Meet the Experts

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Thomas A. Abrams,

MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Senior Physician
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA

Caroline Apovian,

MD, FACP, FTOS, DABOM

Director, Nutrition and Weight Management
Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition
Boston Medical Center
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA

Louis J. Aronne,

MD

Sanford I. Weill Professor of Metabolic Research
Director, Comprehensive Weight Control Center
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, NY

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Selim R. Benbadis,

MD

Professor of Neurology
University of South Florida
Director
University of South Florida/Tampa General Hospital Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
Tampa, FL

James R. Berenson,

MD

Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer
Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer Research
President, Oncotherapeutics
Founder and Chief Scientific Officer
OncoTracker
West Hollywood, CA

George A. Bray,

MD

Boyd Professor Emeritus, LSU, 
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 
Louisiana State University, 
New Orleans, LA

Staley Brod,

MD

Professor of Neurology
Director, Division of MS/Neuro-immunology
Department of Neurology
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

Jennifer R. Brown,

MD, PhD

Director, Center for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Jan A. Burger,

MD, PhD

Professor, Tenured, Department of Leukemia
Division of Cancer Medicine
The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

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Leonard H. Calabrese,

DO

Professor of Medicine
RJ Fasenmyer Chair of Clinical Immunology
Director, RJ Fasenmyer Center for Clinical Immunology
Vice Chair, Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH

Peter R. Carroll,

MD, MPH

Ken and Donna Derr – Chevron Distinguished Professor
Taube Family Distinguished Professor in Urology
Chair, Department of Urology
UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Sant P. Chawla,

MD, FRACP

Director, Cancer Center of Southern California
Medical Oncologist, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center
Santa Monica, CA

Bruce D. Cheson,

MD, FACP, FAAAS, FASCO

Frank M. Ewing Foundation Chair in Hematology-Oncology
Professor of Medicine
Head of Hematology and Cellular Therapy
Deputy Chief, Division of Hematology and Oncology
Fellowship Program Director
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC

Stella T. Chou,

MD

Attending Physician, Division of Hematology and the Apheresis Program
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Stanley B. Cohen,

MD

Clinical Professor of Medicine
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Co-Director, Division of Rheumatology
Presbyterian Hospital
Dallas Dallas, TX

Patricia K. Coyle,

MD, FAAN, FANA

Professor and Vice Chair (Clinical Affairs)
Department of Neurology
Director, Stony Brook MS Comprehensive Care Center
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY

E. David Crawford,

MD

Professor of Surgery and Radiation Oncology
Head, Section of Urologic Oncology
University of Colorado
Denver School of Medicine
Denver, CO

Adam Cuker,

MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Penn Comprehensive Hemophilia and Thrombosis Program
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Jeffrey R. Curtis,

MD, MS, MPH

Marguerite Jones Harbert-Gene V. Ball, MD Professor of Medicine
Co-Director, UAB Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics Research (PEER) Unit
Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

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Gina D'Amato,

MD

Director of Clinical Research
Georgia Cancer Specialists affiliated with Northside Cancer Institute
Sandy Springs, GA

Charles Debattista,

MD

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA

Michael Rutledge DeBaun,

MD, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Vice Chair for Clinical and Translational Research
J.C. Peterson Chair in Pediatrics
Director, Vanderbilt-Meharry Center for Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease
Nashville, TN

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Alan L. Epstein,

MD

Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Attending Physician and Chief of Rheumatology
Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia, PA

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Christopher Flowers,

MD, MS

Chair, Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma
Division of Cancer Medicine
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Brent P. Forester,

MD, MSc

Chief, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry
McLean Hospital
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Cambridge, MA

Daniel E. Furst,

MD

Professor of Medicine, University of California (emeritus)
UCLA Medical Center, Department of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

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Glen Gejerman,

MD

Co-Director, Urologic Oncology
Medical Director, TomoTherapy
John Theurer Cancer Center
Hackensack, NJ

Suzanne George,

MD

Clinical Director, Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Daniel J. George,

MD

Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Director, Genitourinary Oncology
Duke Cancer Institute Durham,
North Carolina

Terry B. Gernsheimer,

MD

Director of the University of Washington
Medical Transfusion Service
Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Ira D. Glick,

MD

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emeritus
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA

Joseph F. Goldberg,

MD

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Icahn School of Medicine
Mount Sinai
New York, NY

Leonard Gomella,

MD

Chairman, Department of Urology
Bernard W. Godwin, Jr. Professor of Prostate Cancer
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, PA

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David A. Hafler,

MD

Chairman, Department of Neurology
Professor of Immunobiology
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Jonathan S. Hausmann,

MD

Instructor in Medicine
Harvard Medical School Pediatric and Adult Rheumatology
Boston Children's Hospital
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

Michael C. Heinrich,

MD

Professor of Medicine
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
Portland, OR

Andrew Hendifar,

MD, MPH

Co-Director, Pancreas Oncology
David Geffen School of Medicine
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

Carol Ann Huff,

MD

Associate Professor
Departments of Oncology and Medicine
Medical Director
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

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Tom Iarocci,

MD

Editor-in-Chief, Expert Perspectives in Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

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Brad Kahl,

MD

Professor of Medicine, Division of Oncology
Washington University School of Medicine
Director, Lymphoma Program
Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center
Saint Louis, MO

Julie Kanter,

MD

Associate Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology
Director, Adult Sickle Cell Program
Codirector, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Jonathan Kay,

MD

Professor of Medicine and Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
Timothy S. and Elaine L. Peterson Chair in Rheumatology
Director of Clinical Research, Rheumatology
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, MA

Alok Khorana,

MD

Professor of Medicine
Director, Gastrointestinal Malignancies Program
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Thomas J. Kipps,

MD, PhD

Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Evelyn and Edwin Tasch Chair in Cancer Research
Deputy Director of Research Operations
Moores Cancer Center
UC San Diego Health
San Diego, CA

Rami Komrokji,

MD

Senior Member
Section Head, Leukemia & MDS
Vice Chair, Department of Malignant Hematology
Moffitt Cancer Center
Professor of Oncologic Sciences
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL

Judith Korner,

MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine and Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Director, Weight Control Center
New York Presbyterian/ Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY

Anita Kumar,

MD

Regional Care Network Medical Site Director
Basking Ridge, NJ
Assistant Attending
Department of Medicine, Lymphoma Service
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

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John P. Leonard,

MD

The Richard T. Silver Distinguished Professor of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Professor of Medicine
Executive Vice-Chairman, Department of Medicine
Senior Associate Dean for Innovation and Initiatives
Weill Cornell Medicine
Attending Physician, New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY

Howard A. Liebman,

MD

Donald I Feinstein Chair in Medicine
Professor of Medicine and Pathology
Jane Anne Nohl Division of Hematology
USC Norris Cancer Hospital
Los Angeles, CA

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Anthony Mato,

MD, MSCE

Director, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Program
Associate Attending, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

Roger McIntyre,

MD

Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology
University of Toronto
Head, Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit
University Health Network
Toronto, Ontario

Ruben A. Mesa,

MD, FACP

Director, Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson
Mays Family Foundation Distinguished University Presidential Chair
San Antonio, TX

Aaron Miller,

MD

Aaron Miller, MD Medical Director
The Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis
Professor of Neurology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY

Michael J. Morris,

MD

Prostate Cancer Section Head, Division of Solid Tumor Oncology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

Michael Morse,

MD, MHS, FACP

Professor of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology
Professor, Department of Surgery
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Brian D. Moseley,

MD

Associate Professor
Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH

Flor Muñoz,

MD, MSc, FAAP

Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases
Texas Children’s Hospital
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX 

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Scott Newsome,

DO, MSCS, FAAN

Associate Professor of Neurology
Director, Neurosciences Consultation and Infusions Center at Green Spring Station
Director, Stiff Person Syndrome Center
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

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William K. Oh,

MD

Chief, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Deputy Director, The Tisch Cancer Institute
Professor of Medicine and Urology
Ezra M. Greenspan, MD Professor in Clinical Cancer Therapeutics
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY

Robert Z. Orlowski,

MD, PhD

Director of Myeloma
Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma
Professor of Medicine
Department of Experimental Therapeutics
Division of Cancer Medicine
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Susan O’Brien,

MD

Associate Director for Clinical Science
Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Medical Director
Sue and Ralph Stern Center for Cancer Clinical Trials and Research
University of California, Irvine Health
Irvine, CA

James O’Dell,

MD, MACR, MACP

Stokes Shackleford Distinguished Professor
Chief, Division of Rheumatology and Vice Chair for Education, Department of Internal Medicine
Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Founder and Director, Rheumatoid Arthritis Investigational Network
Omaha, NE

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Daniel P. Petrylak,

MD

Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology) and Urology
Codirector, Signal Transduction Research Program
Yale Cancer Center
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Philip A. Philip,

MD, PhD, FRCP

Professor of Oncology and Internal Medicine
Vice President for Medical Affairs
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Detroit, MI

F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer,

MD

Professor of Medicine, Institute of Human Nutrition
Co-Director, Columbia Obesity/Nutrition Research Center
Columbia University
New York, NY

Kip Piper,

MA, FACHE

Expert, Consultant, Speaker, and Author
Medicaid, Medicare, and Health Reform
Washington, DC

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S. Vincent Rajkumar,

MD

Edward W. and Betty Knight Scripps Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Charles F. Reynolds, III, MD,

Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus
University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

Paul G. Richardson,

MD

Clinical Program Leader and Director of Clinical Research
Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
RJ Corman Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Richard Riedel,

MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Duke Cancer Institute
Durham, NC

Eric M. Ruderman,

MD

Professor of Medicine
Associate Chief for Clinical Affairs
Division of Rheumatology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL

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Oliver Sartor,

MD

C. E. and Bernadine Laborde Professor of Cancer Research
Medical Director, Tulane Cancer Center
Assistant Dean for Oncology
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA

Mark H. Sawyer,

MD, FAAP, FIDSA

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Division of Infectious Diseases
University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine
Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego
San Diego, CA

James A. Shiffer,

RPh, CCP

Medford, NJ

Neal D. Shore,

MD, FACS

Medical Director and CPI Carolina Urologic Research Center Managing Partner, Atlantic Urology Clinics
Myrtle Beach, SC

Arun Singh,

MD

Assistant Professor
David Geffen School of Medicine
UCLA Medical Center
Santa Monica, CA

Guru P. Sonpavde,

MD

Director, Bladder Cancer
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Genitourinary Oncology
Boston, MA

Arthur Staddon,

MD

Director, Bone or Soft Tissue Sarcoma Program
Abramson Cancer Center-Penn Medicine
Radnor, PA

John M. Stern,

MD

Professor, Department of Neurology
Director, Epilepsy Clinical Program
Director, Epilepsy Fellowship Program
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA

Vibeke Strand,

MD, MACR, FACP

Clinical Rheumatologist
Consultant, Clinical Research and Regulatory Affairs
Portola Valley, CA

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Tina Q. Tan,

MD, FAAP, FIDSA, FPIDS

Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Margaret A. Tempero,

MD

Director, Pancreas Center
Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology and Oncology
UCSF
San Francisco, CA

John R. P. Tesser,

MD

Adjunct Clinical Professor
Midwestern University College of Health Sciences
Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, P.C.
Phoenix, AZ

Michael E. Thase,

MD

Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Treatment and Research Program
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Jonathan C. Trent,

MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine
Associate Director for Clinical Research
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL

Madhukar Trivedi,

MD

Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care
Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

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Brian Van Tine,

MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Washington University Medical School
St. Louis, MO

Gauri Varadhachary,

MD

Professor and Medical Director, Gastrointestinal Center
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology
Houston, TX

Kelly Victory,

MD

Trauma and Emergency Specialist
President, Victory Health Steamboat
Springs, CO

Julie M. Vose,

MD, MBA

Neumann M. and Mildred E. Harris Professor
Chief, Division of Oncology/Hematology
Professor of Medicine
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE

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Katherine Walsh,

MD, FACP

Associate Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine
Division of Hematology
The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Columbus, OH

Alvin F. Wells ,

MD, PhD

Visiting Foreign Professor, Karolinska Institute
Director, Rheumatology and Immunotherapy Center
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke University Medical Center
Clinical Assistant Professor, Marquette University
Franklin, WI

James W. Wheless,

BScPharm, MD, FAAP, FACP, FAAN, FAES

Professor and Chief of Pediatric Neurology
Le Bonheur Chair in Pediatric Neurology
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Director, Neuroscience Institute and Le Bonheur Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
Memphis, TN

Dean Wingerchuk,

MD, FRCP(C), MSc

Professor and Chair
Department of Neurology
Mayo Clinic
Phoenix, AZ