The Medical & Scientific Advisory Board is comprised of physicians and medical health care leaders who volunteer their time to help meet the needs of SAA's constituents.

Chair: Daniel Clegg, MD
Division of Rheumatology
University of Utah Medical Center
50 North Medical Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84132

Dr. Clegg received his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Utah. He subsequently completed an Internal Medicine residency and fellowship in rheumatology at the University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals. He joined the faculty in 1982 in the Division of Rheumatology and became a Professor of Medicine in 1993. He has been Chief of the Division of Rheumatology since 1999. He has also been Chief of the Rheumatology Section of the Veterans Affairs Hospital since 1995. Since 2003 he has held the Harold J., Ardella T., and Helen T., Stevenson Presidential Chair in Rheumatology.

Dr. Clegg’s research interest has been in the development of controlled clinical trials in rheumatology. He has been involved in investigator initiated clinical trials in rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and scleroderma funded by NIH and VA. He has published more than 80 articles in peer review journals.

Robert A. Colbert, MD, PhD
Chief, Pediatric Translational Research Branch
NIAMS/NIH/DHHS
Bldg. 10, CRC,Rm 1-5142
10 Center Dr., MSC 1102
Bethesda, MD 20892

Atul Deodhar, MD
Division of Arthritis & Rheumatism
Oregon Health Sciences University
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd.
Portland, OR 97239

Nortin Hadler, MD
Department of Medicine
UNC School of Medicine
3330 Thurston Bldg
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7280

Robert D. Inman, MD,
Professor of Medicine and Immunology
Department of Medicine/Rheumatology
Toronto Western Hospital
399 Bathurst St. FP 1-221
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5T 2S8

Muhammad Asim Khan, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
MetroHealth Center
2500 MetroHealth Drive
Cleveland, OH 44109-1998

Allan Metzger, MD
8737 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90048

David H. Neustadt, M.D.
234 East Gray Street, Suite 328
Louisville, Kentucky 40202

James Rosenbaum, MD
Casey Eye Institute
Oregon Health Sciences University
3375 SW Terwilliger Boulevard
Portland, OR 97201

Joel Taurog, MD
HC Simmons Arthritis Research Center
University of Texas SW Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75390-8884

Ruben Burgos-Vargas, MD
Rheumatology Unit
Hospital General de Mexico
Dr Balmis 148
Mexico City
Mexico 06726

Robert W. Warren, MD, PhD, MPH
Chief, Rheumatology Service
Medical Director, Information Services
Texas Children's Hospital
6621 Fannin Street
Houston, TX 77030

Michael H. Weisman, MD
Chief of Rheumatology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90048