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Muzaffar H. Qazilbash, MD

Muzaffar Qazilbash is a Professor of medicine and Director of myeloma transplantation and cellular therapy in the Department of Stem Cell Transplantation at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He is a non resident scholar for biomedical research policy in the Center for Health and Biosciences. Qazilbash obtained his medical degree from the …

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Michael Polydefkis, MD

Dr. Michael Polydefkis is Director of Cutaneous Nerve Laboratory and Professor of Neurology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He then became a Howard Hughes Medical Institute research fellow before returning to Johns Hopkins to complete an internship and residency in …

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David Polston, MD

David W. Polston, MD, is a staff physician in the Neuromuscular Center at Cleveland Clinic’s Neurological Institute. Dr. Polston earned his medical degree from the University of Louisville and then completed his internship and neurology residency at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. This was followed by a one-year fellowship in peripheral nerve disease at Mayo …

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Maria M. Picken, MD, FASCP, FCAP, FASN

Dr. Picken received her MD and PhD degrees from the Medical University of Gdansk, Poland. She completed her residency training in anatomic and clinical pathology at New York University Medical Center, New York, followed by a fellowship in immunopathology at the same institution. Presently, Dr. Picken is a Professor of Pathology and Internal Medicine, and …

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Amit R. Patel, MD

Dr. Amit R. Patel is Professor at UVA Health. He received his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine and completed his fellowship from Temple University Hospital- University of Virginia Health System. His areas of expertise are congenital heart disease, cardiac imaging, cardiac amyloidosis, etc. Dr. Amit Patel served as Associate Professor of Medicine …

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Jignesh K. Patel, MD, PhD

Jignesh K. Patel is a Cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute. He obtained his medical degree from Medical School, University of Cambridge in 1989 and Internship in General Surgery from Lewisham Hospital/Guy’s Hospital in 1990. He completed his Residency in Internal Medicine from Cleveland Clinic Foundation followed by Fellowship in Cardiology from University of California, Los …

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Frank C. Passero, MD

Dr. Frank Passero is an Assistant Professor of medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester Medical Center. He obtained his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and went on to complete an internship, residency, and a chief medical residency in Internal Medicine at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego. He pursued …

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Agne Paner, MD

Agne Paner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at Rush Medical College and Director of Comprehensive Multiple Myeloma Clinic, Division of Hematology/Oncology/Cell Therapy at Rush University. She received her medical degree from Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine, Lithuania followed by residency in Internal Medicine from St. Francis Hospital of Evanston and …

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Michelle O’Shaughnessy, MD

Michelle O’Shaughnessy, MB BCh, MS, MRCPI was working at The Stanford University Medical Center till September 2019. She will begin employment at Cork University Hospital, Ireland, in January, 2020. Michelle O’Shaughnessy underwent clinical training in internal medicine and nephrology in Ireland, Australia, and the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN), before coming to Stanford in 2013 to …

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Hans Nienhuis, PhD

Dr. Hans Nienhuis has a background in immunology, with specific training in autoinflammation and amyloidosis in all its forms. He is the coordinator of the Amyloidosis Center of Expertise, which is a collaboration of various departments within the University Medical Center Groningen that are involved in the diagnosis and treatment of systemic and local amyloidosis. His …

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