Campaign Urging Research for Eosinophilic Diseases (CURED) Medical and Scientific Advisory Board is composed of leading scientists, clinicians, and healthcare professionals from institutions across the United States who specialize in Eosinophilic Diseases. The advisory board provides scientific and clinical expertise to guide us in planning and implementing our research initiatives, in-depth information and educational services for patients, their families and caregivers, and healthcare professionals.
All advisory members contribute their expertise on a pro bono basis with no conflict of interest between their professional work and the volunteer work they do for CURED.
Medical Advisory Board
CURED Foundation Appoints 20 Leading Researchers to Medical Board – Press Release 10.4.18 (1)

Juan Pablo Abonia, M.D. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Associate Professor of Pediatrics Division of Allergy and Immunology

Seema S. Aceves M.D.,Ph.D. Professor, Pediatrics and Medicine Director, Eosinophilic Gastrointestional Disorders Clinic Division of Allergy Immunology University of California, San Diego Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego

Fred (Dan) Atkins, M.D. Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Allergy Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Section Chief Co-Director, Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Diseases Program University of Colorado School of Medicine Children’s Hospital Colorado

Mirna Chehade, M.D. Associate Professor Pediatrics, Allergy and Immunology Associate Professor|Medicine, Gastroenterology The Mount Sinai Hospital

Margaret H. Collins, M.D. Professor, UC Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Cincinnati Center for Eosinophilic Disorders Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Evan S. Dellon, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology UNC School of Medicine

Gary W. Falk, MD, MS Professor Of Medicine At The Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania

Joel Friedlander, DO Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition University of Colorado School of Medicine Children’s Hospital Colorado

Glenn Furuta, MD, MS Director, Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Diseases Program, Children’s Hospital Colorado La Cache Endowed Chair for GI Allergic and Immunologic Diseases

Nirmala Gonsalves, MD Associate Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology) Northwestern Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine

Sandeep K. Gupta, M.D. Visiting Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine Pediatric Gastroenterology/Hepatology/Nutrition Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Director, University of Illinois, College of Medicine at Peoria/Children’s Hospital of Illinois

Ikuo Hirano, MD Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology) Northwestern Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine

Girish Hiremath, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Vincent A. Mukkada, M.D. Associate Professor of Pediatrics Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Cincinnati Center for Eosinophilic Disorders Interdisciplinary Feeding Team Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Robbie Pesek, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Allergy and Immunology for the University of Arkansas forMedical Sciences (UAMS) and Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Director for the Allergy and Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders Clinics Arkansas Children’s Hospital

Dr. Kathryn A. Peterson, M.D. Associate Professor of Gastroenterology at University of Utah Health Huntsman Cancer Institute Investigator

Marc E. Rothenberg MD, PhD Professor of Pediatrics Bunning Chair of Allergy and Immunology Director, Division of Allergy and Immunology Director, Cincinnati Center for Eosinophilic Disorders Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Jonathan M. Spergel, M.D. Director, Food Allergy Center/ Center for Pediatric Eosinophilic Disorders, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Stuart E. Starr Endowed Chair in Pediatrics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Barry K. Wershil, M.D. Division Head, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Joshua B. Wechsler, M.D. Attending Physician, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; CURED Foundation (Campaign Urging Research for Eosinophilic Disease) Research Scholar Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago