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Patient Advisory Council

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The AAMDSIF Patient Advisory Council (PAC) was created in 2008. Its purpose is to serve as a resource to the AAMDSIF staff in the development and review of patient education materials, programs and services. Members of the PAC include doctors, nurses, patient educators, patients and caregivers, all of whom have an interest in supporting the needs of people living with aplastic anemia, MDS, PNH, or another bone marrow failure disease. Review by the PAC provides patients and their families with the full confidence that they are receiving the most accurate, reliable and up-to-date information from the Foundation.

Members of the PAC include doctors, nurses, patient educators, patients and caregivers, all of whom have an interest in supporting the needs of people living with aplastic anemia, MDS, PNH, or another bone marrow failure disease. Review by the PAC provides patients and their families with the full confidence that they are receiving the most accurate, reliable and up-to-date information from the Foundation.

Patient Advisory Council members serve for a three year, renewable term. The current triennial appointments run from January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2023.  For more information about the Patient Advisory Council, please contact Leigh Clark, Director of Patient Services at clark@aamds.org or (301) 279-7202.

Chair Isabel Schuermeyer, MD
Members

Taylor Buss, MSW

Nancy Clark

Ellen Coneybear

Paige Cranwell

Robert Delfeld

Ron Duncan

Inga Hoffman Zhang, MD, PhD

Hemant Murthy, MD

Joanna Myers Casale, RD, CSO

Ryotaro Nakamura, MD

Sandrine Niyongerre, MD

Debra O'Neal 

Joan Powell

Olga Rios, R.N.

Mario Rivera

Lydia Siders

Saira Sufi