SeraCare Team: Scientific Advisory Board

Oncology

Greg Tsongalis, PhD

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Dr. Tsongalis is Professor of Pathology and Director of Clinical Genomics and Advanced Technology at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in Lebanon NH. He is a leading investigator in molecular oncology and clinical genomics. He is past president of Association of Molecular Pathology and a noted authority on molecular diagnostics.  Dr. Tsongalis’ research interests include developing novel technologies and approaches for biomarker discovery and molecular pathology using Nextgen Sequencing and other advanced technologies. His clinical lab provides DNA and RNA testing for oncology, infectious diseases, pharmacogenomics and genetic diseases.

Jack Wands, MD

Lifespan Rhode Island Academic Medical Center

Brown University School of Medicine

Dr. Wands is the Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology at Lifespan Rhode Island Academic Medical Center, Director of the Liver Research Center, Professor of Medicine at Brown University School of Medicine, and Head of the Gastroenterology Section at Brown University in Providence RI. He founded and developed the Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University Liver Research Center. Dr. Wands is a highly respected and internationally recognized scientist with more than 400 scientific publications. His Research areas include hepatitis B and C etiology and treatment, pathogenesis of hepatocellular and pancreatic carcinoma.

Robert D. Daber, Ph.D., DABMG

Founder Gnosity Consults

Dr. Bob Daber is a board-certified clinical geneticist with expertise in genomics and bioinformatics who has spent much of his career building clinical NGS programs. He holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biophysics from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and received his clinical genomic training while a fellow at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Daber has built and managed multiple clinical genomics laboratories, most recently at BioReference where he was in charge of NGS operations and R&D for both that company and its genetic testing subsidiary, GeneDx. In 2016, he founded Gnosity Consults: a genomic and diagnostic laboratory consulting company.

Reproductive Health

Katherine Bianco, MD

Stanford University School of Medicine

Dr. Bianco is a Clinical Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto CA. She is an expert clinical scientist studying the fundamental aspects of trophoblast biology using human trophoblast progenitor cell (TBPC) lines derived from aneuploid placentas. She is a practicing Obstetrics & Gynecology physician specializing in birth defect and fetal treatment and high risk maternal fetal medicine.

Errol Norwitz, MD, PhD

Tufts University School of Medicine

Dr. Norwitz is Professor and Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston Mass. He is internationally recognized for his work in maternal-fetal medicine, particularly in the causes and prevention of preeclampsia and pre-term labor. His research includes the use of progesterone to delay preterm labor in high-risk women, the genetics of adverse pregnancy outcomes, and the molecular regulation of labor and delivery, both term and preterm. Dr. Norwitz is on the Tufts Research Council and is Editor-in-Chief, Reviews in Obstetrics & Gynecology.