Scientific Advisors
Dr. Jeffrey Bennett
Director, Cardiovascular Genetics -
Children’s Institute Department of Heart Vascular and Thoracic -
Department of Medical Genetic and Genomics
Cleveland Clinic Children's
Dr. Bennett has a passion for the clinical care of children and young adults with genetic heart conditions. His scientific background is in molecular genetics, and his academic work focus on translating basic science to clinical practice. He is a pediatric cardiologist and completed specialty fellowship in inherited cardiovascular disease.
Dr. Maria Cecilia Gonzalez Corcia
Pediatric Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, CHU Sainte-Justine and Université de Montréal
Dr. Gonzalez Corcia’s clinical and research focus is on inherited cardiac conditions and arrhythmias in children, with a particular interest in sudden cardiac death prevention, genetic determinants, and personalized risk stratification. She leads international registries and collaborative studies aimed at improving outcomes and quality of life for children and families affected by rare cardiac syndromes, including Timothy Syndrome.
Rebecca Levy, M.D., Ph.D.
Child Neurologist and Geneticist, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University
Dr. Rebecca Levy is a neurogeneticist who leads the neurogenomics clinic at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University. She works in Dr Sergiu Pasca’s lab where she is studying human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived 3D neural organoids as a model system to understand Timothy syndrome and other CACNA1C-related disorders.
Dr. Maiko Matsui
Research Associate, Pitt Lab, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine
Dr. Matsui is interested in cardiovascular diseases, stem cells, tissue regeneration, neuroscience and developmental biology. Her Timothy Syndrome study focuses on cardiac and metabolic (hypoglycemia) phenotypes using mouse models.
Geoffrey S. Pitt, M.D., Ph.D.
Ida and Theo Rossi Distinguished Professor of Medicine Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute
Dr. Pitt’s lab studies diseases and disorders of ion channels, including the calcium channel affect in TS. They have investigated the biophysical effects of the TS mutation and other variants in the channel. His lab has generated mouse models of TS that have provided insight into the causes of several features associated with TS and offered insights into therapeutic approaches.
Elizabeth Prada, DMD, MPH
Pediatric Dentist and Executive Director, Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic
Liz is a board certified pediatric dentist and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. She specializes in caring for children with special health care needs, including those with congenital heart disease. She is on staff at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital and Penn Medicine-Lancaster General Hospital and treats several children with Timothy Syndrome.
Dr. Paul S Thornton
Divison Chief Diabetes and Endocrinology, Director of the Congenital Hyperinsulinism Center, Cook Children’s Medical Center
Dr. Thornton’s interest in hypoglycemia overall and why it is so frequent in TS has led him to collaborate with researchers and families to try determine the cause of hypoglycemia in TS and how we can identify when it is occurring and develop a protocol to help families prevent hypoglycemic crises.