ICE Program Advisors and Staff

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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.

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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 

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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 

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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. 

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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.

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External Advisory Board to the ICE Program

We are grateful for input, advice and support from our External Advisory Board.

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Leo Buehler, MD

Professor of Surgery, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

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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.

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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)

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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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Webmasters 

Monica Kieff (New York) - website

Contact: mrk2188@cumc.columbia.edu

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Social Media Masters

Alexandra Matschiner (Halle) -Facebook 2017 and 2018

Benedicte Lauritzen (Copenhagen)- Facebook 2019

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Media Masters

Monica Kieff (New York) - video and photos

Carol Liu (New York) - video

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