonali Kumar - 2013 WT Gill Fellow, George Washington University
- David Kim - 2014 WT Gill Fellow, George Washington University
- Angeline Pham - 2015 WT Gill Fellow, George Washington University
- Soraiya Thura - 2015 AATS Scholar, University of Vermont
- Vincent Parenti - 2016 WT Gill Fellow, George Washington University
- Mahmut ÖZTÜRK - 2017 Summer Intern, Marmara University School of Medicine
- Maitha Rashid Al-Khaya - 2017 Summer Intern, United Arab Emirates University Medical School
- Joel Rosenberg - 2018 Foglia-Hills Fellow, University of Minnesota Medical School
- James F. Howick - 2018 Foglia-Hills Fellow, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
- Nisha Kapani - 2018 W.T. Gill Fellow, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Science
- Casey M. Brigges - 2019 Foglia-Hills Fellow, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
- Naeha Haridasa - 2019 W.T. Gill Fellow, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Science
- Tessa Higgins - 2020 Foglia-Hills Fellow, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Science