Former Clinical Fellows
Susan Culican, MD, PhD
Former Clinical Fellow, Currently: Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine
Dr. Culican, a pediatric ophthalmologist, joined the lab in 2007. Her research in the lab looked at the role of Phr1 in targeting and synaptic refinement of retinal ganglion cell axons. She later established her own lab at WUSM. In the years since, she has been drawn towards roles in education of clinicians and is currently the Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine.
Stefanie Geisler, MD
Former Clinical Fellow, Currently: Assistant Professor of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine
Dr. Geisler joined the lab as a clinical research fellow after being the Chief Resident in Neurology at WUSM. As a physician treating patients with neuromuscular disorders, her clinical insights greatly enriched the intellectual life of the lab. In her research, Dr. Geisler demonstrated that SARM1 is required for the development of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, and helped to develop a gene therapeutic targeting SARM1 that effectively blocks pathological axon degeneration in vivo. Dr. Geisler is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at WUSM where her lab investigates the molecular mechanisms causing peripheral neuropathies and develops therapies for the treatment of these debilitating disorders.