Principal Investigators

Christopher W. DiGiovanni, MD
Founder and Chief Emeritus, Foot & Ankle Research and Innovation Lab, Vice-chair Academic Affairs, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Soheil Ashkani-Esfahani, MD, MPH, PhDc
Director, Foot & Ankle Research and Innovation Lab (FARIL-MGH), Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

John Kwon, MD
Chief, Foot & Ankle Service, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

Daniel Guss, MD, MBA
Foot & Ankle Fellowship Program Director, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Gregory Waryasz, MD
Foot & Ankle Sports Medicine Director, Instructor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Lorena Bejarano-Pineda, MD
Foot & Ankle Surgeon, Minimally Invasive Surgery Lead, Member of the Faculty, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Amgad Haleem, MD, PhD
Director, MGH Lower Limb Lengthening and Complex Deformity Correction Program, Orthopedic Director, ICAN Clinic, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Podiatry Team

Adam Landsman, DPM, PhD
Podiatry Surgeon, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Sara Rose-Salud, DPM
Podiatry Surgeon

Jennifer Skolnik, DPM
Podiatry Surgeon
Clinical Research Coordinators and Research Managers

Kendal Toy, MS
Clinical Research Coordinator, MS in Personalized Medicine and Applied Engineering,
BS in Biomedical Engineering from Yale University

Sarah Coffey, MBA
Senior Clinical Research Program Manager at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital

Emily Berner, MPH
Orthopedic Oncology Clinical Research Program Manager and Master of Public Health Student at Boston University
Faculty Collaborators

Christopher M. Bono, MD
Executive Vice Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Program Director, Harvard Orthopaedic Residency Program (HCORP), Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Miho J. Tanaka, MD
Director, Women’s Sports Medicine Program, Sports Medicine Orthopaedic Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Abhiram Bhashyam, MD, PhD
Hand & Upper Extremity Surgeon, Department of Orthopaedics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Neal Chen, MD
Chief of the Hand & Arm Center, Department of Orthopaedics, Massachusetts General Hospital
Program Director, Hand Surgery Fellowship Program
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Christopher Miller, MD, MS
Chief, Foot and Ankle division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Assistant professor, Orthopaedic surgery, Harvard medical school

Mitchel B. Harris, MD
Chief, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Sandra Nelson, MD
Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Clinical Director of Division of Infections Diseases, Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT)

Alexander Tatara, MD PhD
Infectious Diseases Physician Scientist fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital

Rachel Rosovsky, MD MPH
Hematologist Physician, Director of Thrombosis Research, Division of Hematology, Co-Chair of Thrombosis Committee, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Anahita Dua, MD, MBA
Dr. Anahita Dua is a vascular surgeon at MGH and associate professor at Harvard Medical School. She specializes in limb salvage, vascular research, and surgical innovation, with over 140 publications. Beyond medicine, she is a passionate animal rescuer and enjoys time with her family and dog, Leo.

Ara Nazarian, PhD
Director of the Nazarian Lab, Vice Chair of Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Kayhan Batmanghelich
Director of Batman Lab, Assistant Professor ECE at Boston University