Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee Members
They stand at the leading edge of rheumatic disease research today. Meet the members of the Arthritis Foundation's Medical and Scientific Committee.
Members
David Felson, MD, MPH - MSAC Chair and Chair for the Arthritis Foundation OACTN; Arthritis Foundation National Board Member; Boston University
Clifton (Bing) Bingham III, MD - Johns Hopkins University
Joseph Buckwalter IV, MD, MS – University of Iowa
Andrew Chan, MD, PhD - Chair for Arthritis Foundation Workforce Development.; Genentech, Inc.
Leslie Crofford, MD - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Mary (Peggy) Crow, MD - Arthritis Foundation National Board Member; Hospital for Special Surgery
Patricia Franklin, MD, MPH, MBA - Northwestern University
Mark Froimson, MD, MBA - Arthritis Foundation National Board Member; Riverside Health Advisors
Mileka Gilbert, MD, PhD - Medical University of South Carolina
Farshid Guilak, PhD - Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Elaine Husni, MD, MPH - Cleveland Clinic
Gayle Lester, PhD - National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Martin Lotz, MD - Scripps Research Institute
Meggan Mackay, MD, MS - Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research/Northwell Health
Stephen (Steve) Messier, PhD - Wake Forest University
Diana Milojevic, MD - Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Daniel Solomon, MD, MPH - Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Kurt Spindler, MD - Cleveland Clinic
Anna Sutton - Patient Representative
Liaisons
Rowland (Bing) Chang, MD, MPH - Arthritis Foundation Former National Board Chair; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Robert Colbert, MD, PhD - Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA); National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

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