Scientific Leadership

The LAM Foundation Scientific Advisory Board

An outstanding and dedicated LAM Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) is the cornerstone of The LAM Foundation’s research program. The SAB advises the Foundation on all scientific matters and determines the focus of LAM research to be supported by The LAM Foundation Board of Directors.

Vera Krymskaya, PhD, MBA, Interim Scientific Director

Professor of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 

James P. Bridges, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine
National Jewish Health, Denver, CO

Michael Dellinger, PhD

Assistant Professor Molecular Biology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Gregory P. Downey, MD

Executive Vice President, Academic Affairs
Professor of Medicine
LAM Clinic Director
National Jewish Health, Denver, CO

Jillian Evans, PhD

Adjunct Professor of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Geraldine Finlay, MD

Deputy Editor – Pulmonary and Critical Care
UpToDate at Wolters Kluwer
Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

David Franz, MD

Director, Tuberous Sclerosis Clinic
Associate Director Clinical Affairs,
Division of Neurology
Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Stephen Hammes, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Endocrinology
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

Elizabeth Petri Henske, MD

Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Director, Center for LAM Research & Clinical Care
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Marina K. Holz, PhD

Dean of Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

Yoshikazu Inoue, MD, PhD

Director, Department of Diffuse Lung Diseases
and Respiratory Failure, Clinical Research Center,
National Hospital Organization
Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai, Osaka, Japan

Simon Johnson, DM, FRCP

Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
University of Nottingham
Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, England

Arnold Kristof, BSc., MDCM

Associate Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine
LAM Clinic Director
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

David J. Kwiatkowski, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Lisa Larkin, MD

Founder & CEO
Ms. Medicine, LLC, Cincinnati, OH

Brendan D. Manning, PhD

Professor of Molecular Metabolism
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA

Cormac McCarthy, MB, BCh, BAO, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine
University College Dublin and St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Francis X. McCormack, MD

Emeritus, Scientific Director
Taylor Professor & Division Director
Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Joel Moss, MD, PhD

Senior Investigator
Laboratory of Translational Research
NIH/NHLBI, Bethesda, MD

Reynold Panettieri, Jr., MD

Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

David Plas, PhD

Associate Professor Cancer Biology
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Jay H. Ryu, MD

Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Eugene Sullivan, MD, FCCP

Principal, EJS Consulting, LLC
Olney, MD

 

Andrew Tee, PhD

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

Jeffrey A. Whitsett, MD

Chief, Division of Neonatology, Perinatal
and Pulmonary Biology
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Kathryn Wikenheiser-Brokamp, MD, PhD

Associate Director,
Medical Scientist Training Program
Associate Professor, UC Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

Lisa Young, MD

Chief, Division of Pulmonary Medicine
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

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