AGSD Scientific Advisory Board
The Scientific Advisory Board of the AGSD is a group of medical professionals representing physicians and nutritionists who care for patients having Glycogen Storage Diseases, and scientists actively engaged in research pertaining to the genetics or the metabolic disruptions associated with Glycogen Storage Diseases. These professionals have graciously volunteered to share their expertise and knowledge of the Glycogen Storage Diseases with the AGSD.
Current Members of the Scientific Advisory Board
Claudia Soler-Alfonso, MD., FACMG
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas Children’s Hospital
6701 Fannin St. Suite 1560
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: 832-822-4294
soler@bcm.edu
Bert E. Bachrach, MD
Vice Chief of Staff, University of Missouri Hospitals and Clinics
Medical Director, Adolescent and Specialty Clinics
Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology/Diabetes
University of Missouri Children’s Hospital
Columbia, MO
bachrachb@health.missouri.edu
Deeksha S. Bali, PhD
Director, Glycogen Storage Disease Laboratory
Biochemical Genetics Laboratory
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
deeksha.bali@duke.edu
Monica Boyer, CPNP
Children’s Health Orange County (CHOC) Children’s Specialist
Division of Metabolic Disorders
Orange, CA
mboyer@choc.org
Diva D. De León-Crutchlow, M.D., M.S.C.E.
Professor of Pediatrics
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Chief, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Phone: 215-590-3174
Fax: 215-590-3053
deleon@chop.edu
Areeg El-Gharbawy, MD, DSc
Associate Professor
Clinical and biochemical Geneticist
Department of Pediatrics- Division of Medical genetics
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
areeg.el-gharbawy@duke.edu
Priya S. Kishnani, MD, Co-Chairman
C.L. and Sue Chen Professor of Pediatrics
Division Chief, Medical Genetics
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
priya.kishnani@duke.edu
Kadakkal Radhakrishnan, MD
MRCP (UK), MRCPCH, FAAP
Pediatric Hepatologist & Gastroenterologist
Medical Director, Glycogen Storage Disease Program
Medical Director, Pediatric Nutrition Support and Intestinal Rehabilitation
Medical Director, Small Intestinal and Multi-Visceral Transplant
Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Riba Wolman, MD, Co-Chair of SAB
Pediatric Endocrinologist and Director of Glycogen Storage Disease Program & Disorders of Hypoglycemia at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center – Hartford, CT
Julieta Bonvin Sallago, MD, MS, CCRP
Lead Clinical Research Associate at Connecticut Children’s and an, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at University of Connecticut Health.
Monika WIlliams, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics
Heather Saavedra, MS, RD, LD
Associate Professor Medical Genetics, McGovern Medical School UT Health Houston
David Rodriguez Buritica, MD
Associate Professor, Medical Genetics Division, McGovern Medical School UT Houston Health
Salman Bhai, MD
Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology at UT Southwestern Medical Center and the Director of the Neuromuscular Center in the Institute of Exercise and Environmental Medicine at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas
