Leslie T. Cooper, M.D., MF President, is a Professor of Medicine and
a cardiologist at the
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, who has a longstanding
interest in treating myocarditis. He edited the textbook,
Myocarditis: From
Bench to Bedside, and leads several clinical studies on the diagnosis and
treatment of
myocarditis.
Candace C. Moose, MF Secretary/Treasurer, is a Giant Cell Myocarditis
survivor and heart transplant
recipient. She is a retired nurse, wife, mother
and grandmother, a speaker and advocate for organ donation and is
also
the author of the book,
The Grateful Heart: Diary of a Heart Transplant.
Mario C. Deng, M.D. is the Director of Cardiac Transplant Research at
New York Presbyterian
Hospital/Columbia. He is an advanced heart failure
and transplantation cardiologist. Additionally, he has authored
many scientific
publications and most recently served as a board member of the International
Society of Heart and
Lung Transplantation.
James A. Moose, MBA, is currently Senior Vice President at Talecris
Biotherapeutics in
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Mr. Moose has had
a long and varied career in the pharmaceutical
industry. He is the husband of
GCM patient and board member, Candace Moose.
Jeff S. Grant, board member, is a computer programmer, and a Giant Cell Myocarditis patient,
currently undergoing treatment. Mr. Grant designed and maintains the gcminfo.org website which provides
information about the disease and a chat room for patients and their families to share their concerns and
experiences.
Joseph Rumore: Heart Transplant 2006; former Managing Director of a national insurance company.
Clement Weinberger, PhD: former Director of Medical Communications and Training for a major
international pharmaceutical company.
Elizabeth Schultz, M.D.: Board Certified Clinical Pathologist and current co-director of a
private
charitable foundation.
Sherry L. Mordecail (Volunteer Consultant to the Board of Directors): Major Gift Officer and
Director of Development, Pediatric Endocrinology
(retired) - Yale School of Medicine.
Akira Matsumori, MD - Professor of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto
University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Bruce M. McManus, PhD, MD, FRSC, FCAHS - Professor & Director, The James Hogg iCAPTURE
Centre, University of British Columbia-St. Paul's Hospital Scientific Director, The Heart Centre
Providence
Health Care, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Dennis M. McNamara, MD - Associate Professor of Medicine; Director, Heart Failure
Section; Director, Cardiomyopathy Clinic and Heart Failure Research Program, Cardiovascular Institute at University
of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, PA.
Steven D. Colan, MD - Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Associate Chief of
Cardiology at Boston
Children's Hospital.
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