Dr. Anne Marie Sbrocchi
Anne Marie Sbrocchi, MD, FRCPC, is an Associate Professor in Pediatrics at the McGill University Health Centre and is the Division Director of Pediatric Endocrinology. In addition to working at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, she also works in the metabolic bone and endocrine clinic at the Shriners Hospital for Children Canada and is the co-medical director of their preoperative clinic.
She is active in teaching, advocacy and clinical research. Her work focuses on the comprehensive care of children with complex care needs, with a specialization in bone health and neuromuscular disorders. Currently she is involved in clinical trials studying the use of setrusumab for osteogenesis imperfecta, as well as vamorolone therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
She is a steering committee member of the Canadian Consortium for Children’s Bone Health and is a member of the OsNET (Canadian National Bone Health Research Network)and the CareLeuko network for leukodystrophy. She is the co-chair for the OPTIMIZE Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Adrenal Working Group and is a member of the osteoporosis and growth and puberty working groups.
Dr. David R.Webber
Dr. David Weber is an attending Physician in Pediatric Endocrinology and the Associate Professor of Pediatrics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Weber is the Medical Director of the Center for Bone Health and Research Director of the Nutrition and Growth Lab at CHOP. He is passionate about improving the endocrine and bone health care of people with DMD and has participated in multi-disciplinary neuromuscular clinics for over a decade, first at the University of Rochester and now at CHOP.
Dr. Weber’s research group is actively studying the impact of DMD and other chronic diseases on bone health. He also has an interest in rare disorders of bone mineral metabolism and is currently working on studies in conditions includingENPP1 and CYP24A1 deficiency.
Dr. Weber is currently co-chair of the Bone and Mineral Special Interest Group of the Pediatric Endocrine Society and a member of the Professional Practice Committee of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR). Dr. Weber is a member of the Steering Committee, Co-Chair of the Adrenal Working Group, and a member of the Osteoporosis Working Group.
Dr. Alex Ahmet
Alexandra Ahmet, MD, FRCPC, is a pediatric endocrinologist and Chief of the Division of Endocrinology at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and an Associate Professor of pediatrics at the University of Ottawa.
Dr. Ahmet has worked to improve the care of children and youth with adrenal disease by raising awareness and improving our understanding of adrenal suppression, adrenal education, and adrenal testing in children through her development and dissemination of national guidelines, clinical research, participation and leadership of various adrenal education and advocacy initiatives, and through invited local, national, and international presentations.
Dr. Ahmet is a member of the Adrenal Research Consortium and an active member of the Pediatric Endocrinology Society Adrenal Special Interest Group. Dr. Ahmet is the co-chair of the Ontario Pediatric Diabetes Network Leadership Table and as a member of the Child and Youth Committee within the Ontario Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health. Within the OPTIMIZE DMD Consortium, Dr. Ahmet contributes as a member of the Adrenal Insufficiency Working Group
Dr. Aravind Veerapandiyan
Dr. Aravindhan Veerapandiyan is a pediatric neuromuscular specialist at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and an associate professor of pediatrics at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He serves as the Director of the Comprehensive Neuromuscular Program at Arkansas Children’s Hospital.
He is the Co-Director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association Care Center and Director of the PPMD Certified Duchenne Care Center at Arkansas Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Veerapandiyan earned his medical degree from the K.A.P. Vishwanatham Government Medical College in India. He completed a residency in Child Neurology at Rutgers University – New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey and a fellowship in Neuromuscular Medicine at University of Rochester – Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York.
Dr. Veerapandiyan has a passion for clinical research and education. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed articles and has presented his work at national and international meetings. He is actively involved in industry-sponsored clinical trials including gene therapy trials focusing on neuromuscular disorders in children.
Dr. Hugh McMillan
Dr. McMillan is a Pediatric Neurologist with specialization in Neurophysiology and Neuromuscular medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. He is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Ottawa and a Clinical Investigator at the CHEO Research Institute.
He is the Division Chief of Neurology at CHEO and the Program Director of the Pediatric Neuromuscular Fellowship Training Program at the University of Ottawa. He is a site primary investigator for clinical trials and has been the site lead of over 20 regulated clinical trials.
He is a member of NMD4C a Canadian Neuromuscular Disease Consortium, the Canadian Pediatric Neuromuscular Group (CPNG) and the Pediatric Lead for the Canadian Neuromuscular Disease Registry
He offers advice to the OPTIMIZE DMD Consortium as it pertains to Neuromuscular medicine and the care of children and young adults with neuromuscular disorders
Dr. Kathryn Selby
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Dr. Sze Choong (Jarod) Wong
Dr. Jarod Wong is Senior Clinical Lecturer/Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist based at Human Nutrition, College of Medicine, Veterinary and Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow with clinical commitments at the Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow. Dr. Wong leads the Bone, Endocrine, Nutrition Research Group in Glasgow (BEN-G). For nearly 20 years, Dr. Wong’s research has primarily focused on the impact of chronic disorders, suboptimal nutrition, and glucocorticoid use on growth, puberty, and musculoskeletal outcomes.
Dr. Wong is the Lead of the Bone and Endocrine Working Group and Co-Lead of the Nutrition Working Group for DMD Care UK. Dr. Wong is a Steering Committee Member of DMD Care UK. Dr. Wong is the Chair of the Clinical Committee for the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes and sits on the Clinical Committee of the European Society of Paediatric Endocrinology.
Dr. Wong is a member of the OPTIMIZE-DMD steering committee; co-chair of the osteoporosis working group and member of the adrenal insufficiency and weight management working group
Dr. Maria-Elena Lautatzizy
Raoul Rooman
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