Wilson Disease Association

Advocacy - Support - Education

Centers of Excellence

The WDA Centers of Excellence provide physicians who are well trained in the diagnosis and treatment of Wilson's Disease, physician training and research regarding Wilson disease, broad services needed by Wilson Disease patients and their families, and technical support required by patients (including laboratory metal analysis).


India - K.E.M. Hospital
Dr. Ashish Bavdekar
Associate Consultant
Pediatric Gastroenterologist
Liver and Gastroenterology Unit
Department of Pediatrics
T.D.H. Building, Ground Floor
K.E.M. Hospital, Rasta Peth
Pune 411011
India
Phone: 91-20-4037342/5538728
Mobile: 98220 56174
Fax: 91-020-6125603
E-mail:
kemhrc@vsnl.com or bavdekar@vsnl.com
Clinics for Wilson's Disease:
Mondays and Thursdays 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

India - Mumbai
Dr. D. P. Pande, Ph.D.
Wilson Disease Observation and Management
Dhawalgiri 17A
Anushakti Nagar PO
Mumbai –400094
India
Voice mail/Phone: 91-22- 2559 5515 (3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.) or 2557 2947 (8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.)
E-mail patient support: indiawisdom@yahoo.com
E-mail research collaborations:
indiawisdom@hotmail.com
Clinics for Wilson’s Disease Patients:
Monday, Wednesday and Friday: (3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.)

For appointments, phone: 91-22- 24222160
Secretary, WISDOM, Dr. Aabha Nagral,
Consultant Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist
O-18, Bhavna Building 2nd floor
Veer Savarkar Road
Prabhadevi Clinic
Mumbai-400025
India

Northwestern University
Hepatology
Richard M. Green, MD
Chief, Division of Hepatology
Associate Professor of Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
675 N St Clair St. Suite 14-100
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312-503-4667
Fax: 312-908-6192
E-mail: r-green2@northwestern.edu


Appointments: Debra Murray, RN
Phone: 312-695-6655
Fax: 312-695-0042
 Neurology
Aleksandar Videnovic, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Feinberg School of Medicine
675 N St Clair St. Suite 20-100
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312-503-1819
Fax: 312-908-5073
E-mail: a-videnovic@northwestern.edu


Appointments: Christine Giblin, RN
Phone: 312-695-2168
Fax: 312-695-2256
 Psychiatry
John E. Franklin, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Surgery
Feinberg School of Medicine
303 E Chicago Ave Room I 658
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312-503-4475
Fax: 312-503-4474
E-mail: jef@northwestern.edu
 Appointments: Debra Murray, RN
Phone: 312-695-6655
Fax: 312-695-0042
 
Stanford University Medical Center
Adult Hepatology
Emmet B. Keeffe, M.D.
Phone: (650) 498-5691 (for appointments)
Fax: (650) 498-5692
Hepatology colleagues practicing in Stanford Liver Clinic: Peter Gregory, M.D.; Gabriel Garcia, M.D.; Joanne C. Imperial, M.D.; Aijaz Ahmed, M.D.; Andy Yu, M.D.

Pediatric Hepatology
William L. Berquist, M.D.
Phone: (650) 723-5070 (for appointments)
Fax: (650) 498-5608
Pediatric hepatology colleagues practicing in Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Liver Clinic: Kenneth C. Cox, M.D.; Richardo O. Castillo, M.D.

Adult Neurology
Helen M. Bronte-Stewart, M.D.
Phone: (650) 723-2116
Appointments: (650) 736-0514 (Heather Shaw, R.N.)

Pediatric Neurology
Terrance D. Sanger, M.D., Ph.D.
Phone: (650) 736-2154
Fax: (650) 725-7459
Appointments: (650) 724-4192 or
(650) 724-5360

University of California at Los Angeles
Dr. Jeff Bronstein
UCLA Neurology Department
710 Westwood Plaza Suite C128
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769
Phone: (310) 794-2158
Fax: (310) 206-9819
E-mail:
jbronste@ucla.edu

University of Michigan Hospital
Fred Askari, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Liver Clinic
Pod D, 3rd Floor Taubman
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0352
Phone: (734) 936-0499
Fax: (734) 763-4574
Appointments: Contact Patti at 800-395-6431
E-mail:
faskari@umich.edu

University of Minnesota

Dr. Harvey Sharp
Professor and Chief
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology
13-130 Phillips-Wangensteen Building
516 Delaware Street
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: (612) 624-2422
Fax: (612) 626-0639