We are very proud to introduce you to our Medical Advisory Committee.
Thomas L. Ortel, MD, PhD Director Duke Clinical
Coagulation and Platelet Immunology Laboratories
Director Anticoagulation Management Service
Dr. Ortel's clinical interests include inherited thrombotic and hemorrhagic
disorders, antiphospholipid antibody syndromes, heparin induced
thrombocytopenia, coagulation factor inhibitors, anticoagulant therapy
management, hemophilia and other bleeding disorders.
Robert A. S. Roubey, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, School of
Medicine
Division of Rheumatology & Immunology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dr. Roubey's laboratory focuses on the antiphospholipid syndrome, an
autoimmune disease in which autoantibodies with an apparent specificity for
anionic phospholipids are associated with arterial and venous thrombosis,
pregnancy failure, and certain other manifestations. Dr. Roubey is also the
Principle Investigator of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome Collaborative Registry (APSCORE),
an NIH-funded multicenter disease registry based here at UNC-CH. APSCORE is
collecting detailed clinical data and tissue specimens from 2,000 patients with
antiphospholipid antibodies and the antiphospholipid syndrome. Registry data and
resources will support numerous immunological studies, genetic analyses, and
clinical trials.
GA McCarty, MD, FACP,
FACR Associate Staff, Georgetown Univ
Div of Rheumatology/Immunology
Professsor & President, Rheum.Ed Consulting
Dr. McCarty's lifelong academic
clinical and research interests involve the clinicoserologic correlations of
general autoantibodies important in SLE, but over the last decade, she have
specialized in antiphospholipid (anticardiolipin) antibodies, and the
antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS). Her clinical interest include:
Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome (APS), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE),
Vasculitis, Scleroderma, Polymyositis, Clinical Immunology, and Medical
Informatics.
Sheldon Paul Blau, MD Sheldon Paul Blau, MD is co-author (with Dodi Schultz) of Living
with
Lupus: The Complete Guide (Da Capo Press; second edition, 2004) and
other
books. He practices on Long Island and is clinical professor of medicine at
the School of Medicine of the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Dr. Blau is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a founding
Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology.
Al Lodwick, RPh, MA Certified Anticoagulation Care Provider
Founder of the Warfarin Institute of America
Adedayo A. Onitilo, MD, MSCR Oncologist/Hematologist
Master of Clinical Science Research,
Medical University of South Carolina,
Charleston, SC Assistant Director of
Clinical Research-Eastern Division,
Marshfield Clinic, Weston, WI
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine,
University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Weston, WI
Currently practicing at Marshfield Clinic
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