Medical Advisory Board - Global Vitiligo Foundation

Medical Advisory Board Purpose:

The Medical Advisory Board is responsible for supporting the organization by providing medically relevant and accurate information to better inform the GVF Board and the greater vitiligo community.

Amit G. Pandya, MD (MAB Chair)

United States

Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group
Department of Dermatology – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Marwa Abdallah, MD

Egypt

Professor of Dermatology and Verereology, Ain Shams University
Head of Phototherapy & Vitiligo Clinic, Dermatology Department, Ain Shams University
Board Member & Founder “Cutis The Skin Clinic”

Jung Min Bae, MD, PhD

South Korea

Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, St. Vincent’s Hospital
College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea

Markus Böhm, MD

Germany

Associate Professor
-Head Outpatient Department-
-Head Laboratory for Neuroendocrinology of the Skin-
Dept. of Dermatology
University of Münster

Caio César Silva de Castro, MD, PhD

Brazil

Santa Casa de Misericórdia Hospital
School of Medicine – Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná – Curitiba, Brazil.
Associate Professor

Khaled Ezzedine, MD, PhD

France

Department of Dermatology
Henri Mondor University Hospital

Somesh Gupta, MD

India

Professor
All India Institute of Medical Sciences – New Delhi, India

Giovanni Leone, MD

Italy

Vitiligo Center, Israelite Hospital, Rome, Italy

Harvey Lui, MD, FRCPC

Canada

Medical Director of The Skin Care Centre
Medical Director of the Lions Laser Skin Centre
Medical Director of the Psoriasis & Phototherapy Clinic
Head of the Department of Dermatology and Skin Science
University of British Columbia.

Thierry Passeron, MD, PhD

France

Chairman and Professor
Department of Dermatology
University Hospital of Nice, France

Team leader of laboratory INSERM U1065, C3M, France

Noufal Raboobee, MD

South Africa

President Vitiligo Society of South Africa

Michelle Rodrigues, MD

Australia

Director, Chroma Dermatology, Pigment and skin of colour Centre
Consultant Dermatologist, The Royal Children’s Hospital
Consultant Dermatologist, Skin Health Institute
Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne

Tamio Suzuki, MD, PhD

Japan

Chairman and Professor
Department of Dermatology
Faculty of Medicine
Yamagata University

Steven Thng, MBBS, MRCP(UK)

Singapore

Senior Consultant – National Skin Centre
Chief Dermatologist – Skin Research Institute of Singapore (SRIS)
Clinical Director – Translational Research Office, National Healthcare Group (NHG)
A/Professor – Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Clin. A/Professor – Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS)

Andrea Tovar Garza, MD

Mexico

Medical Director of Uniq Dermatology

Nanja van Geel, MD, PhD

Belgium

Professor
Department of Dermatology
Ghent University Hospital

Albert Wolkerstorfer, MD, PhD

Netherlands

Principal Investigator
Medical Specialist – Dermatology, Amsterdam University medical Center
Medical Specialist, AII – Inflammatory diseases, Amsterdam University Medical Center