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Table 2 PMS experts participating in the 2018 PMSF International Family Conference summarizing their respective roles in the conference as well as current practice location

From: Bringing everyone to the table – findings from the 2018 Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation International Conference

PMS Expert

Location

Participation

Alex Kolevzon, MD

Clinical Director Seaver Autism Center

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, New York, United States

Lecture: Clinical trials

Panel: Challenging behaviors & Clinical trials

Ann Neumeyer, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital for Children

Clinical Director of the Lurie Center for Autism

Harvard Medical School

Lexington, Massachusetts, United States

Panel: Regression

Audrey Thurm, PhD

National Institutes of Health

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Panel: Challenging behaviors

Catalina Betancur, MD, PhD

INSERM

Paris, France

Panel: Genetics

Dean Hartley, PhD

Autism Speaks

New York, New York, United States

Panel Moderator: Genetics

Eva Loth, PhD

EU-AIMS

SFARI Investigator

Kings College London

London, United Kingdom

Panel: Challenging behaviors

Jimmy Holder, MD, PhD

Texas Children’s Hospital

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas, United States

Lecture: Epilepsy

Panel: Epilepsy

Joe Buxbaum, PhD

Seaver Autism Center

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, New York, United States

Lecture: Clnical trials

Panel: Clinical trials

Joe Horrigan, MD

AMO Pharma

Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States

Panel: Epilepsy

Joe Bernstein, MD, PhD

Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital

Stanford Medicine

Stanford, California, United States

Lecture: Regression

Panel: Regression & Genetics

Katy Phelan, PhD

Florida Cancer Specialists

Fort Myers, Florida, United States

Panel: Genetics

Kent Williams, MD

Nationwide Children’s

The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Lecture: GI

Panel: GI

Latha Soorya, PhD

Rush Medical College

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Panel: Challenging behaviors

Liz Berry-Kravis, MD, PhD

Rush Medical College

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Panel: Clinical trials & challenging behaviors

Nathan Call, PhD, BCBA-D

Marcus Autism Center

Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Lecture: Challenging behaviors

Panel: Challenging behaviors

Pilar Magoulas, MS, CGC

Texas Children’s Hospital

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas, United States

Lecture: Genetics

Panel: Genetics

Ruth Ann Luna, PhD

Texas Children’s Hospital

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas, United States

Panel: GI

Siddharth Srivastava, MD

Boston Children’s Hospital

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Panel: Epilepsy

Tesi Kohlenberg, MD

PMS Parent, MD

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Panel Moderator: Regression

Yong-Hui Jiang, MD, PhD

Duke University School of Medicine

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Panel: Genetics

Chris Winrow, PhD

PMS Parent

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals

Panel Moderator: Sleep

Rob Ring, PhD

Autos Consulting & Advisory Solutions

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Panel Moderator: Challenging behaviors

Bill Bennett, MD, MS

Indiana University School of Medicine

PMS Parent

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Panel Moderator: GI

Abby Lievense Lagunoff

PMS Parent

Co-Organizer

 

Geraldine Bliss

PMS Parent

Co-Organizer

Panel moderator: Epilepsy

Craig Powell, MD, PhD

Civitan International Research Center

University of Alabama Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Concluding remarks

Julie Wess

PMS Parent

PollEverywhere Coordinator