Committee and Faculty

International Members

Bouke P.C. Hazenberg, M.D.

Host, XIIIth International Symposium on Amyloidosis

Member-at-Large, International Society of Amyloidosis

University Medical Center of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Robert A. Kyle, M.D.

Past President, International Society of Amyloidosis

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

Giampaolo Merlini, M.D.

Immediate  Past President, International Society of Amyloidosis, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Martha Skinner, M.D.

President, International Society of Amyloidosis

Boston University Amyloid and Treatment Program, Boston, MA, USA

Merrill D. Benson, M.D.

VP and President-Elect International Society of Amyloidosis

Veterans Administration Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA

Laura Obici, M.D. 

Secretary, International Society of Amyloidosis

University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Angela Dispenzieri, M.D.

Treasurer, International Society of Amyloidosis

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

Per Westermark, M.D.

Editor, AMYLOID: Journal of Protein Folding Disorders

Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Giovanni Palladini, M.D.

Member-at-Large, International Society of Amyloidosis

University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

David C. Seldin, M.D.

Member-at-Large, International Society of Amyloidosis

Boston University Amyloid and Treatment Program, Boston, MA, USA

Yukio Ando, M.D.

Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Vittorio Bellotti, Ph.D.

University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

John L. Berk, M.D.

Boston University Amyloid and Treatment Program, Boston, MA, USA

Joel N. Buxbaum, M.D.

The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, CA, USA

Ray L. Comenzo, M.D.

Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

Ahmet Dogan, M.D.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

Marcus Fändrich, Ph.D.

Martin-Luther University, Halle, Germany

Morie A. Gertz, M.D.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

Gilles Grateau, M.D.

Hospital Tenon, Paris, France

Erik Gruys, Ph.D.

University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Philip N. Hawkins, M.D.

National Amyloidosis Center, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

Shu-Ichi Ikeda, M.D.

Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Jeff Kelly, Ph.D.

The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, CA, USA

Robert Kisilevsky, M.D.

Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine , Ontario , Canada

Barbara Kluve-Beckerman, Ph.D.

Veterans Administration Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA

Helen J. Lachmann, M.D.

National Amyloidosis Center, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

Reinhold P. Linke, M.D.

AmYmed Innovation Center of Biotechnology, Martinsried, Germany

Avi Livneh, M.D.

Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel

Maria M. Picken, M.D.

Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

Chris Röcken, M.D.

Institute of Pathology, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany

Maria J. Saraiva, Ph.D.

Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Porto, Portugal

Stefan Schoenland, M.D.

Amyloidosis Center of the University of Heidelberg, Germany

Ole B. Suhr, M.D.

Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden

Martin H. Van Rijswijk, M.D.

Slotervaart Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Jonathon S. Wall, M.D.

University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN, USA

Ashu D. Wechalekar, M.D.

National Amyloidosis Center, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

Gunilla T. Westermark, Ph.D.

Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Steven R. Zeldenrust, M.D.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

National Members

Johan Bijzet, B.Sc

Dpt. Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology

University Medical Center of Groningen, Groningen

Ingrid I. van Gameren, M.D.

Dpt. Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology

University Medical Center of Groningen, Groningen

Maarten P. van den Berg, M.D.

Dpt. Cardiology

University Medical Center of Groningen, Groningen

Sandra Croockewit, M.D.

Dpt. Hematology

Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen

Andor W.J.M. Glaudemans, M.D.

Dpt. Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging

University Medical Center of Groningen, Groningen

Elisabeth B. Haagsma, M.D.

Dpt Gastroenterology & Hepatology

University Medical Center of Groningen, Groningen

Philip M. Kluin, M.D.

Dpt. Pathology & Medical Biology

University Medical Center of Groningen, Groningen

Jan B. Kuks, M.D.

Dpt. Neurology

University Medical Center of Groningen, Groningen

Pieter C. Limburg, Ph.D.

Dpt. Laboratory Medicine

University Medical Center of Groningen, Groningen

Paul G. Luiten, Ph.D.

Dpt. Molecular Neurobiology

University of Groningen, Groningen

Ingemar S.J. Merkies, M.D.

Dpt Neurology
Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht

Monique C. Minnema, M.D.

Dpt. Hematology

University Medical Center of Utrecht, Utrecht

Edo Vellenga, M.D.

Dpt. Hematology

University Medical Center of Groningen, Groningen

Guest Speakers

Keynote speaker:

Jan Münch, Ph.D., Ulm, Germany

Enno Mandema Memorial Lecturer:

Sir Mark B. Pepys, M.D., London, UK

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