Newborn Screening Advisory Committee Members

Learn about the makeup of the Newborn Screening Advisory Committee.

Current members

Chair

Karen R. McAlmon, M.D., FAAP
Winchester Hospital

Voting Members

Geoffrey G. Binney, M.D., M.P.H.
Tufts Medical Center

Richard Parad, M.D., M.P.H.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Feria A. Ladha, MD, Ph.D.
Boston Children's Hospital

Monica Liao Chang, MD
Holyoke Health Center

Christie Higuera, MEd
Massachusetts General Hospital

Nicolas Epie,  Ph.D., HCLD, TS(ABB); MLS(ASCP)
Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences
Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Catherine Brown, D.V.M., MSc, M.P.H.
Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences
Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Henry Dorkin, M.D.
Boston Children's Hospital

Mary-Alice Abbott, MD, PhD
Baystate Medical Center

Dallas Reed, MD
Tufts Children’s Hospital

Olaf Bodamer, MD, PhD, FACMG
Boston Children's Hospital

Inderneel Sahai, MD
The New England Newborn Screening Program

Anne Comeau, Ph.D.
The New England Newborn Screening Program

Chloe Schwartz
March of Dimes

David Urion, MD, FAAN

Non-Voting Members

James Ballin
Office of the General Counsel
Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Mahsa Yazdy, Ph.D.
Bureau of Family, Health and Nutrition
Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Roger B. Eaton, Ph.D.
The New England Newborn Screening Program

For Information contact

Tresa Glover-Smith
NBSAC Coordinator
Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
tresa.glover-smith@mass.gov
617-983-6688

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