(June 27, 2008) It is with great pleasure that the Board of Directors of the Mastocytosis Society (TMS) announces that Dr. Norton J. Greenberger, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, has accepted our invitation to join our Medical Advisory Board.

Those of you who attended the Portland, Maine, TMS conference in 2006 will remember Dr. Greenberger as the gastroenterologist who gave such a wonderful presentation that patients with mast cell disorders are now flying cross-country to see him.

Dr. Greenberger has such an extensive curriculum vitae (21 pages!) that it is difficult to summarize his accomplishments. He did his undergraduate work at Yale University, and attended medical school at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He did his internship at the University Hospitals of Cleveland and fellowships at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. From there, his career took him to Ohio State University College of Medicine, and then to University of Kansas School of Medicine, where he was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine, Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education, and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 1972–2002.

In 2002, he left Kansas to return to Boston, Massachusetts, where he serves as Senior Physician, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Clinical Professor of Medicine/Gastroenterology at Harvard Medical School.

He is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, and has lectured extensively. He is also the author of 23 textbooks on digestive diseases and/or differential diagnosis, and numerous journal articles, reviews, chapters, and clinical communications. Dr. Greenberger participated in our AAAAI Lay Organization Grant Video Project on Mast Cell Activation Symptomatology, and he was a tremendous help in securing a filming location, in addition to his excellent presentation in the film.

Dr. Greenberger is currently seeing many patients with mastocytosis and mast cell activation disorder. He begins each work-up by taking an extensive history. Many of the patients that have travelled to see him have reported that they are so glad that they made the trip, because he really listened and took the time to sort out the cause of their problems. We are delighted to have Dr. Greenberger on board!

-— Val Slee, TMS Co-Chair