The Alliance has a Medical Advisory Board (MAB) of fourteen physicians who are available to consult with families and their doctors about Alagille Syndrome. MAB members include:

Dr. Dennis Black, MD

• J.D. Buckman Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Physiology University of Tennessee Health Science Center 
• Director, Children's Foundation Research Center of Memphis 
• Vice President for Research, Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center Room 401, West Tower

50 North Dunlap Memphis, TN 38103 

Phone: (901) 287-5355 

Fax: (901) 287-4478 

Email: dblack(at)uthsc.edu 

(Term of appointment: 1/1/11 - 4/30/14)

 

Dr. Karan Emerick, M.D.

Digestive Diseases & Nutrition Division, Connecticut Children's Medical Center

282 Washington Street Hartford, CT 06106-3322 

Phone: (860) 545-8060 

Email: kemerick(at)ccmckids.org 

(Term of appointment: 5/1/10 - 4/30/13)

 

Dr. Haleh C. Heydarian, MD

Children's Hospital Medical Center 

3333 Burnet Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039 

Phone: (513) 636-6646 

Fax: (513) 636-3982 

Email: haleh.heydarian(at)cchmc.org 

(Term of appointment: 1/1/11 - 4/30/15)

 

Dr. James E. Heubi, MD

Professor/Associate Chair for Clinical Research of Pediatrics Associate Dean for Clinical Research Program

Director, GCRC, Children's Hospital Medical Center 

3333 Burnet Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039 

Phone: (513) 636-6046 

Fax: (513) 636-4695 

Email: james.heubi(at)cchmc.org

(Term of appointment: 1/1/11 - 4/30/15)

 

Dr. Binita M. Kamath, MBBChir MRCP MTR

Staff Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition The Hospital for Sick Children

Associate Scientist, Research Institute

Assistant Professor, University of Toronto 

555 University Avenue Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8 Canada 

Phone: (416) 813-6171; (416) 813-7654 ext 28193 

Fax: (416) 813-4972 

Email: Binita.kamath(at)sickkids.ca 

(Term of appointment: 1/1/11 - 4/30/15)

 

Dr. William Pennock Laird II, MD  

Pediatric Heart Specialists

777 Forest Lane, Suite C-855 Dallas, TX 75230 

Phone: (972) 566-8700 

Fax: (972) 566-8399 

Email: pennlaird(at)sbcglobal.net 

(Term of appointment: 1/1/11 - 4/30/14)

 

Dr. Kathleen M. Loomes, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Divsion of Gastroentology, Hepatology & Nutrition

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

34th Street and Civic Center Blvd Philadelphia, PA 18104

Phone: (267) 426-7223

Fax: (267) 426-7814

Email: loomes(at)email.chop.edu

(Term of appointment: 1/1/11 - 4/30/15)

 

Dr. David A. Piccoli, MD

Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Director, Fred and Suzanne Biesecker Pediatric Liver Center

Biesecker Professor of Pediatrics The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania School School of Medicine

324 S. 34th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-4301 

Office phone: (215) 590-1678 

Office fax: (215) 590-3606

Email: piccoli(at)email.chop.edu

(Term of appointment 5/1/10 - 4/30/13)

 

Dr. Ruben Quiros, M.D.

Professor of Pediatric & Surgery

Chief, Pediatric Liver & Intestinal Transplantation University of Nebraska

985160 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198-5160

Phone: (402) 559-2412

Fax: (402) 559-9525

Email: rquiros(at)unmc.edu

(Term of appointment: 5/1/12 - 4/30/15)

 

Dr. Philip Rosenthal, M.D.  

Professor of Pediatrics & Surgery Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Transplant Program

Director, Pediatric Hepatology University of California at San Francisco

500 Parnassus Avenue, MU-416 East San Francisco, CA 94143-0136

Phone: (415) 476-5892

Fax: (415) 476-1343

Email: prosenth(at)peds.ucsf.edu

(Term of appointment: 5/1/10 - 4/30/13)

 

Dr. Meghana N. Sathe, MD, CNSC

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Gastroenterology Children's Medical Center - Dallas

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Southwestern Medical School UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

5323 Harry Hines Blvd Dallas, TX 75390-9036

Phone: (214) 456-8027

Fax: (214) 456-8006

Email: Meghana.sathe(at)childrens.com

(Term of appointment: 1/1/11 - 4/30/14)

 

Dr. Ronald J. Sokol, M.D.

Professor and Vice Chair of Pediatrics

Arnold Silverman MD Chair in Digestive Health

Chief, Pediatric Gastroentology, Hepatology & Nutrition

Director and Principal Investigator, Colorado Clinical & Translational Sciences Institute

University of Colorado School of Medicine

The Children's Hospital, Box B290

13123 E. 16th Avenue

Aurora, Colorado 80045

Phone: (720) 777-6669

Fax: (720) 777-7277

Email: sokol.Ronald(at)tchden.org

(Term of appointment: 5/1/10 - 4/30/13)

 

Dr. Nancy B. Spinner, Ph.D.

Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Director, CytoGenomics

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 1007A ARC

3615 Civic Center Boulevard

Philadelphia, PA 19104-4301

Phone: (215) 590-4177

Fax: (215) 590-3850

Blackberry-Mobile: (267) 315-2639

Email: spinner(at)mail.med.upenn.edu

(Term of appointment: 05/01/12 - 04/30/15)