Scientific Advisory Board

TSI’s science advisors include experts in the fields of medicine, pain management, machine learning and genetics.

Lawrence Newman, M.D. (Chief Medical Officer).

Hideki Garren, M.D., Ph.D., an adjunct professor of neurology at the Stanford University School of Medicine and a molecular biologist, is a co-founder and VP of Research at Bayhill Therapeutics, which is developing therapies for autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis.

Louis Ptáček, M.D., a professor of neurology and director of neurogenetics at the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine, is a world leader in the study of the genetics of episodic neurological disorders.

Ruth Ottman, Ph.D., a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University, is an expert in the study of the genetic epidemiology of neurological disorders.

Gert Lanckriet, Ph.D., an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California at San Diego, is an expert at machine-learning algorithms with applications in bioinformatics.

Sarah Cheyette, M.D., is a clinical pediatric neurologist and author of a book for the parents of children with migraines.

Elizabeth Moncada, D.D.S., M.S., is a dentist and a diplomate of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain.

John L. Reeves II, Ph.D., M.S.C.P. was an attending psychologist at the Pain Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and an adjunct professor of dentistry in the section of oral medicine and orofacial pain at the University of California at Los Angeles.