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Address

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 & Treasurer of Smith-Lemli-Opitz Foundation

Gretchen Noah

President, Executive Director, and Treasurer
Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America

Kate Duren, Director of Communications & Family Support • Smith-Lemli-Opitz Foundation

Kate Duren

Vice President and Director of Communications & Family Support
Davis, California, United States of America

Board of Directors

Kelly Noah, Secretary of Smith-Lemli-Opitz Foundation

Kelly Noah

Secretary
Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America

Kayleigh Kempster, Board Member

Kayleigh Kempster

Director of International Relations and Family Mentors
Shropshire, England

Carola Gutierrez Viruez, Board Member of Smith-Lemli-Opitz Foundation

Carola Gutierrez

Director of Hispanic Family Support
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

Michael Cohen, Board Member of Smith-Lemli-Opitz Foundation

Michael Cohen, PhD

Director of Research
Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada

Amy DiNunzio, Board Member of Smith-Lemli-Opitz Foundation

Amy DiNunzio

Board Member
Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mili Mazziotti Irigoyen, Board Member and Director of Education and Conferences • Smith-Lemli-Opitz Foundation

Mili Mazziotti Irigoyen

Director of Education and Conferences
Suffolk, England

Medical and Scientific Advisory Board

Dr. Forbes Denny Porter, Smith-Lemli-Opitz Foundation Medical Advisory Board Member

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

Dr. Robert Steiner, Smith-Lemli-Opitz Foundation Medical Advisory Board Membe

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

Dr. Ellen Elias, Smith-Lemli-Opitz Medical Advisory Board

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

Dr. Elaine Tierney, Smith-Lemli-Opitz Foundation

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

Dr. Jean Baptiste Roullet, Smith-Lemli-Opitz Foundation Medical Advisory Board Member

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

Dr. William Rizzo, Smith-Lemli-Opitz Foundation Medical Advisory Board

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

Dr. Kevin Francis, Smith-Lemli-Opitz Foundation Medical Advisory Board Member

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 Rahhal, MD, Smith-Lemli-Opitz Foundation Medical and Scientific Advisory Board Member

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

Dr. Margaret Nowaczyk, Smith-Lemli-Opitz Foundation Medical Advisory Board Member

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

Dr. Simona Bianconi, Smith-Lemli-Opitz Foundation Medical Advisory Board Member

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

Dr. Christopher Wassif, Smith-Lemli-Opitz Foundation Medical Advisory Board Membere

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

Dr. Dorthea Haas, Smith-Lemli-Opitz Foundation Medical Advisory Board Member

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

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