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FPN Welcomes New Board Member, Ron Lissak

Ronald Lissak

Ron Lissak joined FPN’s Board of Directors on May 15, 2020, bringing valuable expertise as a businessman, board member of other nonprofits, and PN patient. Ron currently resides in Bondville, VT, and is Vice President, National Marketing and Site Development for Ionetix Corporation, the leading supplier of 13 Ammonia for cardiac PET scanning. He has […]

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FPN Welcomes New Board Member in February

Van Salmans

Van Salmans joined FPN’s Board of Directors on February 1, 2019, bringing valuable expertise as a Chicago businessman and PN patient. Van serves as a consultant to Salmans & Associates, a cheese marketing and sales company, which he founded and sold after 40 plus years in the dairy industry. Van received his B.A. in economics […]

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Dr. Shanna Patterson joins as the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy Patient Education Program Advisor

Dr. Shanna Patterson joins as the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy Patient Education Program Advisor

The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy (FPN) is pleased to announce that Dr. Shanna Patterson has agreed to serve as an advisor to FPN on patient education programs. Dr. Patterson will be providing input on patient communications as well as offering her expertise for new and existing patient programs. Shanna K. Patterson, MD is an Assistant […]

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FPN Welcomes New Board Member, Dr. Gordon Smith

Dr. Gordon Smith

The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy is pleased to announce the addition of A. Gordon Smith, MD, FAAN to the Board of Directors, effective March 1, 2018. Dr. Smith is Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology at Virginia Commonwealth University. Prior to this role, he served as Vice Chair for Research, Chief of the […]

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FPN Continues to Move Forward

Lou Mazawey Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy

An Update from the President November 7, 2017 As President of the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy, I can’t wait to share several exciting recent developments with all of you. First, our patient conference on October 21 was a great success. Featuring five speakers from the fine medical faculty at Northwestern University, more than 200 attendees […]

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The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy

October 2016 begins the 10 year anniversary of the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy. The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy (FPN) is all about people living with neuropathy. This has never changed. And it has made the Foundation a leader in this area. Our mission is to dramatically improve the lives of people living with peripheral neuropathy (PN)—to mobilize scientific […]

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