Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network Inc

Dr. Markello is a former fellow in Dr. Gahl’s lab who has come back and is now a full-time physician at the NIH.  One of the tasks Dr. Gahl has given him is to review possible new drugs for future trials.  He is currently the principle investigator for the multidrug trial available for patients with pulmonary fibrosis too advanced to be able to qualify for the Pirfenidone trial.  He’s always looking out for HPS’ers in big ways and in smaller ways.  Recently, he’s been able to win approval to make the consent forms for the drug trials in large print.  Leave it to the government to make something so simple so difficult.  Dr. Markello also sometimes fills in for Kevin O'Brien when he is not available to manage patients on routine visits to the NIH.  Dr. Markello’s CV is quite extensive, but he says he’d prefer it if we thought of him as “a simple country doctor that trained in biochemical genetics.”  He’s also a big photography and astronomy fan.