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Advisory Board

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Dr. Clair Francomano, MD

Dr. Clair Francomano, MD

Dr. Clair Francomano is a graduate of Yale College and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She trained in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins and spent 11 years as a full-time faculty member there. In 1994, she became the first Clinical Director for the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institute of Health.

In 2005, Dr. Francomano became the Director of Adult Genetics at the Greater Baltimore Medical Centre. She also works with the Internal Medicine residents to bring genetics to the care of adult patients. Dr. Francomano is recognized internationally for her contributions to the field of hereditary disorders of connective tissue. She has authored more than 110 articles in peer-reviewed literature.

Dr. Thomas Burke, PhD

Dr. Thomas Joseph Burke received his PhD from the University of Houston followed by a postdoctoral research fellowship at Duke University Medical School. He then joined the faculty at the University of Colorado Medical School, teaching in the Department of Physiology and the Department of Medicine. Dr. Burke has served as a visiting scientist at the Mayo Clinic and several universities including Yale University. He has been invited to lecture at numerous medical and scientific conferences, and has also authored 92 articles in peer-reviewed literature.

In the early 1990s, Dr. Burke began researching nitric oxide, and his company was the first to find that the noni plant increases nitric oxide production in the body. As an expert on nitric oxide, Dr. Burke has published multiple scientific papers and lectured around the world on the topic.

Dr. Thomas Burke, PhD