
Board of Directors
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President
Robert J. Desnick, MD, PhD
Dean for Genetics and Genomic Medicine
Professor and Chair Emeritus
Department for Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Vice President
John D. Phillips, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology
Associate Dean of Research and Infrastructure
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah
Secretary- Treasurer
Kristen P. Wheeden, MBA
President, United Porphyrias Association
Bethesda, MD
Director At- Large
Karl E. Anderson, MD
Professor
Departments of Preventive Medicine and Population Health and Internal Medicine
Director, Porphyria Laboratory and Center
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas
Director At- Large
Manisha Balwani, MD, MS
Professor
Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Director At- Large
D. Montgomery Bissell, MD
Professor Emeritus
Department of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
University of California, San Francisco
Director At- Large
Herbert L. Bonkovsky, MD
Professor of Medicine and Molecular Medicine and Translational Science
Director of Laboratory for Liver and Metabolic Disorders
Wake Forest University School of Medicine and NC Baptist Medical Center
Winston- Salem, North Carolina
Director At- Large
Brendan M. McGuire, MS, MD
Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of Liver Transplantation
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama