ICE Program Advisors and Staff
Advisors and Partners at Columbia University
This program would not have been possible without the support, advice and encouragement from senior members
of the Pathology Department at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University,
New York, NY, USA and the support of our Columbia partners.
Paulette Bernd, PhD
Professor and Course Director for Clinical Anatomy, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology,
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Kevin Roth, MD PhD
Professor, and Chairman of the Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Michael Shelanski, MD PhD
Professor, past Chairman of the Department of Pathology and Cell Biology and current Senior Vice Dean for Research
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Carol, Kunzel, PhD
Director of Research at the College of Dental Medicine,
Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Anna Getselman
Associate Dean of Hammer Health Sciences Library at Columbia University
Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
External Advisory Board to the ICE Program
We are grateful for input, advice and support from our External Advisory Board.
Leo Buehler, MD
Professor of Surgery, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
Snehal Patel, MD, JD
Dr. Patel is the Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of MyDoc, a leading telemedicine
company active in seven countries across South and Southeast Asia, as well as the US. In
addition, Dr. Patel serves as the Managing Director of Saena Partners, an investment firm
that has led the initial funding of several innovative firms in Asia that range from pioneers in
ecologically friendly circular packaging technology to luxury distribution.
A Kauffman Fellow, Dr. Patel moved to Singapore from the US in 2008 to found and lead the
healthcare investment team at the Clermont Group, a multi-billion dollar investment fund.
Prior to practising law at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP in New York, Dr. Patel received an
MD and a JD from Columbia University and served as a Clinical Fellow at the Harvard
Medical School.
Geoffroy Noel, PhD
Professor of Anatomy, University of California San Diego, USA
Director, Division of Anatomical Sciences at McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada (past position)
Chief, Division of Anatomy at the University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA (current position)
Takeshi Sakurai, PhD
Professor of Anatomy, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (past position)
Adjunct professor at Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan; Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan;
and Juntendo University School of Medicine, Japan. Adjunct professor at Columbia University, USA.
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