The LAM Foundation Boards and Staff Members
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The LAM Foundation Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Laura Lentz, Board Chair (IL)
LAM Patient
Senior Financial Manager, Kraft Foods, Inc. - Former
Pat Venters, Vice Chair (NH)
Sister of LAM Patient
Vice President Oncology Care, Philips Health Care
Carol Langelier, Secretary/Treasurer (VA)
Mother of LAM Patient
Partner, Deloitte – Retired
Richard Bard, Development Chair (CO)
Husband of LAM Patient
Founder and Manager, Bard Capital Group LLC
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Tom Laurenzi, Immediate Past Chair (NJ)
Husband of LAM Patient
President, Delmhorst Instrument Company
Frank McCormack, MD (OH)
Scientific Director
Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board
Director, Internal Medicine,
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Jill Raleigh (OH) [Non-voting]
LAM Foundation Executive Director
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Board Members
Cheryl Beckage (IN)
Friend of LAM Patient
Owner, Business Dynamics Group, Inc.
Greg Downey, MD (CO)
LAM Clinic Director
Executive Vice President, National Jewish Health
Madeline Nolan (CT)
LAM Patient
Health Teacher, Crosby High School
Ed Plocharczyk (IN)
Husband of LAM Patient
Senior Engineering Consultant, Eli Lilly and Company - Retired
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Eden Pontz (NY)
LAM Patient
Executive Producer, CNN New York
Andrew Romanosky (IL)
Brother-in-Law of LAM Patient
Vice President, Union Bank
Carmen Sanchez Iglesias (MO)
LAM Patient
Teresa Stoker (GA)
LAM Patient
Chief Executive Officer, Hillside, Inc.
Eugene Sullivan, MD, FCCP (MD)
Chief Medical Officer, United Therapies
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The LAM Foundation Staff
The LAM Foundation Scientific Advisory Board
An outstanding and dedicated LAM Scientific Advisory Board is the cornerstone of The LAM Foundation's research program. The LAM Scientific Board advises the Foundation on all scientific matters and formulates the direction of LAM research to be supported by The LAM Foundation Board of Directors.
Basic Science Board
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Francis X. McCormack, MD
Chairman, LAM Foundation Scientific
Advisory Board
Director, Division of Pulmonary
Critical Care Medicine
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
John J. Bissler, MD
Associate Program Director for Research and Academic Careers
Division of Nephrology
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Thomas V. Colby, MD
Professor of Pathology
Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
Scottsdale, AZ
Gregory P. Downey, MD
Executive Vice President, Academic Affairs
Professor of Medicine
National Jewish Health
Denver, CO
Jilly Evans, PhD
Vice President, Biology
Co-Founder, Amira Pharmaceuticals
San Diego, CA
Barry Fanburg, MD
Professor of Medicine
New England Medical Center
Boston, MA
Geraldine Finlay, MD
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Elizabeth Petri Henske, MD
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Director, Center for LAM Research & Clinical Care
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Simon Johnson , MD
Senior Lecturer & Honorary Consultant Physician
University of Nottingham
Div. of Therapeutics & Molecular Medicine
Queens Medical Centre
Nottingham, England
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Vera Krymskaya, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
David Kwiatkowski, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Brendan Manning, PhD
Assistant Professor of Genetics
and Complex Diseases
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston, MA
Reynold Panettieri Jr., MD
Professor of Medicine
Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Cheryl Walker , MD
Professor, Department of Carcinogenesis
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Smithville, TX
Jeffrey A. Whitsett, MD
Chief, Division of Neonatology, Perinatal
and Pulmonary Biology
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Raymond S. Yeung, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery,
Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology
Division of Medical Genetics
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, WA
Lisa Young, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
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Clinical Science Board
Jean-Francois Cordier, MD
Professor, Hospital Louis Pradel
Lyon, France
David Franz, MD
Director, Tuberous Sclerosis Clinic
Associate Director Clinical Affairs,
Division of Neurology
Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Yoshikazu Inoue, MD, PhD
Director, Department of Diffuse Lung Diseases
& Respiratory Failure
National Hospital Organization
Kinki-chuo Chest Medical Center
Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Janet Maurer, MD
National Medical Director for LIFESOURCE
CIGNA HealthCare
West Granby, CT
Sonoko Nagai, MD
Kyoto University Graduate School
Department of Respiratory Medicine
Kyoto, Japan |
Jay H. Ryu, MD
Professor of Medicine, Director
Div of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Steven A. Sahn, MD
Professor of Medicine and Director
Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine
Dept. of Medicine/Pulmonary
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Marvin Schwarz, MD
Professor of Medicine
Head, Division of Pulmonary/Critical
Care Medicine
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, CO
Eugene Sullivan, MD, FCCP
Chief Medical Officer, Lung Rx
Silver Spring, MD
Elbert Trulock, MD
Professor of Medicine, Medical Director
Barnes - Jewish Hospital,
Lung Transplant Program
Washington University Medical Center
St. Louis, MO |
Clinical Trials Advisory Board
Eugene Sullivan, MD, FCCP, Chair
Chief Medical Officer, Lung Rx
Silver Spring, MD
Peter Barnes, DM, DSc
Professor of Medicine
National Heart & Lung Institute
London, England
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James Donahue, MD
Professor of Medicine,
Chief of Pulmonary Division
The University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Lewis Rubin, MD
Professor of Medicine
UCSD Medical Center
La Jolla, CA
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Carmen Sanchez Iglesias (MO)
LAM Patient
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