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SWF Board of Directors & Medical Advisory Board

Board of Directors

  • Howard Ash, Miami Beach, FL - Chairman
  • Joseph Fisher, Randolph, NJ - Treasurer
  • Linda Larach Cohen, New York City - Secretary
  • Grant Aldrich - Thousand Oaks, CA
  • Woodrow Crouch, Scarsdale, NY
  • Dan Dorney, Monroe, NY
  • Jasson Gilmore - Irvine, CA 
  • Robert Wilber, Wayland, MA
  • Karen Ball, President & CEO, The Sturge-Weber Foundation, Randolph, NJ
  • Honorary Board of Directors
  • Stan M Fisher, Bigfork, MT
  • Roy Geronemus, MD, New York City, NY
  • Joseph G. Morelli, MD, Denver, CO
  • Gerard E. Puorro, Wayland, MA
  • William L. Weston, MD, Denver, CO
  • Melanie Wood, Bellaire, TX


Medical Advisory Board


The Sturge-Weber Foundation Medical Advisory Board provides guidance and leadership to the organization on all medical issues relative to the Port Wine Stain related conditions patient community. The Medical Advisory Board promotes access to quality care by advocating for better clinical research, promoting medical education, and assisting with the development of information relating to these conditions.

Executive Committee

Alex Levin, MD- Wills Eye Institute, Philadelphia, PA Chairman

Tina Alster, MD- Washington Institute of Dermatologic Laser Surgery,Washington, DC
Harry Chugani, MD - Department of Pediatrics, PET Center Children's Hospital, Detroit, MI

Roy Geronemus, MD - Laser and Skin Surgery Center of New York, NY

David Goldberg, MD - Skin Laser & Surgery Specialists of NY/NJ

James Riviello, MD - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

  • Consultants Panel


Dermatology
Jack Arbiser, MD - Atlanta, GA
Jerome Garden, MD - Chicago, IL

Gerald Goldberg, MD - Tucson, AZ

Ranella Hirsch, MD - Cambridge, MA
Joseph Morelli, MD - Aurora, CO
Oon Tian Tan, MD - Boston, MA
 

Neurology
John Bodensteiner, MD - Phoenix, AZ
 

Ophthalmology

Robert Ritch, MD - New York, NY


Plastic Surgery
John Mulliken MD - Boston, MA


Psychology/Pharmacology
Lynn Chapieski, PhD - Houston, TX