Scientific Advisors

David A. Weinstein, M.D., M.M.Sc.
Director; Glycogen Storage Disease Program
Associate Professor
University of Florida College of Medicine

Following his graduation from Trinity College (CT) in 1990 and Harvard Medical School in 1994, Dr. David Weinstein completed a residency, chief residency, and fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at Children's Hospital Boston. He subsequently obtained a Masters in clinical investigation from Harvard and MIT, and became Director of the Glycogen Storage Disease Program at Children's Hospital Boston. In 2005, Dr. Weinstein moved to the University of Florida where he directs the Glycogen Storage Disease Program and is a tenured Associate Professor. Dr. Weinstein follows over 300 patients with glycogen storage disease, and he has published over 40 articles and 17 textbook chapters on this topic. He is a former Jan Albrecht Award winner from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, and he was awarded the George A. Sacher Award from the Gerontological Society of America. Dr. Weinstein has served on both the Board of Directors and the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Association for Glycogen Storage Disease. He also served on the international consensus panels assembled to create clinical guidelines for management of GSD types Ia, Ib, and III.

George Y. Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
University of Connecticut Health Center

George Y. Wu received his BS from the University of Rochester and his MD, PhD (in biochemistry) from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He did internal medicine training at Harlem Hospital Center in the Columbia University system, and GI fellowship training at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Currently, he is Professor of Medicine at the University of Connecticut Health Center, where he is Chief, Section of Hepatology and holds the Herman Lopata Chair in Hepatitis Research. Dr. Wu conducts basic scientific research on gene targeting, liver cell transplantation, and models of viral hepatitis, for which he holds numerous patents. He is also active in clinical research on hepatitis B and C. He has written more than 130 peer-reviewed journal articles, has edited 8 books on liver diseases, and is the series editor for the Contemporary Gastroenterology series by Springer Press. Dr. Wu is the recipient of numerous awards, including the American Liver Foundation Research Prize, American Gastroenterological Association/Industry Research Scholar Award, Stuart F. Wilson Young Faculty Research Award, election to the American Society for Clinical Investigation, election to the Association of American Physicians, American Gastroenterological Association/Gastroenterology Research Group Young Scientist Award, Chinese American Medical Society Scientific Award, Fellow of the Gastroenterological Association, and the Herman Lopata Chair in Hepatitis Research.