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.

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

University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas

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

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

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

Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

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

University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, California

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

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

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

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

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

Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Angelika Erwin MD, PhD
Angelika Erwin MD, PhD

Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

Rebecca Karp Leaf, MD
Rebecca Karp Leaf, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Mohamed Kazamel, MD
Mohamed Kazamel, MD

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

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

University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

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

University of Miami
Miami, Florida

Marshall Mazepa, MD
Marshall Mazepa, MD

University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, Minnesota

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

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

Akshata Moghe MD, PhD
Akshata Moghe MD, PhD

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, TX

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

Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA

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

University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah

John Phillips, PhD
John Phillips, PhD

University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah

John Quigley, MD
John Quigley, MD

University of Illinois, Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Sean Rudnick, MD
Sean Rudnick, MD

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

Manish Thapar, MD
Manish Thapar, MD

Einstein Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Bruce Wang, MD
Bruce Wang, MD

University of California at San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

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

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, New York