Medical Advisory Committee
The NORD Medical Advisory Committee is comprised of physician/researchers who share their experience and expertise on behalf of patients and families affected by rare diseases.
Marshall Summar, MD, Chair, NORD Strategic Advisory Committee
Division Chief, Genetics and Metabolism
Margaret O’Malley Chair of Molecular Genetics
Children’s National Medical Center
Professor, Pediatrics, George Washington
University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Frederick Askari, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Hepatology
Division of Gastroenterology
Director, Wilson Disease Program
University of Michigan Health System
Matthias Baumgartner, Prof Dr med
Associate Professor for Metabolic Diseases
University of Zurich
Head, Division of Metabolics
Children’s Hospital Zurich
Preston W. Campbell, III, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins Cystic Fibrosis Center
Harry (Hal) Dietz, MD
Victor A. McKusick Professor of Genetics
and Medicine
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine
Gregory M. Enns, MB, ChB
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Genetics)
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor – Med Center Line,
Pediatrics – Medical Genetics
Member, Child Health Research Institute
Stanford University School of Medicine
Marlene Haffner, MD, MPH
President and CEO
Haffner Associates, LLC
James F. Leckman, MD
Neison Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry
Psychiatry, Psychology and Pediatrics
Yale Child Study Center
Yale School of Medicine
Brendan Lee, MD, PhD
Robert and Janice McNair Endowed Chair and Professor in
Molecular and Human Genetics
Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
James E. Lock, MD
Cardiologist-in-Chief
Boston Children’s Hospital
Alexander S. Nadas Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Mary Jean Sawey, PhD
Susan Winter, MD
Doris T. Zallen, PhD
Professor Emerita of Science and Technology
Studies and Humanities
Virginia Tech University