Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

彼得-布洛瓦在布朗大学完成了本科培训。他在匹兹堡大学完成住院医师和住院总医师培训，并获得医学学位。他是匹兹堡大学普通内科教授，为医科学生、住院医师和研究员授课。Bulova 博士目前正在参与唐氏综合征成人阿尔茨海默病的研究，是美国国立卫生研究院国家唐氏综合征登记数据访问审查委员会的成员，也是《智障研究杂志》和《美国智力和发育障碍杂志》等多家杂志的特约审稿人。Bulova 博士还是唐氏综合症医学兴趣小组（Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group）执行委员会成员，并在全国范围内就唐氏综合症成人患者的护理问题发表演讲。

Director, Down Syndrome Clinic & Research Center, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

自 1990 年以来，卡彭博士一直在肯尼迪克里格研究所工作，目前担任唐氏综合症诊所和研究中心主任。他对与唐氏综合症患者相关的广泛主题感兴趣，包括儿童和成人的医疗保健、发育-神经行为、心理健康和睡眠药物试验。卡彭博士与妻子玛丽和儿子丹尼尔居住在马里兰州陶森市。

Medical Director, Advocate Medical Group Adult Down Syndrome Center

Brian Chicoine, M.D. is the co-founder and Medical Director of the Advocate Medical Group Adult Down Syndrome Center in Park Ridge, Illinois. The Center has served over 6000 adolescents and adults with Down syndrome since its inception in 1992. Dr. Chicoine graduated from Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. He completed his Family Medicine residency at Lutheran General Hospital where he is now a faculty member. He has published many articles regarding health of people with Down syndrome. He has co-authored two books “Mental Wellness of Adults with Down Syndrome,” and “The Guide to Good Health for Teens and Adults with Down Syndrome” published by Woodbine House Publishing.

Executive Director, Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome

Dr. Joaquín Espinosa is the Executive Director for Science at the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome. He is also a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, the Director of the Human Trisome Project, the founding Director of the Functional Genomics Facility at the University of Colorado, and Leader of the Administrative and Outreach Core of the INCLUDE Project Data Coordinating Center.

Vice President of Adult Initiatives and Special Projects, Global Down Syndrome Foundation

Bryn Gelaro joined the GLOBAL team in 2015 as a consultant and is currently the Vice President of Adult Initiatives and Special Projects. She is a Licensed Social Worker with a background in behavioral health for adults with adults with Down syndrome. Her work includes furthering GLOBAL’s adult care initiatives, serving as an executive committee member and co-author of GLOBAL’s Medical Care Guidelines for Adults with Down syndrome, and managing the development and operations of GLOBAL’s efforts to open a World Class Medical Clinic for adults with Down syndrome. In addition, her role oversees many of GLOBAL’s exciting international projects, including work with Albania, Uganda, and Iceland. Bryn has spoken to parents, educators, and medical professionals at conferences across the nation, including the National Down Syndrome Congress, the Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group, and the Down Syndrome Affiliates in Action. She coauthored research on Down syndrome in Uganda and was a contributor to the Prenatal Testing and Information about Down Syndrome Pamphlet (2nd Ed). Bryn earned her Bachelors of Science in Psychology from the Pennsylvania State University in 2012 and holds a Masters in social work from the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service and Administration in 2015. She completed her Master’s graduate field training at the Adult Down Syndrome Clinic in Chicago, where she facilitated social skills groups, completed assessments, conducted therapy, and occasionally tried to keep up in Zumba class with teens and adults with Down syndrome.

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Services, and Internal Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Services, and Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Terry Harville earned a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, before earning his MD at the University of Florida. He completed a residency in Pediatrics and Fellowship in Pediatric Immunology, Rheumatology, and Transplantation Biology; also at the University of Florida. Dr. Harville joined the faculty of Duke University, where he pioneered hematopoietic transplantation in patients with rare forms of Combined Immunodeficiencies. Subsequently, he joined the faculty of Arkansas Children’s Hospital and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, as Director of Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunodeficiencies. He was asked to take over the Directorship of the Transplantation Laboratories in order to provide better transplantation services in the state of Arkansas. Dr. Harville has more than 160 published abstracts, book chapters, and peer-reviewed manuscripts. Autism Spectrum of Disorders and other diseases of Neuro-atypicality, including Down syndrome, have been amongst his research and clinical care emphases. He also is considered an expert in the diagnosis of immunodeficiency disorders and autoimmune disorders, including celiac disease.

Surgical Director, Complex Obstructive Sleep Apnea Center; Assistant Professor, UC Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

我是一名儿科耳鼻喉科医生。我擅长治疗患有睡眠障碍和唐氏综合症的儿童。对我来说，与家长保持一致非常重要。我和家人一起努力，为患者提供最好、最全面的治疗。我关注孩子的整体情况，帮助家庭实现全面护理。除了阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停，我还接受过睡眠方面的培训，这使我能够评估和处理其他睡眠疾病。我喜欢照顾特殊人群，并将研究重点放在患有唐氏综合症的儿童身上。小儿耳鼻喉科适合我，因为我可以通过微小的干预措施来改善儿童的生活质量，从而产生重大影响。我致力于了解唐氏综合症儿童的阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停和其他睡眠障碍。我还研究耳部问题和吞咽功能障碍。我的团队研究在切除腺样体和扁桃体后对顽固性阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停的手术治疗。我获得了辛辛那提儿童医院医疗中心2018年耳鼻喉科顶级研究论文奖。

Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Vishal Jhanji 博士是匹兹堡大学医学院眼科教授。他是一名角膜专家，也是一名受过专业训练的临床科学家。詹吉博士在印度新德里著名的全印度医学科学院完成了眼科培训，并在澳大利亚墨尔本大学皇家维多利亚眼耳医院完成了研究员培训。他曾在香港中文大学眼科及视觉科学系担任副教授。2017 年，詹吉博士加入匹兹堡大学医学院担任教授。

Associate Professor of Clinical Practice, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Center

巴里-马丁（Barry Martin）是科罗拉多大学医学院普通内科助理教授，为病人提供初级保健和咨询。他拥有全科医学执照，有 20 多年为成年残疾人，尤其是发育障碍和唐氏综合症患者提供初级保健服务的经验。他曾担任前丹佛成人唐氏综合症诊所的医务主任。目前，他是丹佛健康和 GLOBAL 成人唐氏综合症试点诊所的医疗总监。马丁医生是全国唐氏综合症大会（National Down Syndrome Congress）和唐氏综合症医学兴趣小组（Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group）的成员。

小儿眼科主任；小儿眼科副主任；Ponzio 家族小儿眼科主席

麦考特医生于 2007 年毕业于纽约州立大学医学院。 Emily McCourt 是小儿眼科主任、小儿眼科副主任医师，也是庞齐奥家族小儿眼科主任医师。 2017 年、2018 年、2019 年、2020 年和 2021 年，McCourt 医生被科罗拉多儿童医院授予 "患者家庭体验卓越患者护理奖"。

精神病学系副教授；唐氏综合症行为健康协作组主任

莉娜-帕特尔（Lina Patel）博士是科罗拉多大学医学院儿童与青少年精神病学副教授，在科罗拉多儿童医院执业。 帕特尔博士是唐氏综合症行为健康合作组织（Down Syndrome Behavioral Health Collaborative）的主任，该组织是一家虚拟诊所，为患有唐氏综合症的儿童、青少年和年轻人提供远程行为健康服务。她为学校提供咨询，为家长提供有关管理具有挑战性或不安全行为、如厕训练、对医疗设备（如助听器和 CPAP）脱敏以及心理健康支持方面的培训。她与数百名唐氏综合症患者合作过。在临床工作之外，她还作为琳达-克尼克唐氏综合症研究所（Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome）的神经发育、行为和认知评估主任从事研究工作。此外，她还向全国和国际上的许多组织发表过演讲，并与他人合著了《唐氏综合症儿童的如厕时间》一书：丢掉尿布，丢掉耐心》（Lose the Diapers, Not Your Patience）一书的合著者。

Clinical Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center, Schools of Nursing and Medicine

莫亚-彼得森是堪萨斯大学医学中心护理学院和医学院家庭与社区医学系的临床教授。她创办了成人唐氏综合症专科门诊，并担任其工作人员。她还担任护理学院研究生课程的教学工作，她的大部分教学工作都围绕残疾人，尤其是患有唐氏综合症的成人展开。Peterson 博士于 2006 年完成了她的博士论文，论文的主题是患有唐氏综合症的成年人及其家人对成年后健康问题的担忧。当她发现中西部地区没有专门针对唐氏综合症成人的医疗保健提供者时，这就是创办诊所的导火线。

Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, School of Medicine, Ophthalmology; Director of Medical Student Education, School of Medicine, Ophthalmology

迈克尔-普恩特博士是科罗拉多大学眼科助理教授。 他于 2015 年毕业于贝勒医学院。 在杜兰大学完成住院医师培训课程期间，他获得了最杰出住院医师研究演讲奖。 他的研究兴趣包括小儿白内障、唐氏综合症、小儿健康差异、智力和发育障碍成人的眼科护理以及眼科中的 LGBT 问题。

Professor of Clinical Neurology; Medical Director of the Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute

Michael S. Rafii is Professor of Clinical Neurology at the Keck School of Medicine and Medical Director of the Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI). He received his MD and PhD degrees from Brown University and conducted neurogenetics research at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Rafii is a physician-scientist whose research focuses on developing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) including a genetic form of AD that occurs in people with Down syndrome (DS). He is Principal Investigator of the NIH-funded Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials Consortium - Down Syndrome (ACTC-DS), an international network of over 20 expert sites. Dr. Rafii also serves as director of the Medical Safety Unit of the Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials Consortium (ACTC) and co-director of the Clinical core of the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI). He provides safety oversight to ATRI’s entire portfolio of clinical trials. He is a scientific reviewer for the NIH and the Alzheimer's Association. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and National Public Radio (NPR).

Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; Director of Developmental Disabilities – Practice-Based Research Network

Carl V. Tyler Jr. is a clinician-researcher and professor at the Cleveland Clinic. His life work has been devoted to improving the health and health care of persons with developmental disabilities through clinical care, research, and professional and community education. His clinical training in psychiatry, family medicine, and geriatric medicine provided a rich clinical foundation and framework to understand the difficulties and complexities in providing health care to this population. Following medical school and residency training, Dr. Tyler completed two academic fellowships at Case Western Reserve University; the first focused on aging and disability while the second was a 3-year NIH-sponsored fellowship in practice-based research design and methodology. Dr. Tyler is also the Director of the Developmental Disabilities-Practice-Based Research Network.

安娜-玛丽-怀特（Anna Marie White）医学博士拥有美国内科医学委员会颁发的内科和儿科证书。她隶属于 UPMC 匹兹堡儿童医院、UPMC Presbyterian 和 UPMC Shadyside。她在匹兹堡大学医学院完成了医学学位和住院医师培训。她的研究兴趣包括街头医疗、唐氏综合症痴呆症、正念与腰背痛。

Dr. Thessa Hilgenkamp earned her bachelor’s and master’s in Human Movement Sciences from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands during 2005. She completed her Ph.D. at the Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam in the Netherlands during 2012, focused on physical activity and fitness among older adults with intellectual disabilities. She is intrigued by the impact cardiovascular physiological challenges have on the ability to exercise and live an active life, especially among individuals with intellectual disabilities and Down syndrome. She received a Marie Curie Sklodowska Postdoctoral Fellowship of the European Union during 2014 to investigate the topic. The fellowship enabled her to complete a postdoc at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she was mentored by Dr. Bo Fernhall in the Integrative Physiology Laboratory. During 2017, she received an NIH K99/R00 Career Development Award focused on the regulation of blood flow among individuals with Down syndrome. She joined the UNLV department of Physical Therapy during summer 2019.

President & CEO, Global Down Syndrome Foundation

Michelle Sie Whitten is the Co-Founder, President & CEO of the Global Down Syndrome Foundation. GLOBAL is dedicated to significantly improving the lives of people with Down syndrome through Research, Medical Care, Education and Advocacy. As a direct result of Michelle & GLOBAL’s impactful government advocacy, NIH budget for Down syndrome has gone from one of the least funded to quadrupling in the last four years. In addition, Michelle served as a co-author and architect of the 2020 GLOBAL Guideline as published in JAMA. She has been recognized for her dedication to improving the lives of people with Down syndrome over the past decade, including: 17 ICON Awards, Denver Business Journal's Most Admired CEO, 2 National Down Syndrome Congress President’s Awards, Arc Thrift Stores’ inaugural Distinguished Disability Leadership Award and NewsED Civil Rights Award.

Prior to her career in the non-profit sector, Michelle was a cable TV pioneer in East Asia working for Liberty Media Corporation and Starz Encore. For her work during that time, she received the 40 Under 40 Achievement Award, the Real Women: Outstanding Entrepreneur Award and the Women in Cable & Telecommunications Walk of Fame Award. Her academic career was focused on international security and diplomacy and she holds a Masters degree and business certificate from Harvard University. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelors degree from Tufts University and studied Mandarin Chinese and Women Studies at Peking University. Michelle is married to Tom, a British curator of Chinese contemporary art and they have two children, Sophia, who happens to have Down syndrome and Patrick, who is typical.