Scientific Advisory Board

Karl E. Anderson, MD (Chair)
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Director, Porphyria Laboratory and Center
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas

Manisha Balwani, MD, MS
Professor
Chief, Division of Medical Genetics
Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Simon W. Beaven, MD, PhD
Chief, Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

D. Montgomery Bissell, MD
Professor Emeritus, Division of Gastroenterology and Porphyria Center
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Herbert L. Bonkovsky, MD
Professor of Medicine and Molecular Medicine and Translational Science
Director of the Laboratory for Liver and Metabolic Disorders
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Attending Hepatologist
Atrium Health Wake Forest North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Robert J. Desnick, MD, PhD
Dean for Genetics and Genomic Medicine Emeritus
Professor and Inaugural Chair Emeritus
Department for Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Amy Dickey, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Angelika Erwin MD, PhD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

Rebecca Karp Leaf, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Assistant in Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Mohamed Kazamel, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
The Kirklin Clinic of UAB Hospital
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

Sioban B. Keel, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Cynthia Levy, MD, FAASLD
Professor of Medicine
Arthur Hertz Chair in Liver Diseases
Associate Director, Schiff Center for Liver Diseases
Division of Digestive Health and Liver Diseases
University of Miami
Miami, Florida

Marshall Mazepa, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Brendan M. McGuire, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine
Medical Director of Liver Transplantation
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

Akshata Moghe MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
University of Texas Heath Science Center at Houston
Houston, TX

Hetanshi Naik, PhD, MS, CGC
Associate Professor
Department of Genetics
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA

Charles J. Parker, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah

John D. Phillips, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology
Associate Dean of Research and Infrastructure
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah

John Quigley, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology/Oncology
University of Illinois, Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Sean Rudnick, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of Clinical Hepatology
Section on Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Wake Forest University School of Medicine and
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Manish Thapar, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Jefferson Center for Genetic and Metabolic Liver Disease
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Gregory M. Vercellotti, MD, FACP
Professor of Medicine
Section Head, Classical Hematology
Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Bruce Wang, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Gastroenterology
Director, UCSF Porphyria Center
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Makiko Yasuda, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York