invited professional speakers

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INVITED PROFESSIONAL SPEAKERS

(as of June 13, 2013)

Margaret Anderson,

Executive Director, FasterCures/The Center for Accelerating Medical

Solutions, Washington, DC

Rebecca Anhang-Price, PhD, Associate Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation, Chevy Chase,

MD

E. Martina Bebin, MD, MPA, pediatric neurologist/epileptologist, Co-Director, TSC Clinic,

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

John J. Bissler, MD, pediatric nephrologist, TSC Clinic, Children's Hospital Medical Center,

Cincinnati, OH

Joe Blair, Parent of a TSC Child and Author, By the Iowa Sea

John Blenis, PhD, Department of Cell Biology

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Anna W. Byars, PhD, pediatric neuropsychologist, TSC Clinic, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Paul A. Caruso, MD, pediatric neuro-radiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Harry T. Chugani, MD, pediatric neurologist/epileptologist, Director, TSC Clinic, Children's

Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI

Mary Conroy, RN, TSC Clinic, Minnesota Epilepsy Group, St. Paul MN

Peter Crino, MD, PhD, adult neurologist/epileptologist, Temple University School of Medicine,

Department of Neurology, Philadelphia, PA

Diane Danis, MD, MPH, developmental and behavioral pediatrician, Pasadena, CA

Ann R. Davis, MD, gynecologist, Director, Family Planning Fellowship, Columbia University

Medical Center, New York, NY

Mauricio Delgado, MD, pediatric neurologist, Director of Neurology, Texas Scottish Rite

Hospital for Children, Dallas, TX

Petrus J. de Vries, MBChB, MRCPsych, PhD, child and adolescent psychiatry, University of

Cape Town, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South

Africa

Orrin Devinsky, MD, adult neurologist/epileptologist, TSC Clinic, NYU Epilepsy Center, New

York, NY

Francis J. DiMario, Jr., MD, pediatric neurologist, Director, TSC Clinic, Connecticut Children's

Medical Center, Hartford, CT

Diane Dorman, Vice President of Public Policy, NORD, Washington, DC

David W. Dunn, MD, psychiatrist/pediatric neurologist, Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana

University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

Yolande Erickson, Esq., Conservatorship Program Attorney, Bet Tzedek Legal Services, Los

Angeles, CA

Kevin C. Ess, MD, PhD, pediatric neurologist/epileptologist, Director, TSC Clinic, Vanderbilt

University, Nashville, TN

David Neal Franz, MD, pediatric neurologist, Director, TSC Clinic, Children's Hospital Medical

Center, Cincinnati, OH

Emily Freeman, PhD, Director, Health Behavior and Program Evaluation, Pfizer, New York, NY

Michael D. Frost, MD, pediatric neurologist/epileptologist, Director, TSC Clinic, Minnesota

Epilepsy Group, P.A., Saint Paul, MN

Nichole Goble, Senior Program Associate, Employment Programs, The ARC

Patricia A. Gibson, MSSW, Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Information Service, Wake

Forest University School of Medicine, Baptist Medical Center, Department of Neurology,

Winston Salem, NC

Tanjala T. Gipson, MD, pediatric neurologist/neurodevelopmental pediatrician, Director, TSC

Clinic, Kennedy Kreiger, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD

Jennifer Glass, MS, CGC, genetic counselor, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine,

Cincinnati, OH

Bonnie Gould Rothberg, MD, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Medical Oncology, Yale Cancer

Center, New Haven, CT

Elizabeth P. Henske, MD, oncologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical

School, Boston, MA

Gregory Holmes, MD, pediatric neurologist/epileptologist, Chair, Department of Neurological

Sciences, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT

Dena Hook, Director of Advocacy and Education, TS Alliance, Silver Spring, MD

John Hulbert, MD, urologist, Co-Director, TSC Clinic, Urologic Physicians, PA, TSC Parent,

Edina, MN

Anna Jansen, MD, PhD, UZ Brussel Hospital, Brussels, BE

Shafali Spurling Jeste, MD, behavioral child neurologist, UCLA Semel

Institute/Neuropsychiatric Institute, Los Angeles, CA

Sergiusz Jóźwiak, MD, PhD, pediatric neurologist, Chair, Department of Neurology, Children’s

Memorial Health Institute Warsaw, Poland

Russell G. Katz, MD, Director, Division of Neurology Products, FDA, Washington, DC

Chris Kingswood, MBBS, MRCP, FRCP, nephrologist, Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals

Trust, Renal Unit, TSC Parent, Brighton, UK

Mary Kay Koenig, MD, pediatric neurologist, University of Texas Health Science Center,

Houston, TX

Michael Kohrman, MD, pediatric neurologist, Director, TSC Clinic, University of Chicago,

Chicago, IL

Bruce Korf, MD, PhD, geneticist, Co-Director, TSC Clinic, University of Alabama Birmingham,

Birmingham, AL

Darcy A. Krueger, MD, PhD, pediatric neurologist, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical

Center, Cincinnati, OH

David J. Kwiatkowski, MD, PhD, oncologist, Genetics Lab, Hematology Division, Brigham and

Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Story C. Landis, PhD, Director, National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke,

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Jonathan Lipton, MD, PhD, neurologist, Boston Children’s, Boston, MA

Jonathan Lucas, Senior Program Associate, Employment Programs, The ARC

Jeffrey MacKeigan, PhD, Associate Professor and Head, Laboratory of Systems Biology, Van

Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI

Gary W. Mathern, MD, pediatric neurosurgeon, Brain Research Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles,

CA

William McClintock, MD, pediatric neurologist, Director, TSC Clinic, Children's National

Medical Center, Fairfax, VA

Ian O’Neil Miller, MD, pediatric neurologist, Co-Director, TSC Clinic, Miami Children’s Hospital,

Miami, FL

Greg Mlynarczyk, DDS, dentist, TSC Parent, Santa Rosa, CA

Joel Moss, MD, PhD, pulmonologist, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National

Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Rob Moss, Co-Founder, Seizure Tracker, Arlington, VA

Jo Anne Nakagawa, Director, Clinical Projects and TSC Clinic Liaison, TS Alliance, Silver

Spring, MD

Katherine L. Nathanson, MD, geneticist, Director, TSC Clinic, University of Pennsylvania,

Department of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Peter Newberry, MD, psychiatrist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

John Nicholson, MD, cardiologist and investor, TSC Parent, Greenwich, CT

Hope Northrup, MD, geneticist and pediatrician, Director, TSC Clinic, The University of Texas

Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX

Candy Opalka, ARC Upstate New York, NY

Anne Pariser, MD, Associate Director for Rare Diseases, FDA, Washington, DC

Kelly Piacenti, Director, MetLife Center for Special Needs, Somerset, NJ

Santo Pino, EdD, Director, Pino Educational Consulting Inc., Naples, FL

Judith Prestifilippo, MD, Senior Medical Director, US Clinical Development Medical Affairs,

Novartis Oncology, East Hanover, NJ

Gayatri Rao, MD, JD, Director for the Office of Orphan Products Development, FDA,

Washington DC

James J. Riviello, Jr, MD, pediatric neurologist/epileptologist, Director, TSC Clinic, New York

University Langone Medical Center, Department of Neurology, New York, NY

E. Steve Roach, MD, pediatric neurologist, Co-Director, TSC Clinic, Ohio State University,

Columbus, OH

Steven L. Roberds, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, TS Alliance, Silver Spring, MD

Kari Luther Rosbeck, President and CEO, TS Alliance, Silver Spring, MD

Stephen Rose, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Foundation Fighting Blindness, Columbia, MD

Dom Ruscio, Partner, CRD Associates, LLC, Washington, DC

Mustafa Sahin, MD, PhD, pediatric neurologist, Director, TSC Clinic, Children's Hospital,

Boston, MA

Peter Saltonstall, President and CEO, National Organizaiton for Rare Disorders, Danbury, CT

Julian Sampson, DM, FRCP, FMedSci, geneticist, Professor and Head of Department, Medical

Genetics, Institute of Medical Genetics, Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff,

Wales, UK

Joshua Samuels, MD, pediatric nephrologist, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of

Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX

Steven P. Sparagana, MD, pediatric neurologist, Director, TSC Clinic, Texas Scottish Rite

Hospital for Children, Dallas, TX

Sarah J. Spence, MD, PhD, pediatric neurologist, Director, Autism Center, Boston Children’s,

Boston, MA

Elizabeth A. Thiele, MD, PhD, pediatric neurologist/epileptologist, Director, TSC Clinic, The

Carol and James Herscot Center for Children and Adults with TSC, Massachusetts General

Hospital, Department of Neurology, Boston, MA

Anna Tinnerello, Project Director, Marion County Help Me Grow, Marion, OH

Dee Triemer, Director of Special Events and Corporate Partnerships, TS Alliance, TSC Parent,

Atlanta, GA

Theresa Varnet, Esq., Founder, Spain, Spain & Varnet PC, Chicago, IL

Mark Vieth, Senior Vice President, CRD Associates, LLC, Washington, DC

Howard Weiner, MD, pediatric neurosurgeon, TSC Clinic, New York University Langone

Medical Center, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, New York, NY

James W. Wheless, MD, pediatric neurologist/epileptologist, LeBonheur Children’s Hospital,

University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN

Vicky H. Whittemore, PhD, Crofton, MD

Steven M. Wolf, MD, pediatric neurologist/epileptologist, Co-Director, TSC Clinic, Beth

Israel/Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY

Michael Wong, MD, PhD, pediatric neurologist/epileptologist, Director, TSC Clinic,

Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Joyce Y. Wu, MD, pediatric neurologist/epileptologist, Director, TSC Clinic, University of

California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Wenbo Zhang, MD, PhD, TSC Clinic, Director of Magnetic Source Imaging (MSI), Minnesota

Epilepsy Group, St. Paul, MN

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