Advisory Council Roster

Updated December 12, 2012

NATIONAL ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES

ADVISORY COUNCIL
CHAIRMAN
KATZ, Stephen I., M.D., Ph.D.
Director
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Bethesda, MD 20892

BONEWALD, Lynda F., Ph.D.
Lefkowitz Professor
Department Of Oral Biology
School Of Dentistry
University Of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City, MO 64108

DIETZ, Harry C. lll, M.D.
Victor A.McKusick Professor of Medicine and Genetics
McKusick-Nathans Institute of Generic Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD 21205

EYRE, David R., Ph.D.
Department of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
School of Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195

FIRESTEIN, Gary Steven, M.D.
Professor
Department of Medicine
School of Medicine
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093

GABRIEL, Sherine E., M.D.
Dean of Mayo Medical School
William J. and Charles H. Mayo Professor
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN 55905

HOFHINE, Michelle, RN
Vice President of Marketing
Accredited Home Care Services
Woodland Hills, CA91367

MALA, Ted, M.D.
Director
Traditional Healing Clinic
South Central Foundation
Anchorage, AK 99508

MATHEWS, Katherine, M.D.
Professor
Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242

MURRAY, Martha M., M.D.
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA 02115

O'KEEFE, Regis J., M.D., Ph.D.
Chair
Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY 14642

PENTLAND, ALICE P., M.D.
James H. Sterner Professor and Chair
Department of Dermatology
School of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14642

PICKFORD, Jean R.
Executive Director
Foundation for Ichthyosis and Related Skin Types
Colmar, PA 18915

RANKIN, E. Anthony, M.D.
Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery
Providence Hospital
Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Howard University
Washington, DC, 20017

SHANE, Elizabeth, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Vice-Chair for Clinical and Epidemiological Research
Columbia University
College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, NY 10032

SMITH, Elizabeth
Patient Advocate
Juvenile Arthritis
Burke, VA 22015

STEPHENSON, Bradley R., JD
Attorney At Law
Member, National Task Force on Public Awareness
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Burlington, VT 05401

VERGARA, Julio L., Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Department of Physiology
School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095

WANG, Xiao-Jing, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pathology
University of Colorado, Denver
Aurora, CO 80045