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
Vice Chair of Faculty & Academic Affairs
Professor of Pediatrics
Kentucky Children's Hospital; University of Kentucky College of Medicine
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
Division Chief, Division of Genetics and Genomic Medicine
Director, Constitutional Genomics Translational Research
Nationwide Children's Hospital; Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine.
Mark Levin, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI)
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
Section Chief, Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine