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MEDICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
AND RESEARCH MEMBERS
The SCDAA Medical and Research Advisory Committee
(MARAC) meets regularly to address patient, caregiver and
provider concerns and issues advisories, as needed. The
SCDAA Board of Directors thanks this dedicated group of
professionals for their commitment and hard work to support
the sickle cell community.
Miguel R. Abboud, MD, PhD Lori Crosby, PsyD
Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Co-Director, Innovations in Community Research,
Hematology- Oncology Division of Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology
Chairman Co-Director, CCTST, Community Engagement Core
Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Psychologist, Research, Behavioral Medicine &
American University of Beirut, Lebanon Clinical Psychologist
Cincinnati Children’s
Biree Andemariam, MD Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Vice Chair, Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Cincinnati, Ohio
Director, New England Sickle Cell Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine Deepika Darbari, MD
University of Connecticut Health Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
Farmington, Connecticut Children’s National Health System
Professor of Pediatrics
Shawn Bediako, PhD George Washington University School of Medicine
Professor and Health Sciences
Department of Psychology Washington, DC
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Baltimore, Maryland Payal Desai, MD
Associate Professor
Andrew Campbell, MD Director of Sickle Cell Enterprise
Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders Atrium Health, Levine Cancer Center
Children’s National Health System Charlotte, NC
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
George Washington University School of Medicine Edward Donnell Ivy, MD, MPH
and Health Sciences Co-Chair, Medical and Research Advisory Committee,
Washington, DC Sickle Cell Disease Association of America
Vice Chief Medical Officer, Sickle Cell Disease Assocation
Raffaella Colombatti, MD, PhD of America
Physician Azienda Ospedaliera-Università di Padova Director of Community Outreach and Education
Department of Womens’ and Child Health The Possibilities Clinic
Clinic of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Toronto, Ontario
Via Giustiniani 3 35129
Padova, Italy James Eckman, MD
Professor Emeritus, Hematology & Medical Oncology
Emory University School of Medicine
Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Atlanta, Georgia
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