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Former Lab Members

     Postdoctoral Fellows and Visiting Investigators

Name Time in the lab Current Affiliation
Nobuo Negoro, MD, PhD 1988 – 1989 Osaka University, Japan
Pierre-André Guerne, MD 1988 – 1990 University of Geneva, Switzerland
Jörn Kekow, MD 1989 – 1990 University of Magdeburg, Germany
Wietse Kuis, MD 1989 – 1990 Children's Hospital Utrecht, The Netherlands
Peter Villiger, MD 1989 – 1991 Chief, Rheumatology, University Bern, Switzerland
Hans-Georg Leser, MD, PhD 1990 – 1991 University of Regensburg, Germany
Pradeep Seth, MD 1990 – 1991 All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Volker Gross, MD, PhD 1990 – 1991 University of Regensburg, Germany
Shoba Broor, MD 1991 – 1992 All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Rainer Maier, PhD 1992 – 1994 Novartis Corp., Basel, Switzerland
Johannes von Kempis, MD 1992 – 1994 Chief, Rheumatology, University St. Gallen, Switzerland
Herbert Schwarz, PhD 1991 – 1994 National University Singapore
Francisco Blanco, MD 1993 – 1994 Hospital Juan Canalejo, La Coruna, Spain
Ursula Pirzer, MD 1993 – 1994 Technische Universität, München, Germany
Jean Dudler, MD 1993 – 1997 University Fribourg, Switzerland
Akihiro Shiraishi, PhD 1994 – 1997 Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Yu Geng, MD 1992 – 1999 Pro-Sci Inc., La Jolla, CA
Morey Setareh, PhD 1994 – 1999 Pierce Inc., La Jolla, CA
Tali Shalom-Barak, DVM 1995 – 1999 Jackson Laboratories, Ben Harbor, ME
Dalun Deng, PhD 1997 – 2000 University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
Kazushige Tanaka, PhD 1998 – 2000 Shionogi Corp., Osaka, Japan
Hiroshi Chantaphakul, MD 1998 – 2000 Rheumatology, Bumrungrad Hospital, Thailand
Saifeddin Alsalameh, MD 1999 – 2000 Internal Medicine & Rheumatology, Marburg, Germany
Nada Alaeddine, PhD 1998 – 2001 University Balamand Med. School, Tripoli, Lebanon
Hajime Komuro, MD 1999 – 2001 Hanwa Sumiyoshi General Hospital, Osaka, Japan
Takefumi Gemba, PhD 1999 – 2001 AnGes MG, Inc., Osaka, Japan
Michael Seitz, MD, PhD 2001 – 2001 University Hospital of Berne, Switzerland
Angel Isidro Campa, PhD 2001 – 2001 Unit of Marine Pathology, CIBNOR, La Paz, Mexico
Shigeru Takahashi, PhD 2002 – 2003 Tokyo University of Pharmacy & Life Science, Japan
Michihisa Zemmyo, MD 2002 – 2003 Kurume University, Japan
Koji Hiraoka, MD, PhD 2002 – 2004 Kurume University, Japan
Megumi Hashimoto, MD 2003 – 2004 Nat’l Institute for Child Health & Dev, Japan
Takayuki Furumatsu, PhD 2003 – 2005 Okayama Medical Center, Japan
Sanshiro Hashimoto, MD 1995 – 2005 Hashimoto Clinic, Japan
Ajay Srivastava, PhD 2003 – 2005 McLaren Regional Medical Center, Arkansas
Hirohito Mitsuyama, MD, PhD 2004 – 2005 Nagoya University, Japan
Kenji Yoshida, PhD 2004 – 2006 Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, Japan
Francisco Blanco, MD, PhD 2006 – 2006 Hospital Juan Canalejo, La Coruna, Spain
Klaus Kühn, PhD 1997 – 2007 Invitrogen Corporation, Carlsbad, CA
Tsaiwei Olee, PhD 1997 – 2007 Scripps Health, La Jolla, CA
Shawn Grogan, PhD 2005 – 2007 Scripps Health, La Jolla, CA
Masanao Tsuda, PhD 2003 – 2007 The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, CA
Tatsuo Ito, MD, PhD 2004 – 2007 Memorial Sloan-Kettering, NY
Yasunori Mishima, MD 2005 – 2007 Kurume University, Japan
Dominik Haudenschild, PhD 2005 – 2008 University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA
Sung Won Lee, MD, PhD 2006 – 2008 Dong-A University, Busan, Korea
Reiji Higashiyama, MD 2007 – 2009 Chiba University, Japan
Daisuke Seino, MD 2008 – 2009 Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan
Christopher Verioti, DO 2007 – 2008 McLaren Regional Medical Center, MI
Young-Hoon Hong, MD 2008 – 2010 Yeungnam University Hospital, Korea
Hideki Mizuuchi, MD, PhD 2007 – 2010 Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Shuhei Otsuki, MD, PhD 2006 – 2010 Osaka Medical College, Japan
Lina Ching, MD 2009 – 2010 Tri-Valley Medical Group, Murrieta, CA
Noboru Taniguchi, PhD 2002 – 2011 Chief, Orthopaedics, Kagoshima University, Japan
Shigeru Miyaki, PhD 2007 – 2011 Hiroshima University Hospital, Japan
Atsushi Inoue, PhD 2009 – 2011 Astellas Pharma Inc., Japan
Chantal Pauli, MD 2010 – 2011 Weill Cornell, New York, USA
Yadin Levy, MD 2011 – 2012 Tel Aviv University Hospital, Israel
Tomo Yonezawa, PhD 2011 – 2011 Nagasaki University, Japan
Beatriz Caramés Perez, PhD 2007 – 2012 Universitario Juan Canalejo, La Coruna, Spain
Xiaofeng Cui, PhD 2011 – 2012 Stemorgan Research, Albany, NY
Akihiko Hasegawa, MD 2010 – 2013 Osaka Medical College, Japan
Tetsuya Matsukawa, MD 2012 – 2013 Nagoya University, Japan
Hiroyuki Nakahara, MD, PhD 2011 – 2013 Nat’l Institute for Child Health & Dev, Japan
Fumiyaki Ayabe, PhD 2011 – 2013 Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Japan
Masahiko Saito, MD 2012 – 2013 Chiba University, Japan
Koji Otabe, MD 2012 – 2013 Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Jorg van Loosdregt, PhD 2012 – 2013 University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
Min-Chan Park, MD, PhD 2012 – 2014 Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Japan
Ryuichiro Akagi, MD 2013 – 2014 Chiba University, Japan
Hiroyuki Onuma, MD, PhD 2014 – 2014 St. Marianna University, Kawasaki, Japan
Shantanu Patil, MD 2001 – 2014 SRM University, Chennai, India
Yukio Akasaki, MD 2012 – 2015 Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka City, Japan
Kathleen Fisch, PhD 2012 – 2015 University of California, San Diego
Takeshi Teramura, MD 2014 – 2015 Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
Yuta Muramatsu, MD, PhD 2014 – 2015 Chiba University, Japan
Wonchul Choi, MD, PhD 2013 – 2015 CHA University School of Medicine, Korea
Tao Shen, MD, PhD 2014 – 2015 Shenjing Hospital, China
Jeanie Kwok, PhD 2015 – 2016 Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Yorikazu Akatsu, MD 2015 – 2016 Chiba University, Japan
Taisuke Fukawa, MD 2015 – 2016 Chiba University, Japan
Joe Hasei, MD 2014 – 2016 Okayama University Hospital, Japan
Ramya Gamini, PhD 2014 – 2017 Pfizer, Boston
Kavitta Allem, MD 2014 – 2017 Scripps Health, La Jolla, CA
Yohei Yamamoto, PhD 2016 – 2017 Chiba University, Japan
Naoki Okubo, MD 2016 – 2017 Kyoto University, Japan
Keita Nagira, MD 2016 – 2017 Tottori University Hospital, Japan
Takehito Hananouchi, MD, PhD 2016 – 2018 Osaka Sangyo University, Japan
Sungwook Choi, MD, PhD 2016 – 2018 Jeju National University Hospital, Korea
Oscar Alvarez-Garcia, PhD 2013 – 2016 The Scripps Research Institute, Sr. Staff Scientist