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CARES Foundation SCIENTIFIC and ADVISORY BOARD

Meet our wonderful, internationally renowned advisors…

 

MARIA I. NEW, M.D.

Pediatric Endocrinologist    

Dr. Maria New is Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Dr. New holds an endowed Chair in Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism and is Program Director of the Children’s Clinical Research Center of Cornell University. She has been Chair of the Department of Pediatrics for more than 20 years but plans to step down in the near future to concentrate exclusively on care and research in Pediatric Endocrinology, including developing gene therapy for CAH.

 

   

DIX P. POPPAS, M.D., F.A.A.P., F.A.C.S.

   
Pediatric Urologist    

Dr. Dix Poppas is Chief of Pediatric Urology at the Children’s Hospital of New York – Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He is the Richard Rodgers Associate Professor of Pediatric Urology in the James Buchanan Brady Department of Urology at Weill Medical College. He holds joint appointments as Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Weill Medical College.

Dr. Poppas’ practice is limited to pediatric urology with special interest in genital reconstruction, laparoscopy and intersex disorders. He serves as Director of the Laboratory for Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery.

 

   

PHYLLIS W. SPEISER, M.D.

   
Pediatric Endocrinologist    

Dr. Phyllis Speiser is Director of Pediatric Endocrinology for the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System in New York and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at New York University School of Medicine. Dr. Speiser is an internationally recognized expert in congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). Her research has mainly focused on genetic and clinical correlations among patients with adrenal disorders. She is a Medical Advisor to the National Adrenal Diseases Foundation.

 

   
DANIEL GUNTHER, M.D., M.A.    
Pediatric Endocrinologist    

Dr. Daniel Gunther joined the endocrinology team at Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center of Seattle, Washington, in August, 1998. Dr. Gunther’s areas of interest in the field of endocrinology include Turner’s Syndrome, intersex disorders, growth and puberty. In addition to working full-time at Children’s Hospital, Dr. Gunther holds outreach clinics in Olympia six times a year and in Yakima twice a year.

 

   

BRADFORD L. THERRELL, M.S.,, Ph.D.

   
Bio-Chemist/Director of National Newborn Screening Center    

Dr. Brad Therrell is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), and Director of the National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center (NNSGRC) located in Austin, Texas.

Dr. Therrell previously served for almost 30 years as Director of Chemistry at the Texas Department of Health, where he was responsible for the world’s largest newborn screening laboratory. It was under his direction that congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) was added to the newborn screening panel in Texas in 1987.

 

   

GARRY WARNE, M.D.

   
Endocrinologist    

Dr. Garry Warne is an Associate Professor and Senior Endocrinologist at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, author of the book "Your Child with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia". Dr. Warne’s work has included laboratory studies on the androgen receptor and its gene, and clinical research on CAH, androgen insensitivity syndrome and Turner's Syndrome. He is currently part of a multi-disciplinary team conducting a long-term follow-up study of patients who had genital surgery early in life. He has helped found a number of support groups in Australia, as well as a CAH support group in Hanoi, Vietnam. He travels regularly to a number of countries in Asia, especially India and Vietnam.

 

   
SHERI A. BERENBAUM, Ph.D.    
Psychologist    
Dr. Sheri Berenbaum is a Professor in the Psychology Department at Penn State University. Dr. Berenbaum’s research focuses on the development of individual differences in cognition and social behavior from a neuroscience perspective. Her research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health since 1985.

Dr. Berenbaum is an editor of the journal, Behavior Genetics, and a member of the editorial board of the journal Brain and Cognition. She currently serves on committees concerned with the medical and psychological treatment of children with ambiguous genitalia, including the North American Task Force on Intersexuality.

 

   
SUSAN BAKER, Ph.D.    
Psychoendocrinologist    

Dr. Susan Baker is a Research Associate in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Medical College of Cornell University.

Dr. Baker joined the Cornell staff in 1977. Dr. Baker and her colleagues have investigated cognitive strengths and weaknesses in CAH, as well as the effects of prenatal treatment on the condition.

Dr. Baker is the author of the article, "Psychosexual Quality of Life in Adult Intersexuality: The Example of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)," in "The Therapeutic Outcome of Endocrine Disorders: Efficacy, Innovation, Quality of Life" (pp. 200-208, Springer Verlag, New York, 2000).

 

   
     

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