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
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
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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

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

Angelika Erwin MD, PhD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

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

Mohamed Kazamel, MD
The Kirklin Clinic of UAB Hospital
Birmingham, Alabama

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

Cynthia Levy, MD
Assistant Director Schiff Center for Liver Diseases
University of Miami
Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida

Marshall Mazepa, MD
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, Minnesota

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

Hetanshi Naik, PhD, MS, CGC
Associate Professor
Departments 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
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology/Oncology
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Sean Rudnick, MD
Assistant 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, Benign Hematology
Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Bruce Wang, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, and Director
UCSF Porphyria Center
San Francisco, CA

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