The Board of DirectorsJudith EmmelBoard ChairLearn MoreCourtney RabbVice Chair, Community EngagementLearn MoreCeleste Finnerty, PhDVice Chair, ResearchLearn MoreRosemary Schultz, MBAInterim TreasurerLearn MoreValerie M. Slee, RN, BSNChair Emeritus (ret.)Learn MoreJennifer Nicoloro-SantaBarbara, PhDBoard MemberLearn MoreJacob HallBoard MemberLearn MoreAriella Cohen ColemanBoard MemberLearn MoreMedical Advisory BoardThe Mast Cell Disease Society, Inc. is guided by a board of medical advisors who donate their time and expertise in support of our mission.Luis Escribano, MD, PhDCoordinator, Spanish Network on Mastocytosis (REMA) Associated Research, Servicio de Citometria, Centro de Investigacion del Cancer, Universidad de Salamanca. Salamanca, Spain.K. Frank Austen, MDAstra Zeneca Professor of Respiratory and Inflammatory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Boston, MA.Peter Valent, MDProfessor, Scientific Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Cluster Oncology; Department of Internal Medicine I at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Head of the European Competence Network on Mastocystosis (ECNM), Vienna, AU.Celalettin Ustun, MDProfessor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Cell Therapy, Director of Section of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Rush University, Chicago, IL. Email: celalettin_ustun@rush.edu; Phone: 888-352-7874 (appointment line)Theoharis Theoharides, MD, PhDProfessor, Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Clearwater, FL. Email: ttheohar@nova.edu; Phone: (813) 574-5218Larry Schwartz, MD, PhDProfessor of Medicine, Chair of the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, and Program Director of Allergy and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.Anne Maitland, MD, PhDAssistant Professor of Medicine in Allergy and Immunology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Medical Director of Comprehensive Allergy & Asthma Care, Tarrytown, NY. Email: anne.maitland@mssm.edu; Phone: 914-631-3283; Fax: 914-337-8204Nicholas Kounis, MD, PhDProfessor of Medicine in Cardiology, Department of Medical Sciences, Patras Highest Institute of Education and Technology, Patras, Greece. Email: ngkounis@otenet.gr; Phone: +302610279579; Fax: +302610279579Olivier Hermine, MD, PhDProfessor of Hematology at Paris V-Rene Descartes University; Chief of Adults Hematology Staff at Hospital Necker, Paris, FR. Email: ohermine@gmail.com; Tel: 33-1-44-49-52-82 (office)Matthew Hamilton, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA. Email: mjhamilton@partners.org; Phone: 617-732-6389; Fax: 617-566-0338Jason Gotlib, MD, MSAssociate Professor of Medicine (Hematology), Director, Stanford Hematology Fellowship Program, Director, MPN Center, Stanford Cancer Institute, Palo Alto, CA. Email: jason.gotlib@stanford.edu; Phone: 650-725-0744 ; Fax: 650-724-5203Tracy I. George, MDProfessor of Pathology, University of Utah at Salt Lake City; Executive Director, Clinical Trials and PharmaDx, Medical Director, Hematopathology, ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT. Email: tracy.george@aruplab.com;Office: 801-583-2787Cem Akin, MD, PhDProfessor of Medicine, University of Michigan, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Ann Arbor, MIIvan Alvarez-Twose, MDStaff Physician and Clinical Coordinatro, Instituto de Estudios de Mastocitosis de Castilla La Mancha (CLMast), Toledo, Spain.Marla Barkoff, MDEndocrinologist, Integrative Endocrinology, Chicago, ILPatrizia Bonadonna, MDAllergy and Immunology Clinic, Verona General and University Hospital. Verona, IT.Mariana Castells, MD, PhDProfessor of Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Harvard Medical School; Director, Mastocytosis Center of Excellence, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA.Joseph Butterfield, MDProfessor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergic Diseases; Director, Mayo Clinic Center of Excellence for Mast Cell and Eosinophil Disorders, Rochester, MN.