CHIRP is located at 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD, 20814, on the campus of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC). CHIRP is served by the Medical Center Metro stop (Red Line).
CHIRP Oversight

Our Facility
Oversight
Governance Board
Richard W. Thomas, M.D., D.D.S., MG, USA (Ret), President
Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., Director (DIR), NHLBI
Executive Steering Committee
Nakela Cook, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.C., Senior Advisor to the DIR, NHLBI
Robert Balaban, Ph.D., Scientific Director, IRP, NHLBI
Arthur Kellermann, M.D., M.P.H., Dean, USU School of Medicine
Yvonne Maddox, Ph.D., Vice President for Research, USU
Carol Romano, Ph.D., Dean, Graduate School of Nursing, USU
COL Todd Rasmussen, M.D., Associate Dean for Research, USU School of Medicine.
Mr. Walter Tinling, Vice President for Finance & Administration
Senior Internal Advisory Board (SIAB)
Thomas Darling, M.D., Professor and Chair, Dept. of Dermatology, USUSOM; Director, Sulzberger Laboratory for Dermatologic Research
Teresa Dunn, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, USUSOM
Eric Elster, M.D., Professor and Chair, Norman M. Rich Department of Surgery, USUSOM
Vincent Ho, M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, USUSOM; Chair, Department of Radiology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Kevin Jackson, O.D., Chief of Staff, USUSOM; CDR, USN, retired
COL Todd Rasmussen, M.D., Associate Dean for Research
Alexandra Miller, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
Saibal Dey, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Graduate Education, Professor and Vice Chair for Biochemistry
Alison O’Brien, Ph.D.,Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, USUSOM
Louis Pangaro, M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine, USUSOM
Robert Ursano, M.D., Professor and Chair, Dept. of Psychiatry, USUSOM; Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS), USUSOM
USU-WRNMMC Clinical Working Group
Chair: Vincent Ho, M.D., Director, CHIRP Clinical Core; Professor and Chair, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, USUSOM; Chair, Department of Radiology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Members:
COL Thomas Baker, M.D., Chief, Joint Pathology Center, WRNMMC;
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, USUSOM
MAJ Aaron Holley, M.D., Chief, Sleep Medicine, WRNMMC Research Director, PSCCM Fellowships, WRNMMC;
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, USUSOM
MAJ John Lichtenberger, M.D., Chief, Cardiac MRI, WRNMMC;
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, USUSOM
COL Andrew Lipton, M.D., Chief, Pediatric Pulmonology, WRNMMC;
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, USUSOM
MAJ Joel Moncur, M.D., Chief, Pathology, WRNMMC; Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, USUSOM
CDR Anthony Nations, M.D.Chief, Medicine, WRNMMC;
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, USUSOM
LTC Jeremy Perkins, M.D., Chief, Hematology/Oncology, WRNMMC;
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, USUSOM
COL Clesson Turner, M.D., Clinical Geneticist, WRNMMC
COL Todd Villines, M.D., Director, Cardiovascular Research, WRNMMC;
Fellowship Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease, WRNMMC; Cardiology Consultant to the Army Surgeon General; Professor, Department of Medicine, USUSOM
Thomas Darling, M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Dermatology, USUSOM; Director, Sulzberger Laboratory for Dermatologic Research
Mark Haigney, M.D., Professor, Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, USUSOM; Director of Cardiology, USUSOM
Louis Pangaro, M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine, USUSOM (USA, ret.)
Robert Ursano, M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, USUSOM; Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS), USUSOM (USAF, ret.)
MAJ Gary Wynn, M.D., Associate Professor and Assistant Chair, Department of Psychiatry, USUSOM