It gives us great pleasure to announce the appointment of the
Hemifacial Spasm Association's (HFSA) Medical Advisory Board (MAB). We are
honored to have the opportunity to work with these distinguished medical
professionals in the research, treatment and support of those who suffer with
Hemifacial Spasm (HFS). Their expertise will be greatly appreciated by our
membership and many others who are or who have been afflicted with HFS and
who seek solutions to ultimately improve upon their quality of life. Our
sincere gratitude is extended to the newly appointed MAB for sharing their
valuable time with us. We are eager to work together and look forward to a
long and rewarding relationship with them.

Peter J. Jannetta, MD, Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery
Allegheny General Hospital
420 E. North Avenue, Suite 302
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
412-359-4814
Email: pjannett@wpahs.org

Peter J. Savino, MD
Director of Neuro-Ophthalmology
Wills Eye Hospital
900 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-928-3130
Email: pjsavino@AOL.com

Neil R. Miller, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Neuro-Ophthalmology
John's Hopkins University
600 N. Wolfe Street
Maumanee B-109
Baltimore, MD 21287
410-955-5750
Email: nrmiller@jhmi.edu

John F. Alksne, MD
Univ of California San Diego
Division of Neurosurgery/H-893
San Diego, CA 92103
619-543-5540
Email: jalksne@ucsd.edu

Jeffrey A. Brown, MD
Department of Neurological Surgery
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Harper Professional Building
4160 John R - Suite 930
Detroit, MI 48201
313-966-0366
Email: jbrown@neurosurgery.wayne.edu

Kim J. Burchiel, MD
OHSU/Neurosurgery L-472
3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road
Portland, OR 97201-3098
503-494-4314
Email: burchiel@ohsu.edu

Kenneth F. Casey, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
Allegheny General Hospital
420 E. North Avenue, Suite 302
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
412-359-4810
Email: kcasey@wpahs.org

Jeffrey Cohen, MD, Ph.D.
Beth Israel - Singer Division
170 East End Avenue @ 87th Street
New York, NY 10128
212-870-7286
Email: jcohen@bethisraelny.org

Stephen J. Haines, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
Medical University of South Carolina
171 Ashley Avenue
Charleston, SC 29425-2272
843-792-2422
Email: shaines@musc.edu

James R. Nelson, MD
Department of Neurology
Scripps Memorial Hospital
9850 Genesee Avenue, Suite 320
La Jolla, CA 92037
858-646-0400
Email: jrnelson@pol.net

Albert L. Rhoton, Jr., MD
University of Florida/Neurrosurgery
Box 100265/JHM Health Center
Gainsville, FL 32610
352-392-8413
Email: rhoton@neurosurgery.ufl.edu

David Sirois, D.M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Oral Medicine
New York University College of Dentistry
345 E. 24th Street
New York, NY 10010
212-998-9549
Email: david.sirois@nyu.edu

John M. Tew, Jr., MD
Frank H Mayfield Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
P.O. Box 670515
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0515
513-558-3557
Email: john.tew@uc.edu

Charles B. Wilson, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
University of California San Francisco
533 Parnassus Avenue, #U126
San Francisco, CA 94143-0350
415-476-4495
Email: wilson@neuro.ucsf.edu

Ronald F. Young, MD
Northwest Hospital
1560 North 115th Street, Suite G-5
Seattle, WA 98133
206-368-1626
Email: wmckinne@nwhsea.org
and
California Neuroscience Institute
1600 N. Rose Avenue, Suite 400
Oxnard, CA 93030
805-988-7599
Email: ronyoung@t-nsl.com

Note: Subsequently, this list will be amended by the Chairman, MAB, to
include an opthamologist or neurologist who administers Botox (R) and is well
published. When this appointment is made, an announcement will be made.

The following information is provided for your information as to the
function/purpose of our newly appointed MAB:

a. Medical Advisory Board members shall be medical practitioners or
investigators, and shall be named to serve for a specified period of time by
the Chairman of the Advisory Board.

b. The purpose of the Medical Advisory Board is to provide oversight
for medically-related information made available to the public by the
Association.

c. The liaison between the MAB and the HFSA is Beverly Cox. She may
be reached at: BeverlyCox@AOL.com or 210.497.6510.

Subsequently, two initiatives that we would like our newly appointed
MAB to participate in are:

a. Responding to "Ask the Doctors" questions (presented on a monthly
basis) to the Chairman for dissemination to a Board member for appropriate
response and posting on our website and,

b. Ultimately, to conduct a complete review of the Medical
Terminology Section of our site to ensure the accuracy and completeness of
information we are disseminating to the public.

The Chairman of the MAB, Dr. Peter J. Jannetta, will, of course, oversee
these and any other medically related initiatives of the HFSA.

Again, we would like to express our sincere appreciation to Dr. Peter
J. Jannetta and the newly appointed members of the HFSA's MAB.

Association Oversight Committee, HFSA
Gary Twing, Jack O'Donnell, Beverly Cox, Shirley Ann Fisk and Kenneth Williams