Scientific Advisory Board

Comprised of the country’s leading porphyria experts, the UPA Scientific Advisory Board counsels the UPA on medical, scientific, and research topics to help the UPA best support patients and the physician community in their treatment of porphyria patients.

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Karl Anderson, MD: Scientific Advisory Board Chair
Karl Anderson, MD: Scientific Advisory Board Chair

University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas

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Manisha Balwani, MD, MS
Manisha Balwani, MD, MS

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

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Taha Bat, MD
Taha Bat, MD

UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

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Simon W. Beaven, MD, PhD
Simon W. Beaven, MD, PhD

Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

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D. Montgomery Bissell, MD
D. Montgomery Bissell, MD

University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, California

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Herbert L. Bonkovsky, MD
Herbert L. Bonkovsky, MD

Atrium Health Wake Forest North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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Robert J. Desnick, MD, PhD
Robert J. Desnick, MD, PhD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

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Amy Dickey Yeung, MD, MSc
Amy Dickey Yeung, MD, MSc

Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

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Angelika Erwin MD, PhD
Angelika Erwin MD, PhD

Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

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Rebecca Karp Leaf, MD
Rebecca Karp Leaf, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

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Mohamed Kazamel, MD
Mohamed Kazamel, MD

Mayo Clinic
Phoenix, Arizona

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Sioban B. Keel, MD
Sioban B. Keel, MD

University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

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Cynthia Levy, MD, FAASLD
Cynthia Levy, MD, FAASLD

University of Miami
Miami, Florida

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Marshall Mazepa, MD
Marshall Mazepa, MD

University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Brendan M. McGuire, MD, MS
Brendan M. McGuire, MD, MS

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

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Akshata Moghe MD, PhD
Akshata Moghe MD, PhD

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, TX

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Hetanshi Naik, PhD, MS, CGC
Hetanshi Naik, PhD, MS, CGC

Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA

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Charles J. Parker, MD
Charles J. Parker, MD

University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah

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John Phillips, PhD
John Phillips, PhD

University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah

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John Quigley, MD
John Quigley, MD

University of Illinois, Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

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Sean Rudnick, MD
Sean Rudnick, MD

Wake Forest University School of Medicine and
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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Manish Thapar, MD
Manish Thapar, MD

Lewis Katz School of Medicine Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Gregory M. Vercellotti, MD, FACP
Gregory M. Vercellotti, MD, FACP

University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Bruce Wang, MD
Bruce Wang, MD

University of California at San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

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Makiko Yasuda, MD, PhD
Makiko Yasuda, MD, PhD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, New York

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