CHERUBS Medical Advisors

CHERUBS Medical Advisors review our CDH informational materials, web sites, other content.  They speak at our conferences, keeps us updated on research and guide us through our own research.  We are very blessed to have some of the world's top CDH researchers support our charity.

Vincent R. Adolph, MD
Medical Advisor
Department of Pediatric Surgery
Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana

Michael R. Harrison, MD
Medical Advisor
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Director, Fetal Treatment Center
University of California, San Francisco

Aviva L. Katz, MD
Medical Advisor
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Alfred I. du Pont Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jacob C. Langer, MD, FRCS(C)
Medical Advisor
Chief, Pediatric General Surgery
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Cynthia M. Powell, M.D.
Medical Advisor
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Genetics and Metabolism
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Prem Puri, MS, FACS
Medical Advisor
Consultant Pediatric Surgeon
Children's Research Centre
Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children
Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland


Jay Mark Wilson, MD
Medical Advisor
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Associate in Surgery; Director, ECMO Program
Boston's Children's Hospital, Massachusetts

Claudine P. Torfs, PhD
Honorary Medical Advisor
Epidemiologist

California Birth Defects Monitoring Program

Rachel L. King, RN
Medical Advisor
Nurse Supervisor; Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Board Member

 Brenda Slavin, RN
Bereaved Parent Advisor
Parent, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Nurse
National Children's Medical Center
Maryland