Program Co-Chairpersons

Jerry R. Mendell, MD
Curran-Peters Chair in Pediatric Research
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
Director, Center for Gene Therapy
Director, Paul D. Wellstone Cooperative Muscular Dystrophy Research Center
The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital

Michael E. Shy, MD
MDA Clinic Co-Director
Professor of Neurology
University of Iowa

Program Committee

Valerie A. Cwik, MD
Executive Vice President — Research & Medical Director
Muscular Dystrophy Association, Inc.

Sanjay I. Bidichandani, MBBS, PhD
Vice President — Research
Muscular Dystrophy Association, Inc.

Lawrence Z. Stern, MD
Professor, Medicine
The University of Arizona College of Medicine