Board of Directors
Carl Deddens, Secretary/Treasurer
Carl Deddens, Managing Partner, Maplewood Advisors. Management and financial consultants specializing in performance enhancement and growth strategies.
From 2000-2006 Mr. Deddens served as president of the Board of the Greater New York Chapter of the American Liver Foundation.
Dr.Wendy Monkcom
Wendy was born and raised in England. She graduated medical school at the University of London and interned with Professor Sheila Sherlock, an international authority in the study of liver disease. Dr. monkcom came to NewYork to study anesthesia at Columbia Presbyterian. After her residency and fellowship she was an attending at St. Vincent's Hospital and then at Doctor's Hospital that subsequently became Beth Israel Singer Division where she was Director of Anesthesia. She is still active in the practice of anesthesia. Dr. Monkcom is very happily married to Dr. Hillel Tobias who is a world renowned liver specialist and the Medical Director of the Transplant Service at New York University Medical Center.
Dr. Matthew Akiyama, Medical Advisor to HCMSG
Dr. Matthew Akiyama is a clinician-researcher in the Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. In addition to being an Infectious Diseases and HIV primary care provider, Dr. Akiyama conducts research focusing on HCV among socioeconomically marginalized populations.
Carl Deddens, Secretary/Treasurer
Carl Deddens, Managing Partner, Maplewood Advisors. Management and financial consultants specializing in performance enhancement and growth strategies.
From 2000-2006 Mr. Deddens served as president of the Board of the Greater New York Chapter of the American Liver Foundation.
Dr.Wendy Monkcom
Wendy was born and raised in England. She graduated medical school at the University of London and interned with Professor Sheila Sherlock, an international authority in the study of liver disease. Dr. monkcom came to NewYork to study anesthesia at Columbia Presbyterian. After her residency and fellowship she was an attending at St. Vincent's Hospital and then at Doctor's Hospital that subsequently became Beth Israel Singer Division where she was Director of Anesthesia. She is still active in the practice of anesthesia. Dr. Monkcom is very happily married to Dr. Hillel Tobias who is a world renowned liver specialist and the Medical Director of the Transplant Service at New York University Medical Center.
Dr. Matthew Akiyama, Medical Advisor to HCMSG
Dr. Matthew Akiyama is a clinician-researcher in the Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. In addition to being an Infectious Diseases and HIV primary care provider, Dr. Akiyama conducts research focusing on HCV among socioeconomically marginalized populations.