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Smith-Lemli-Opitz Foundation
c/o Gretchen Noah, President
P.O. Box 10598
Fargo, North Dakota
58106-0598
United States of America
Staff
Gretchen Noah
President, Executive Director, and Treasurer
Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America
Kate Duren
Vice President and Director of Communications & Family Support
Davis, California, United States of America
Board of Directors
Kelly Noah
Secretary
Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America
Kayleigh Kempster
Director of International Relations and Family Mentors
Shropshire, England
Carola Gutierrez
Director of Hispanic Family Support
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Michael Cohen, PhD
Director of Research
Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada
Amy DiNunzio
Board Member
Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Medical and Scientific Advisory Board
Forbes Denny Porter, MD, PhD
Senior Investigator and Associate
Scientific Director
for Translational Research
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
• National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
United States of America
Address
National Institutes of Health
Office of the Clinical Director
Attn: Dr. Denny Porter
10CRC, Rm. 1-3330, 10 Center Dr.
Bethesda, MD 20892
United States of America
Robert D. Steiner, MD, FAAP, FACMG
Clinical Professor and Medical Geneticist
Clinical Professor
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
United States of America
Medical Geneticist
Marshfield Medical Center, Genetics Clinic
Marshfield, Wisconsin
United States of America
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Marshfield Medical Center Genetics Clinic
Address
Marshfield Medical Center, Genetics Clinic (GK1)
Attn: Dr. Robert Steiner
1000 North Oak Ave
Marshfield, Wisconsin 54449
United States of America
Ellen Elias, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics
University of Colorado • Department
of Pediatrics
Aurora, Colorado
United States of America
Medical Director
Special Care Clinic
Children’s
Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado
United States of America
Address
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Attn: Dr. Ellen Elias
13123 East 16th Avenue, Box 032
Aurora, CO 80045
United States of America
Elaine Tierney, MD
Associate Professor of
Psychiatry
and Behavioral Sciences
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
United States of America
Pediatric and Adult Psychiatrist
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Baltimore, Maryland
United States of America
Expertise
▸ Autism
▸ Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
▸ Psychiatry
▸ Neuropsychiatry
Address
Kennedy Krieger Institute
716 North Broadway
Department of Psychiatry
Baltimore, Maryland 21205
United States of America
Jean-Baptiste Roullet, PharmD, PhD
Professor, Department
of Pharmacotherapy
College of Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Washington State University (WSU)
Spokane, Washington
United States of America
Address
Washington State University
Attn: Dr. Jean-Baptiste Roullet
512 East Spokane Fall Blvd.
Spokane, Washington 99202
United States of America
William Rizzo, MD
Helen Freytag Chair in Pediatrics
Professor (Pediatrics Metabolism)
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Inherited Metabolic Diseases
Omaha, Nebraska
United States of America
Pediatrician and Geneticist
Nebraska Medicine Medical Center
Children's Hospital and Medical Center
Munroe Meyer Institute Genetics Clinic
Omaha, Nebraska
United States of America
Address
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Attn: Dr. Bill Rizzo
985940 Nebraska Medical Center DRC II 4064
Omaha, Nebraska 68198-5940
United States of America
Kevin Francis, PhD
Assistant Scientist
Cellular Therapies and Stem Cell Biology Group
Sanford Research
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
United States of America
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Sanford School of Medicine
University of South Dakota
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
United States of America
Address
Sanford Research
Attn: Dr. Kevin Francis
2301 E. 60th Street N
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
United States of America
Dr. Samar N. Rahhal, MD
Staff Clinician Physician
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
United States of America
Address
National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development (NICHD)
Attn: Dr. Samar Rahhal
NIHBC 10 - CRC BG RM. 5-2571
10 Center Dr
Bethesda, MD 20892
United States of America
Malgorzata Nowaczyk, MD, MFA, FRCPC, FCCMG, FACMG
Professor, Molecular Medicine and
Pathology and Pediatrics
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada
Pediatrician and Clinical Geneticist
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Address
Rm 3N-16 MUMC
1200 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario
L8S 4J9
Canada
+1 (905) 521-2651
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
Simona Bianconi, MD
Pediatrics and Genetics
Kaiser Permanente
Address
Vandever Medical Offices
Attn: Dr. Simona Bianconi
4405 Vandever Ave
San Diego, California 92120
United States of America
Christopher Wassif, PhD, MS
Special Volunteer
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Section on Molecular Dysmorphology
Bethesda, Maryland
United States of America
Director, Molecular Engineering & Antibody Technologies
AstraZeneca
Address
National Institutes of Health
Attn: Dr. Christopher Wassif
9000 Rockville Pike Building
CRC Room 1E-3288
Bethesda, MD 20892-1830
United States of America
Dorothea Haas, MD
Senior Consultant in Pediatric Metabolic Medicine
Head Physician of the Metabolic Laboratory
Dietmar-Hopp Metabolic Center
Heidelberg University Hospital
Center for Childhood and Adolescent Medicine
Heidelberg, Germany
Address
Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Dorothea Haas
Metabolic Consultant, Head Physician Metabolic Laboratory
Division of Pediatric Neurology and Metabolic Medicine
Centre for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Department of Neuropediatrics and Metabolic Medicine
Heidelberg University Hospital
Im Neuenheimer Feld 430
D-69120 Heidelberg
Germany
Clinics & Treatment Programs
Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program
Behavior Management Clinic
