Meet the Regenerative Medicine Institute Team
A knowledgeable and specialized team leads and administers the numerous activities of the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute.
Physicians and Scientists
Kerry and Simone Vickar Family Foundation Distinguished Chair in Regenerative Medicine
Director, Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute
Professor, Medicine
Professor, Biomedical Sciences

Michelle R. Allen-Sharpley, MD, PhD

Costas Anastassiou, PhD

Pablo Avalos

Robert Barrett, PhD

Joshua Breunig, PhD

Joshua Burda, PhD

John P. Chute, MD

Mehrnoosh Ghiam, PhD

Helen Goodridge, PhD

Jlenia Guarnerio, PhD, MS

Ritchie Ho, PhD

H Phillip Koeffler, MD

Sanjeev Kumar, PhD

Michael Lewis, MD

Richard A. Lewis, MD

Alexander Ljubimov, PhD

Akil Merchant, MD

Noah M. Merin, MD, PhD

Kyu Shik Mun, PhD

Athanasia Panopoulos

Ronald L. Paquette, MD

Tyler M. Pierson, MD

Celine Riera, PhD

Dhruv Sareen, PhD

Joshua P. Sasine, MD, PhD

Arun Sharma, PhD

Dmitriy Sheyn, PhD

Katlin Silm, PhD

Barry Stripp, PhD

Wafa Tawackoli, PhD

Shaomei Wang, MD, PhD

Alexander Xu, PhD
Administration

Monica Gallegos
Executive Director

Laura DeZell
Manager

Lucia McLaughlin
Program/Project Coordinator

Katherine Aragon
Executive Assistant
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Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute
Pavilion, Eighth Floor
8700 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048