Chair
Conrad C. Weihl, MD, PhD
Neurologist
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
Vice Chair
Namita A. Goyal, MD
Neurologist
University of California, Irvine
Orange, CA
Liaison to the Board of Directors
Tahseen Mozaffar, MD
Neurologist
The University of California Irvine
Orange, CA
Nominating Chair
Lesley Ann Saketkoo, MD, MPH
Rheumatologist
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA
Research Chair
Lindsay N. Alfano, PT, DPT, PCS
Physical Therapist
Nationwide Children’s
Columbus, OH
Medical Advisory Board Members
Helene Alexanderson, PhD, RPT
Physical Therapy
Karolinsky University Hospital
Stockholm
Sweden
Yves Allenbach, MD, PhD
Immunologist
Sorbonne Universite, Insern
Paris
France
Lisa Christopher-Stine, MD, MPH
Rheumatologist
Johns Hopkins University Hospital
Baltimore, MD
Sonye Danoff, MD, PhD
Pulmonologist
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Ingrid De Groot, LCSW
Patient Advocate
Dutch Myositis Group Spierziekten Netherlands
Louise Diederichsen, MD, PhD
Rheumatologist
Copenhagen University Hospital
Denmark
David Fiorentino, MD, PhD
Dermatologist
Stanford University School of Medicine
Redwood, CA
Christopher Graham, DClinPsychol, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
University of Strathclyde
United Kingdom
Robert Hallowell, MD
Pulmonologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Marie Holmqvist, MD, PhD
Rheumatologist, Epidemiology
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm
Sweden
Tae Hwan Chung, MD
Physiatrist
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Cheilonda Johnson, MD, MHS
Pulmonologist
Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Janine Lamb, PhD
Researcher
University of Manchester
United Kingdom
Valerie LeClair, MD, FRCPC
Rheumatologist
McGill University Medical Center’s Jewish General Hospital
Montreal
Canada
Elie Naddaf, MD
Neurologist
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, MN
Merrilee Needham, MBBS, PhD, FRACP
Neurologist
Perron Institute
Perth
Australia
Julie Paik, MD, MHS
Rheumatologist
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Clarissa Pilkington, MD
Rheumatologist
Great Ormond Street Hospital
United Kingdom
Malin Regardt, PhD, OT
Rehabilitation Specialist
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm
Sweden
Adam Schiffenbauer, MD
Neurologist
National Institute of Health
Bethesda, MD
Jens Schmidt, MD
Neurologist
University Medical Center Gottingen
Gottingen
Germany
Nicole Voet, MD, PhD
Rehab Physician
Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen
Netherlands
Victoria Werth, MD
Dermatologist
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA