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Meet Our Professional Advisory Board

*denotes Scientific Advisory Board Members

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Siddharth Prakash, MD*

Adult Cardiologist, Chairman of TSSUS Scientific Advisory Board

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Vaneeta Bamba, MD*

Pediatric Endocrinologist

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Mira Dessy, NE

Nutritionist

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Rebecca Knickmeyer, MD*

Experimental Psychologist/Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

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Barbara Lippe, MD

Endocrinologist

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Dean Mooney, PhD

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

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Michelle Rivera, MD*

Pediatric Endocrinologist

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Claudia Algaze, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist

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Joseph Cernich, MD

Pediatric Endocrinologist

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Aaron Dorfman, MD*

Pediatric Cardiologist

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Jennifer Law, MD

Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes

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Gary Lorigan, PhD*

Researcher, TS parent

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Emilio Quezada, MD*

Pediatric Cardiologist

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Michael Silberbach, MD*

Pediatric Cardiologist

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Philippe F. Backeljauw, MD

Pediatric Endocrinologist

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Melissa Crenshaw, MD*

Clinical Geneticist

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Joanne Foodim, MD

Internal Medicine

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Angela Lin, MD

Medical Geneticist & Cardiologist

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Cheryl Maslen, PhD*

Geneticist, Rare ​Disease Specialist

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Allan Reiss, MD

Psychiatrist

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