The charge of the medical advisory council (MAC) is to advise the Foundation's Board members on medical and scientific matters. It comprises a diverse international and interdisciplinary group of medical and scientific experts. The MAC is advisory only, and receives no compensation for its valuable voluntary service.

Shawn E. Cowper, MD (Chair and Board Member)
Associate Professor of Pathology and Dermatology
Director, International Center for NSF Research
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT. USA

Ali K. Abu-Alfa, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Nephrology
Director of Clinical Trials
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT. USA

Jihad Alhariri, MD
Instructor of Dermatology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD. USA

Soon Bahrami, MD
Assistant Professor of Dermatopathology
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, KY. USA

Pedro W. Baron, MD
Professor of Surgery
Surgical Director, Pediatric and Adult Liver Transplant
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda, CA. USA

Charles L. Bennett, MD PhD MPP
Josie P. and frank M. Fletcher Professor
Chairman, Center for Medication Safety
South Carolina College of Pharmacy
Columbia, SC. USA

Timothy G. Berger, MD
Professor of Dermatology
Director of Dermatology Clinics
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA. USA

Jag Bhawan, MD
Professor of Dermatology and Pathology
Head of Dermatopathology
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA. USA

Georg Bongartz, MD
Professor of Radiology
Head of General Radiology
University Hospital Basel
Basel, Switzerland

Marcus W. Bosenberg, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Dermatology and Pathology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT. USA

Philip J. Boyer, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Medical Director, Pathology Informatics
University of Colorado, Denver
Denver, CO. USA

Irwin M. Braverman, MD (Board Member)
Professor of Dermatology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT. USA

Richard Bucala, MD PhD
Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology), Pathology, and Epidemiology and Public Health
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT. USA

Jeffrey P. Callen, MD
Professor of Medicine, Dermatology
Chairman, Division of Dermatology
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY. USA

Glenn M. Chertow, MD MPH
Professor of Medicine, Nephrology
Chief, Division of Nephrology
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA. USA

Constantina Chrysochou, MBChB MRCP
Specialist Renal Registrar
Salford Royal Hospital
Manchester, United Kingdom

Mario Del Rosso, MD
Professor of General Pathology
University of Florence
Florence, Italy

April C. Deng, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology
Director of Dermatopathology
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, MA. USA

Hal C. Dietz, MD
Victor A. McKusick Professor of Medicine and Genetics of Pathology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD. USA

Arjang Djamali, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine & Surgery
Director of Nephrology Research
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI. USA

Jeremy S. Duffield,  MD PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Nephrology
Director, Laboratory of Inflammation Research
Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA. USA

Richard L. Edelson, MD
Aaron B. and Marguerite Lerner Professor of Dermatology
Chair, Department of Dermatology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT. USA

Michael Edward, PhD
Reader and Head of Section of Dermatology
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, United Kingdom

Jack A. Elias, MD
Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine
Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT. USA

Dirk M. Elston, MD
Director of Dermatology
Geisinger Medical Center
Geisinger, PA. USA

Neal D. Epstein, MD
Chief, Molecular Physiology Section
NHLBI, National Institute of Health
Bethesda, MD. USA

Vincent Falanga, MD
Professor of Dermatology and Biochemistry
Boston University
Chairman of Dermatology, Roger Williams Medical Center
Providence, RI. USA

Agnes B. Fogo, MD
Professor of Pathology, Medicine, and Pediatrics
John L. Shapiro Chair of Pathology
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, TN. USA

Pamela G. Freeman, MD
Rheumatology Associates of Central Florida
Orlando, FL. USA

Scott L. Friedman, MD
Fishberg Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Liver Diseases
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY. USA

Thilo Gambichler, MD
Adjunct Professor of Dermatology
Ruhr-University Bochum
Bochum, Germany

Jack Gauldie, MD PhD
Professor of Pathology and Molecular Medicine
Director Centre for Gene Therapeutics
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Michael Girardi, MD
Associate Professor of Dermatology
Director, Dermatology Residency Program
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT. USA

Richard H. Gomer, PhD
Professor of Biology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX. USA

Samardeep Gupta, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Chief, Rheumatology Section Boston VA System
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA. USA

Anna K. Haemel, MD
Resident in Dermatology and Internal Medicine (Combined)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI. USA

John L. Haylor, MD
Senior Lecturer, Nephrology
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom

Erica L. Herzog, MD PhD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Pulmonology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT. USA

Whitney A. High, MD JD MEng
Associate Professor of Dermatology and Pathology
Vice-director of Dermatopathology
University of Colorado, Denver
Denver, CO. USA

Lauren C. Hughey, MD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Birmingham, AL. USA

Emanuel Kanal, MD
Professor of Radiology
Chair, American College of Radiology MRI Safety Committee
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA. USA

Jonathan Kay, MD
Professor of Medicine, Rheumatology
Director of Clinical research, Rheumatology
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, MA. USA

Usamah S. Kayyali, PhD MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, MA. USA

Eleanor A. Knopp, MD
Fellow in Dermatopathology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT. USA

Phillip H. Kuo, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Radiology
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ. USA

Robert Lafyatis, MD
Professor of Medicine
Boston University
Boston, MA. USA

Anne E. Laumann, MBChB
Associate Professor of Dermatology
Director of Collagen Vascular Disorders Clinic
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL. USA

Philip E. LeBoit, MD
Professor of Pathology and Dermatology
Co-Director UCSF Dermatopathology Service
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA. USA

Christine U. Lee, MD PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
College of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN. USA

Tim Leiner, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Radiology
Utrecht University Medical Center
Utrecht, The Netherlands

Peter W. Marks, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (Hematology)
Director of Clinical Services
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT. USA

Diego R. Martin, MD PhD
Professor of Radiology
Director of Body Imaging
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA. USA

Frank H. Miller, MD
Professor of Radiology
Director, Body Imaging Section and Fellowship Program
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL. USA

Tiffani Milless, MD
Resident in Pathology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT. USA

Gilbert W. Moeckel, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology
Director of Renal Pathology and Electron Microscopy Laboratory
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT. USA

Sameh K. Morcos, MD
Professor of Diagnostic Imaging
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom

Desiree E. Morgan, MD
Professor of Radiology
Medical Director of MRI
University of Alabama
Birmingham, AL. USA

Rosalynn M. Nazarian, MD
Instructor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA. USA

Susanne Nicholas, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Nephrology and Endocrinology
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA. USA

Mark A. Perazella, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
Director, Nephrology Fellowship Training Program
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT. USA

Richard P. Phipps, PhD
Dean's Professor of Environmental Medicine
Director, Lung Biology and Disease Program
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, NY. USA

Mark R. Pittelkow, MD
Professor of Dermatology
College of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN. USA

Martin R. Prince, MD PhD
Professor of Radiology
Chief of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, New York Hospital
Columbia and Cornell Universities
New York, NY. USA

Carolyn Rambus, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT. USA

Howard S. Robin, MD
Medical Director of Continuing Professional Education
Sharp Health Care
San Diego, CA. USA

Giles H. Roditi, MBChB
Consultant Radiologist & Honorary Senior Lecturer
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Georges Saab, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Nephrology
Washington University
St. Louis, MO. USA

Paul I. Schneiderman, MD
Clinical Professor of Dermatology
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
New York, NY. USA

Erik M. Shapiro, PhD
Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Biomedical Engineering
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT. USA

Michio Shimizu, MD
Professor of Pathology
Saitama Medical University
Saitama International Medical Center
Hidaka City, Saitama, Japan

Virginia Steen, MD
Professor of Medicine, Rheumatology
Director Rheumatology Fellowship Program
Georgetown University
Washington, DC. USA

Joanne Joo-Yeon Sung, MD PhD
Dermatopathology Fellow
New York University
New York, NY. USA

Sundararaman Swaminathan, MD
Assistant Professor of Nephrology
University of Arkansas Medical School
Little Rock, AR. USA

Victor J. Thannickal, MD
Professor of Medicine and Pathology
Director, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine
University of Alabama
Birmingham, AL. USA

Henrik S. Thomsen, MD
Professor of Radiology
Copenhagen University Hospital
Copenhagen, Denmark

John Varga, MD
Gallagher Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
Director, Division of Rheumatology
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL. USA

Jeffrey C. Weinreb, MD
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Director of Medical Imaging
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT. USA

Dennis P. West, PhD
Vincent W. Foglia Family Research Professor of Dermatology
Director of Dermatopharmacology Program
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL. USA

Thomas A. Wynn, PhD
Chief, Immunopathogenesis Section
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD. USA