Anthony Amato, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Distinguished Chair in Neurology, Chief of the Neuromuscular Division and Director of the Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Amato’s clinical research interests include neuromuscular junction disorders, myopathies, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and peripheral neuropathies. 

Robert Colvin, MD, Pathologist-in-Chief, Emeritus at Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Benjamin Castleman Distinguished Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School.  Dr. Colvin’s research interests include acute and chronic antibody-mediated organ rejection, chronic arteriopathy following long-term organ grafts, and the immunopathogenesis of renal diseases.

Prior to his work with CANbridge, Dr. Cox was Chief Medical Officer at Editas Medicine, in Cambridge, MA. Dr. Cox also had a long stint at Sanofi Genzyme, also in Cambridge, culminating as Vice President, Rare Disease Clinical Development, where he oversaw multiple global rare disease clinical development programs, including Cerdelga®; olipudase alfa; Hectoral®; Cerezyme®, Aldurazyme®, and Elaprase® in Asia, among others. Before then, Dr. Cox held several senior medical R&D positions at Genzyme and was the company’s first clinical geneticist recruited to oversee human clinical development programs for rare genetic diseases.  

Dr. Cox is a board-certified clinical geneticist and pediatrician who trained at Boston Children’s Hospital, where he remains on staff and continues to see patients with genetic diseases. He earned an MD and PhD in Biology from the University of California at San Diego, and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology, from Harvard College. He holds multiple patents and awards and has authored scores of peer-reviewed publications, presentations, and book chapters.

Jean Francis, MD, Medical Director of the Kidney Transplant Program at Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Medical Director of the Combined Pancreas Transplant Program at Boston Medical Center and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Associate Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine.  In addition to organ transplantation, Dr. Francis’ clinical research interests include thrombotic microangiopathy.

Richard Polisson, MD, MHSc, Clinical Development Consultant and, most recently, former Chief Medical Officer at Artax Biopharma. Previously, Dr. Polisson was Senior Vice President and Head of Translational Medicine at Sanofi-Genzyme Research and Development Center, Clinical Director of the Arthritis Unit and Chair of the Mallinckrodt Clinical Research Unit Scientific Advisory Committee at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.  Dr. Polisson’s clinical research interests include rheumatologic, autoimmune, and immunologic diseases as well as drug development for rare diseases.

Sushrut Waikar, MD, MPH, Chief of Nephrology at Boston Medical Center and the Norman G. Levinsky Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine,and formerly the Constantine L. Hampers, MD Distinguished Chair in Renal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.  Dr. Waikar’s research focuses on biomarkers and therapeutic targets for acute and chronic kidney disease, noninvasive biomarkers of kidney pathology and fibrosis and randomized controlled trials in nephrology.

Brian Weinshenker, MD, Professor of Neurology at the University of Virginia, and formerly Professor of Neurology at Mayo Clinic.  Dr. Weinshenker’s clinical research interests include the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system, including fulminant demyelination, neuromyelitis optica and multiple sclerosis.