Professional Advisory Board

PXE International's Professional Advisory Board is a volunteer group of researchers, physicians, surgeons and other professionals who are experts in disciplines related to the signs and symptoms of PXE.  Members of this board provide advice and guidance as PXE International seeks to fulfill its mission to initiate, fund and conduct research; provide support for those affected by pseudoxanthoma elasticum; and be a resource for healthcare professionals.  Numerous Peer-Reviewed Publications about PXE, as well as the content of this website, have been authored by these respected board members.

Visit our Profiles of PXE Researchers section for more information on individual PXE researchers.

Lionel G. Bercovitch, MD
Scientific and Medical Chair
Brown University • Providence, RI
Biography

Anne De Paepe, PhD
Center for Medical Genetics • University Hospital of Belgium • Ghent, Belgium
Biography

Wayne Fuchs, MD
Mt. Sinai Medical Center • New York, NY
Biography

Rudolf Horn, MD
Lahr, Germany

Mark Lebwohl, MD
Chairman, Department of Dermatology • Mt. Sinai Hospital • New York, NY
Biography

Olivier Le Saux, PhD
Pacific Biomedical Research Center • The University of Hawaii • Honolulu, HI
Biography

Ludovic Martin, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Head of Department of Dermatology • Angers University Hospital • Angers, France
Biography

Victor A. McKusick, MD (deceased July 2008)
University Professor of Medical Genetics and Professor of Medicine • Johns Hopkins Hospital • Baltimore, MD

Michael Pope, MD
Strangeways Research Laboratory • Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ivonne Pasquali Ronchetti, PhD
General Pathology • University of Modena • Modena, Italy
Biography

Jouni Uitto, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Dermatology • Jefferson Medical College • Philadelphia, PA
Biography

Denis Viljoen, MD
Chief Executive Officer, Foundation for Alcohol Related Research  • Johannesburg, South Africa

Wai Wong, MD, PhD
National Eye Institute, NIH • Bethesda, MD
Biography

Andrea Yancey, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine and University Surgical Associates • Louisville, Kentucky
Biography

Lawrence Yannuzzi, MD
Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital • LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center • New York, NY