Medical Advisory Board

A Medical Advisory Board increases the credibility of any local support group, both in the eyes of national organizations and in those looking for a support group. Naturally, MABs also provide "in-house" experts, or resources, for our membership. We have been so fortunate in SACS to have found some of our own support group members, who are also celiacs/gluten intolerant, to serve on our MAB.

This impressive list of professionals makes SACS one of the few CSA Chapters that have a Medical Advisory Board. We believe this will not only help draw more people to our chapter, but will help us increase awareness of celiac disease throughout southern Arizona, or perhaps even beyond that.

• Priya (Ramachandran) Abramian, DDS, Pediatric Dentist
  5920 N. La Cholla Blvd. Suite 110, 520-544-4171
  http://www.lailahishaw.com/
• Geri Bazzel, Registered Nurse
  St Joseph's Hospital ICU
  Celiac
• Shelli Hanks, MD, Radiation Oncologist
  Arizona Institute of Urology
  1106 North El Dorado Place, 520-297-1345
  Celiac
• Lindsey Pearson, NMD, Integrative Internal Medicine
  LP Internal Medicine
  899 N Wilmot, Suite D-1, 520-302-4033
  http://lpinternalmedicine.com/ (lpearson@LPInternalMedicine.com)
• Meg Roop, Registered Nurse
  Pima Medical Institute
  Celiac
• Georgina Rubal-Peace, Pharm-D
  Celiac
• Nancy Schuller, Registered Dietician
  St Joseph's Hospital
  Celiac
• Diane Sheehey, Pharmacist
  Fry's Pharmacy
  Celiac
• Wataru Tamura, MD, Gastroenterology/Internal Medicine
  Foothills Gastroenterology, Oro Valley
  http://www.foothillsgastro.com/