Principal Investigators for Clinical Trials

Angela D. Thomas, DrPH, MPH, MBA, brings nearly 20 years of experience in the scientific and administrative leadership of translational and clinical research from Federal and non-Federal sponsors. She currently serves as the vice president of healthcare delivery research at MedStar Health Research Institute. Dr. Thomas is responsible for le...

Specialties: Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine Medical Degree: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2011 Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, 2014 Fellowship: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, 2017 Special Interests: Modernizing ICU treatment algorithms, Evidence based medicine. Dr. Sonti participates in...

David H. Song, MD, MBA, is regional chief, MedStar Plastic Surgery, and professor and chairman, Department of Plastic Surgery, Georgetown University School of Medicine.

Lambros Stamatakis, MD, is director, Urologic Oncology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, and an assistant professor of Urology, Georgetown University.

Robert E. Gutman, MD, is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist, National Center for Advanced Pelvic Surgery, MedStar Washington Hospital Center (MWHC).

Paul Asdourian, MD, is an orthopaedic surgeon and chief of Spine Surgery at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital. His research area includes orthopaedics/sports health.

Glenn Meininger, MD, FACC, is the Director of Electrophysiology at Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center and Associate Chief of Cardiology. His research area includes cardiovascular.

Robert Henshaw, MD, is Director, Orthopedic Oncology and Vice Chairman, Orthopedic Surgery, at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. His research area includes oncology.

Munish Goyal, MD, FACEP, is the Director of Emergency Intensive Care in the Department of Emergency Medicine at MedStar Washington Hospital Center (MWHC). His research area includes critical care/emergency medicine.

Maryann Amirshahi, PharmD, MD, MPH, is an emergency medicine physician at MedStar Washington Hospital Center (MWHC). Her research areas include biostatistics/bioinformatics, health services/quality/outcomes, maternal-fetal/women's health, and neuroscience.

Jason Stein, MD, is an attending orthopaedic surgeon at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital. His research areas include orthopaedics/sports health and surgical services.

Jason G. Umans, MD, PhD, is scientific director of the Biomarker, Biochemistry, and Biorepository Core and of the Field Studies Division and Phoenix Field Office at MedStar Health Research Institute. He directs the Translational Workforce and Mentored Career Development (KL2) programs in the Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinica...

Alexandra Pratt, MD, is an attending physician, Surgical Critical Care, at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Her research area includes surgical services.

Allen Taylor, MD, FACC, FAHA, is Chief of Cardiology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and MedStar Health Research Institute in Washington, DC. HIs research area includes cardiovascular.

Christine Goeschel, ScD, MPA, MPS, RN, is the assistant vice president for Quality at MedStar Health. Her research area includes health services/quality/outcomes.

Ana Garcia, MD, is an obstetrician/gynecologist at MedStar Harbor Hospital and MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center. Her research area includes maternal-fetal/women's health.

Andrew Shorr, MD, MPH, is Associate Director of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Chief of the Pulmonary Clinic at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. His research area includes critical care/emergency medicine.

Karey M. Sutton, Ph.D. is the scientific director for health equity research at the MedStar Health Research Institute (MHRI). As the scientific director, Dr. Sutton is responsible for advancing the overall strategy and growth of the system’s health equity research initiatives which seek to investigate health disparities, structural inequit...

Kenneth Burman, MD, is director of the Endocrine Section at MedStar Washington Hospital Center (MWHC). His research areas include endocrine/diabetes/lipids and oncology.

Peter Basch, MD, is the medical director of Ambulatory Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Health Information Technology (IT) Policy at MedStar Health. HIs research areas include biostatistics/bioinformatics and health services/quality/outcomes.