Medical Advisors

The Williams Syndrome Professional Advisory Board is comprised of medical, neuro-developmental, and education professionals who are experts in their field and devoted to the advancement of our knowledge of, and treatments for, the characteristics Williams syndrome. Board members provide counsel to the Executive Director and board of the WSA regarding research and resources, speak at conventions and conferences, and offer expert opinions to families and other professionals regarding treatments for various aspects of Williams syndrome.

R. Thomas Collins, II, MD

Director, Cardiovascular Connective Tissue Disorders Program
Clinical Associate Professor of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Stanford Hospital and Clinics; Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

Marisa Fisher, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education,
Michigan State University

Paige Kaplan, MD

Director, Williams Syndrome Clinic (retired)

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Bonnie Klein-Tasman, PhD

Professor, Department of Psychology
Director, Child Neurodevelopment Research Lab, the Child Neuropsychology Clinic, and WI LEND
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

Beth Kozel, MD, PhD

Lasker Clinical Research Scholar

Laboratory of Vascular and Matrix Genetics
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health

Mark Levin, MD

Staff Physician, Scientist; Pediatric Cardiology

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, NIH

Karen Levine, PhD

Developmental Psychologist, Private Practice
Formerly Co-Director, Williams Syndrome Clinic
Boston Children’s Hospital

Martin Levinson, MD

Pediatrician
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

Christopher McDougle, MD

Director, Lurie Center for Autism

Nancy Lurie Marks Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Carolyn Mervis, PhD

Director, Neurodevelopmental Sciences Lab
Professor, Developmental Psychology
University of Louisville

Colleen A. Morris, MD

Clinical Genetics

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Barbara R. Pober, MD

Professor of Pediatrics (Emeritus) Harvard Medical School
Geneticist, Director - Williams Syndrome Specialty Clinic
Massachusetts General Hospital

Leslie Smoot, MD

Cardiovascular research
Director (retired), Williams Syndrome Clinic
Boston Children’s Hospital

Jennifer Walton, MD, MPH, FAAP

Director of Clinical Services, OSU Nisonger Center
Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician
Co-Director, Williams Syndrome Clinic
Nationwide Children's Hospital