Active Members

Associate Professor of Medicine
Cancer Center
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

Rebecca Betensky, PhD

Professor of Biostatistics
Member of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Technology
Harvard School of Public Health

Xandra Breakefield, PhD

Professor of Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital

Karen M. Cichowski, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Genetics
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Kirsten Ecklund, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiology
Chief, Division of Diagnostic Radiology
Children's Hospital, Boston

John B. Emans, MD

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Director, Division of Spinal Surgery
Children's Hospital, Boston

Natasha Frank, MD

Instructor in Medicine
Adult Genetics Clinic
Division of Genetics
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Patricia E. Greenstein, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology
Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center

James Gusella, PhD - CNfAD Director

Bullard Professor of Neurogenetics in the Department of Genetics
Director, MGH Center for Genetic Research
Massachusetts General Hospital

Gordon Harris, PhD

Associate Professor of Radiology
Director, 3D Imaging Service
Massachusetts General Hospital

Mira Bjelotomich Irons, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Clinical Genetics
Director of Neurofibromatosis Program
Children's Hospital, Boston

Marianne James, PhD

Instructor in Neurology
Center for Human Genetic Research
Massachusetts General Hospital

Mark Kieran, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Medical Neuro-Oncology
Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Fawn Leigh, MD

Instructor in Neurology
Neurofibromatosis Clinic and
Center for Human Genetic Research
Massachusetts General Hospital

David Neil Louis, MD

Benjamin Castleman Professor of Pathology
Head of the Department of Pathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital

Robert Martuza, MD

William and Elizabeth Sweet Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Surgery
Chief of Neurosurgery
Massachusetts General Hospital

Andrea I. McClatchey, PhD

Associate Professor of Pathology
Cancer Center
Massachusetts General Hospital

David T. Miller, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Neurofibromatosis Program
Children’s Hospital, Boston

Michael Murray, MD

Instructor in Medicine
Adult Genetics Clinic
Division of Genetics
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Fabio P. Nunes, MD

Instructor in Neurology
Brain Tumor Center and Center for Human Genetic Research
Massachusetts General Hospital

Scott Randall Plotkin, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology
Director, Neurofibromatosis Clinic
Brain Tumor Center
Massachusetts General Hospital

Tina Young Poussaint, MD

Associate Professor of Radiology
Children's Hospital, Boston

Vijaya Ramesh, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurology
Resident Faculty, Center for Human Genetic Research
Massachusetts General Hospital

Yiping Shen, PhD