When I was 20 weeks pregnant, my doctor recommended an amniocentesis so we could find out what was causing concerns during my pregnancy. They took amniotic fluid for testing, and that's when my husband and I learned our daughter had a rare genetic disorder called Fanconi anemia (FA). We found out that we were both carriers, something we had never known.
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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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