Research Group

The Research Group Members are:

Dr. Armando Sardi

Medical Director,
The Institute for Cancer Care
Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology
Mercy Medical Center
227 St. Paul Place
Baltimore, MD 21202

e-mail: msittig@mdmercy.com
website

Dr. Sardi is one of Maryland’s leading surgical oncologists with over 20 years experience specializing in CRS/HIPEC in appendiceal tumors. He has established a peritoneal surface malignancies program at Mercy and has performed over 500 HIPEC procedures since early 2000.

Dr. D. Scott Merrell

Professor Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Affiliated Departments: Molecular & Cell Biology, Emerging Infectious Diseases
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
4301 Jones Bridge Rd. Bethesda, MD 20814
e-mail: douglas.merrell@usuhs.edu
website

Dr. Traci Testerman

Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
Immunology, Microbiology
School of Medicine
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208

email: traci.testerman@uscmed.sc.edu
website

Dr. Testerman has been researching enteric pathogens for 23 years.

Dr. Jessica Metcalf

Assistant Professor
Department of Animal Sciences
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO, 80523

e-mail: jessicalmetcalf@gmail.com
website

Dr. Carol Nieroda

Dr. Thomas McAvoy

Professor Emeritus
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Institute for Systems Research
Bioengineering Department
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742

e-mail: mcavoy@umd.edu
website

In Memoriam

Dr. Andre Dubois Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences and his Assistant Dr. Cristina Semino Mora both made enormous contributions to our PMP research. Each worked tirelessly on the research, even though both succumbed to cancer themselves. Without their knowledge, insight and dedication our research would not be where it is today. They are sincerely missed by their colleagues.

Dr. Cristina Semino Mora (1947-2013)

Dr. Andre Dubois (1939-2012)