THE FOUNDERS
HESA was founded in 2012 by Susan Foley, a productive businesswoman and Nicola Nelson a successful environmental attorney. After their diagnosis of Hashimoto's Encephalopathy they both scoured the internet for information about HE...
and found little to no information.
Soon, they both found an online support group where they happened to find one another and soon decided they wanted to help others with this little known disease. That is when they formed HESA...and the rest as they say is history!
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SUSAN FOLEY
Executive Director
NICOLA NELSON
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BOARD of DIRECTORS
SUSAN
FOLEY
Executive
Director
KATIE
RITZMAN
Board Member
SCOTT
FOLEY
Board Member
DR. ROBERT
WEIR
Board Member
MADDY
BOEHME
Vice President
KIMBERLEY
DE HASETH
Research Coordinator
MARTHA
MYERS
Board Member
DR. DALE
HUNTER
Board Member
VOLUNTEERS
SALLY
CARTY
LISA
SMITH
ALISCIA
DAWN
STEPHANIE
BROWNFIELD
SAMIME
BALDINI
MEDICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
DR. DOMINGO
ESCUDERO
Neurology
Neurología en Hospital Clínic, Barcelona
DR. SANDER
MARKX
Psychiatry
Precision Psychiatry
Columbia University
NYC
LINDA
KOBERT RN
Director Patient
and Provider Relations
CSI Pharmacy
REBECCA ANNE GOFF
Nurse Practitioner
DR. ROBERT
WEIR
Neurology and Psychiatry
UT Southwestern, TX
DR. MICHAEL
FAGIEN
Radiologist
Medical Director
Impression
Imaging, FL
MICHELLE
VOGEL, MPA
Patient Advocacy and Provider Relations
CSI
Pharmacy