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

Members

Mary-Alice Abbott, MD, PhD
Baystate Medical Center

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

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

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

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

Monica Liao Chang, MD
Holyoke Health Center

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

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

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

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

Laura Federico, MSN, R.N.
Lowell General Hospital

Christie Higuera, MEd
Massachusetts General Hospital

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

Christine Mitchell                                                                 
Harvard Medical School

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

Dallas Reed, MD
Tufts Children’s Hospital

Inderneel Sahai, MD
The New England Newborn Screening Program

Chloe Schwartz, March of Dimes

Yvonne Sheldon, BSN, RN, MS
Brigham and Women's Hospital

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

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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