Advisory Board

Cystic Fibrosis Learning Center Chairs

James R. Yankaskas, MD
Professor of Medicine
Co-Director
University of North Carolina Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center

Craig D. Lapin, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Connecticut
Director
Central Connecticut Cystic Fibrosis Center

Cystic Fibrosis Learning Center Advisory Board

Ronald S. Bantang, BSRRT
Respiratory Therapist
Monmouth Medical Cystic Fibrosis Center

Marianne Ferrin, ACNP-BC
Coordinator
Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program
University of Pennsylvania Health System

Denis Hadjiliadis, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor
Associate Medical Director
Lung Transplantation Team
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center

Nick Lombardi, Parent of a CF Patient
Millstone Township, New Jersey

Daria Mintz, MS, RD, CSP
Clinical Dietitian
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital Cystic Fibrosis Center

Kerryann S. Silvestri, MSW, LSW
Social Worker
Monmouth Medical Center
Hospice Social Worker
Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey

Lisa Saiman, MD, MPH
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Columbia University
Hospital Epidemiologist
Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian

Thomas Scanlin, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief
Division of Pulmonary Medicine & Cystic Fibrosis Center
Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School-UMDNJ

Robert L. Zanni, MD, CPI
Section Chief of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
Director
Cystic Fibrosis Center
Monmouth Medical Center
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Drexel University College of Medicine