Scientific and Medical Advisory Board
The role of the Scientific and Medical Advisory Board is to work hand in hand with this foundation. Members of the advisory board were selected by their years of world wide experience in all areas of research and medical knowledge and willingness to co-collaborate with other researchers and medical professionals.
The Advisory Board responsibilities include the following:
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How our foundation solicits participation in as many quadrants of research and medical care as possible.
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Writing the research information and medical guides contained on this website.
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This website is regularly reviewed by the members of this advisory board.
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How our organization reaches out in all areas of MHE education.
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How MHE conferences are organized and held.
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Which Society Annual Meetings the Foundation exhibits during and benefits our mission.
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How grant notice is sent and grants are reviewed and Foundation funds are spent.
The MHE Research Foundation is a 100% voluntary organization, no salaries or personal benefits are paid to anyone. No honorariums are paid by our foundation at any time for any reason.
Questions to the Scientific & Medical Advisory Board,
Please use the contact Scientific & Medical Advisory Board Tab or you may email directly
AdvisoryBoard@mheresearchfoundation.org
Please use the contact Board of Directors Tab or General enquiries can be emailed to
Boardofdirectors@mheresearchfoundation.org
All research project requests concerning the MHE Research Foundation participation should be directed to: Sarah Ziegler, Vice President & National Director of Research and Coordinator of Clinical Information, Executive Director of the National MHE Research Registry
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Benjamin Alman, M.D., F.R.C.S.: Distinguished James R. Urbaniak Professor and Chairman of Orthopaedic Surgery at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
https://www.dukehealth.org/find-doctors-physicians/benjamin-alman-md
Alexandre Arkader, M.D.: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
http://www.chop.edu/doctors/arkader-alexandre#.V920UrXD-JA
Jeffrey D. Esko, Ph.D.: Distinguished Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine Co-Director, Glycobiology Research & Training Center, UCSD, San Diego, CA
https://healthsciences.ucsd.edu/som/cmm/faculty/Pages/Jeffrey-Esko.aspx
http://grtc.ucsd.edu/aboutus.html
David S. Feldman, M.D.: Co-Director MHE Center, Director of Feldman Center Spinal Deformity Center, Hip Pain & Preservation Center Paley Institute, St. Mary’s Hospital, West Palm Beach, FL, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Orthopedic Surgery, New York University, NY
http://www.paleyinstitute.org/orthopedic-conditions/multiple-hereditary-exostoses/mhe-center
http://www.paleyinstitute.org/centers-of-excellence/spine-deformity-center/spinal-deformity-center
http://www.paleyinstitute.org/centers-of-excellence/hip-pain-center/hip-pain-center
Aaron Huser, DO: MHE Center at the Paley Institute and Spine Institute, St. Mary’s Hospital, West Palm Beach, FL
https://paleyinstitute.org/blog/physicians/aaron-huser/#/
Jacqueline T. Hecht, Ph.D.: Director of Pediatric Research Center, The University of Texas Medical School
Matthew J. Hilton, Ph.D.: Hilton Lab, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Cell Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke Orthopaedic, Cellular, Developmental and Genome Laboratories, Durham, NC
Kevin B. Jones, M.D.: Sarcoma Service, Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Associate ProfessorOncological Sciences - Adjunct Associate Professor Huntsman Cancer Institute University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
http://healthcare.utah.edu/fad/mddetail.php?physicianID=u0632336#tabAcademic
http://healthcare.utah.edu/huntsmancancerinstitute/research/labs/kb-jones/research.php
Scott H. Kozin, M.D.: Chief of Staff, Shriners Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Temple University, PA
http://www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org/Locations/philadelphia/our-staff/Kozin
Henry M. Kronenberg, M.D., Ph.D.: Chief, Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
http://www.massgeneral.org/doctors/doctor.aspx?id=16502
Andrew P. McMahon, PhD.: Chair and Professor of Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine W.M. Keck Provost Professor of Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine
Director, Edythe and Eli Broad Center For Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, The Keck School of Medicine of the USC, CA
http://keck.usc.edu/faculty/andrew-p-mcmahon
http://mcmahonlab.usc.edu/research
Maurizio Pacifici, Ph.D.:Director of Translational Research Program in Pediatric Orthopaedics The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, PA
http://ortho.research.chop.edu/researchers/maurizio-pacifici-phd.html
http://www.chop.edu/doctors/pacifici-maurizio#.V93DpbXD-JA
Dror Paley, M.D., F.R.C.S.C.: Chief and Founder Paley Institute, Co-Director MHE Center Paley Institute, St. Mary’s Hospital. West Palm Beach, FL, Clinical Affiliate Professor of Surgery Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, FL
http://www.paleyinstitute.org/meet-our-team/physicians/dror-paley
http://www.paleyinstitute.org/orthopedic-conditions/multiple-hereditary-exostoses/mhe-center
Henry H. Roehl, Ph.D.: Senior Lecturer Dept of Biomedical Science, The University of Sheffield, UK
https://www.shef.ac.uk/bms/research/roehl
Luca Sangiorgi, M.D., Ph.D.: Head Genetics Unit, Rare Orthopaedic Diseases, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna Italy
http://www.ior.it/en/curarsi-al-rizzoli/luca-sangiorgi-md
Dan Wells, Ph.D.: Dean, Natural Sciences & Math, University of Houston, TX
http://www.bchs.uh.edu/people/detail/?155622-961-5=dwells2
Wim Wuyts, Ph.D.: Department of Medical Genetics University and University Hospital of Antwerp, Belgium
Yu Yamaguchi, M.D., Ph.D.: Professor, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA