Medical-Scientific Advisory Council

LFA’s Medical-Scientific Advisory Council (MSAC) is charged with making recommendations to LFA’s Board of Directors regarding grants or other expenditures for research, acting as liaison to healthcare agencies and institutions, advising LFA’s Board of Directors on matters related to clinical and public policy, assisting with professional education programs, and fostering LFA’s professional relationships within the medical and scientific communities.

The Lupus Foundation of America’s (LFA) MSAC is divided into four subcommittees and is governed by the Executive Committee. Active subcommittees include the Research Subcommittee, Professional Education Subcommittee, Federal Liaison Subcommittee, and Standards of Care Subcommittee.

The Lupus Foundation of America looks to our Medical-Scientific Advisory Council (MSAC) for guidance in our pursuits to advance lupus research, advocacy, public policy and education. The LFA would like to highlight these individuals as thanks for their profound contribution to our knowledge of the best avenues to support people with lupus, their families, and caregivers. The MSAC’s sincere dedication to advancing science and medicine as it relates to lupus is invaluable to our organization and the entire lupus community. These “Spotlights” will focus on their personal accomplishments in patient care, diagnosis, treatment and research.

Executive Committee

		Gary S. Gilkeson, MD, Chair Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC
		David R. Karp, MD, PhD, Vice-Chair Chief, Rheumatic Diseases Division University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX
		Joan T. Merrill, MD, Ex-Officio Member & Head, Clinical Pharmacology Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Oklahoma City, OK
		Graciela S. Alarcón, MD, MPH, Emeritus Chair Jane Knight Lowe Chair of Medicine in Rheumatology University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL
		Mary Anne Dooley, MD, MPH Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
		Susan M. Manzi, MD, MPH Chair, Department of Medicine Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, PA
		Victoria P. Werth, MD Professor of Dermatology & Medicine University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA

Executive Committee | Federal Liaison Subcommittee | Professional Education Subcommitee | Research Subcommittee | Standards of Care Subcommittee