Experts on Chagas Disease
David A. Leiby, Ph.D, Chief, Parasitology
Transmissible Diseases Department
American Red Cross
Holland Laboratory
15601 Crabbs Branch Way
Rockville, MD 20855-2743
Telephone: (301) 738-0608
Email: lebiyd@usa.redcross.org
(Media inquiries via Darren Ibrey at the Red Cross)
James H. Maguire, MD, MPH
University of Maryland School of Medicine
660 West Redwood Street
Howard Hall, Suite 100, Room 102B
Baltimore MD 21201
410-706-0206
Fax: 410-706-8013
E-mail: jmaguire@epi.umaryland.edu
(Dr. Maguire published an article about Chagas disease in the August 24, 2006 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.)
Susan L. Stramer, Ph.D.
Executive Scientific Officer
American Red Cross
9315 Gaither Road
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
Telephone: (202) 303-4488
Mobile: (202) 439-0721
(Media inquiries via Stephanie Millian at the Red Cross at the numbers above)
Dan A. Waxman, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Indiana Blood Center
Phone: 317-916-5008
Mobile: 317-506-1680
(Dr. Dan Waxman is a board member of America's Blood Centers -- which represents local blood banks that collect 50 percent of blood donations in the U.S.)