• Hamilton College, AB, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2007
• Stony Brook University/Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, PhD, Genetics, 2016
• Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, MD, 2019
• NYU Langone Long Island School of Medicine, Residency, Internal Medicine, 2022
• Indiana University School of Medicine, Fellowship, Pulmonary Medicine, 2026

I'm a physician-scientist with an MD/PhD, recently completed Fellowship training in Pulmonary Disease, working at the intersection of pulmonology and translational research. My current focus is sickle cell disease (SCD) and endothelial cell biology, where I'm developing a research program investigating the mechanisms driving acute chest syndrome (ACS).

My work spans three complementary lines of inquiry: the role of lipid droplet biosynthesis in ACS pathophysiology, how T-cell receptor repertoire profiles relate to disease susceptibility, and characterization of a new population of endothelial cells in our sickle cell disease models.

Before focusing on this research program, my clinical training in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Disease shaped how I approach translational questions, grounding molecular and genetic findings in what actually matters for patients at the bedside.

sickle cell disease, RNA sequencing, Endothelial Cell Biology, Pulmonary Disease, T-Cell Receptor

• Prohaska CC, Sysol JR, Jones N, Wysocki RW, Oliveira SD, Minshall RD, Machado RF. Caveolin-1 Is a Central Mediator of Acute Lung Injury in an Animal Model of Sickle Cell Disease. Pulm Circ. 2025 Oct;15(4):e70178. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12529879.
• Park J, Wysocki RW, Amoozgar Z, Maiorino L, Fein MR, Jorns J, Schott AF, Kinugasa-Katayama Y, Lee Y, Won NH, Nakasone ES, Hearn SA, Küttner V, Qiu J, Almeida AS, Perurena N, Kessenbrock K, Goldberg MS, Egeblad M. Cancer cells induce metastasis-supporting neutrophil extracellular DNA traps. Sci Transl Med. 2016 Oct 19;8(361):361ra138. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5550900.
• Knight ZA, Tan K, Birsoy K, Schmidt S, Garrison JL, Wysocki RW, Emiliano A, Ekstrand MI, Friedman JM. Molecular profiling of activated neurons by phosphorylated ribosome capture. Cell. 2012 Nov 21;151(5):1126-37. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3839252.
• Pérez CA, Stanley SA, Wysocki RW, Havranova J, Ahrens-Nicklas R, Onyimba F, Friedman JM. Molecular annotation of integrative feeding neural circuits. Cell Metab. 2011 Feb 2;13(2):222-32. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3286830.
• Hedbacker K, Birsoy K, Wysocki RW, Asilmaz E, Ahima RS, Farooqi IS, Friedman JM. Antidiabetic effects of IGFBP2, a leptin-regulated gene. Cell Metab. 2010 Jan;11(1):11-22. PubMed PMID: 20074524; NIHMSID: NIHMS169921.

Pulmonary Diseases

• 2026 Research Day - Top Ranked Fellow Scientific Abstract and Oral Presentation, Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine
• 2025 Invited Talk and Conference Participation, 21st Annual Respiratory Young Investigators’ Forum - National Jewish Health
• 2021 - 2022 Associate Chief Resident, Internal Medicine Residency, NYU Long Island School of Medicine
• 2014 Best Talk Award, Graduate Student Symposium of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• 2013 Best Poster Award, Medical Scientist Training Program Annual Retreat at Stony Brook University School of Medicine

Societal Memberships:

• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American College of Physicians
• American College of Chest Physicians
• American Heart Association
• American Medical Association
• American Physician Scientist Association
  • Membership Committee Vice-Chair (2013 – 2014)
  • Membership Committee Member (2012 – 2013)
• American Thoracic Society
• Indiana State Medical Association
• Medical Society of the State of New York
• New York Academy of Science