The children and adults with FA are why we’re all here. They are the reason for the countless hours spent in the lab, the energy poured into fundraisers, the conversations we have with anyone willing to listen, and the reason...
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Peter Pless
Board Member | MD
Father of Julia
Peter Pless is board certified in Internal Medicine and Dermatology, has a private practice in dermatology and is active on the medical staff at the Meadville Medical Center in Meadville, Penn. He is a clinical instructor at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Erie, Penn. and a lecturer for the Nurse Practitioner Program at Edinboro University.
As a parent of two daughters, one a young adult with Fanconi anemia, his interest on the board is to help advance the goals of the founders. Notably, this entails increasing understanding of FA so that treatment and preventable strategies can improve the quality of life for those who have this disease. His goal is to direct funding, with the help of scientists, to support research studies.
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