The Medical and Scientific Advisory Board is responsible for monitoring medical and scientific progress in Sjögren's syndrome and advising the Sjögren's Syndrome Foundation Board of Directors on medical and scientific issues.

Members of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Board (MSAB) are healthcare professionals that represent a wide spectrum of specialties involved in Sjögren's diagnosis, treatment, and research.

Chairperson

Elaine L. Alexander, MD, PhD
Biomedical Consultant
San Diego, CA

Immediate Past Chair

Frederick Vivino, MD, FACR
Chief of Rheumatology
Presbyterian Medical Center,
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Rheumatology

Richard Brasington, MD
Washington University
St. Louis, MO

Steven E. Carsons, MD
Winthrop University Hospital
Mineola, NY

Ann Parke, MD
University of Connecticut Health Science Center
Farmington, CT

Daniel Small, MD, FACP
Sarasota Arthritis Center
Director of the Sjogren's Center of Florida
Sarasota, FL

Neil Stahl, MD
Private Practice
Burke, VA

Ocular Medicine

Gary Foulks, MD
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

Austin Mircheff, PhD
University of Southern California,
Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

John Daniel Nelson, MD, FACS
Dry Eye and Tear Research Center
Minneapolis, MN

Kelly Nichols, OD
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Pamela Stratton, MD
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, NIH
Bethesda, MD

Oral Medicine

Troy E. Daniels, DDS, MD
University of California San Francisco School of Dentistry
San Francisco, CA

Philip C. Fox, DDS
Carolinas Medical Center
Charlotte, NC

Athena Papas, DMD, PhD
Tufts School of Dental Medicine
Boston, MA

Andres Pintos, DMD
University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

Nelson Rhodus, DMD
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Nutrition

Tara Mardigan, MS, MPH, RD
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Boston, MA

Pulmonology

H. Kenneth Fisher, MD
Private practice in internal, pulmonary and sleep medicine
Beverly Hills, CA

Associate Members

Simon J. Bowman, PhD, FCRP

Robert I. Fox, MD, PhD, FACP

Arthur Grayzel, MD, FACR

Roland Jonsson, DMD, PhD

Stuart S. Kassan, MD, FACP

Robert Lebovics, MD

Michael Lemp, MD

Xavier Mariette, MD

Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos, MD

James J. Sciubba, DMD, PhD

Janine A. Smith, MD

Harry Spiera, MD

Leo Sreebny, DDS, MS, PhD

Norman Talal, MD

Athanasios G. Tzioufas, MD

Ira J. Udell, MD

Claudio Vitali, MD

Daniel J. Wallace, MD

Pierre Youinou, MD, DSc