Medical and scientific expertise

HYSO’s Medical Advisory Board, comprised of three leading specialists in Employee Healthcare, Microbiology and Infectious Disease and Environmental Health, was appointed in 2007 to advise the company on scientific matters and procedures and to ensure that its products and systems are highly effective and safe.

Marc Wilkenfeld, M.D.

• Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center
• Occupational Medicine Consultant to the Department of Environmental Health and Safety

Dr. Wilkenfeld has written and lectured extensively on a variety of topics in environmental and occupational medicine, including air pollution, health promotion in the workplace, asbestos exposure, occupational lung and liver disease and tight building syndrome. Since September 11, 2001, Dr. Wilkenfeld has advised local elected officials, community groups, and companies in lower Manhattan on health risks and proper cleanup procedures. Dr. Wilkenfeld is the author of three book chapters on environmental and occupational medicine, focusing on simple asphyxiants, indoor air concerns, and metal compounds. He is also a consultant to a number of New York-based companies, where he performs epidemiological medical investigations and develops medical training, education, surveillance and promotional programs.

Stephen S. Morse, PhD.

• Professor of Clinical Epidemiology & Founding Director of the Center for Public Health Preparedness, Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University

Dr. Morse’s interests focus on epidemiology of infectious diseases and improving disease early warning systems. In 2000, he returned to Columbia after four years in government as Program Manager for Biodefense at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Department of Defense, where he co-directed the Pathogen Countermeasures program and subsequently directed the Advanced Diagnostics program. Before going to Columbia, he was assistant professor of Virology at The Rockefeller University in New York, and remains an adjunct faculty member. His book, Emerging Viruses (Oxford University Press), was selected by “American Scientist” for its list of “100 Top Science Books of the 20th Century.” Dr. Morse was chair and principal organizer of the 1989 NIAID/NIH (National Institutes of Health) Conference on Emerging Viruses and more recently was the founding chair of ProMED (the nonprofit international Program to Monitor Emerging Diseases). He currently serves on the Steering Committee of the Institute of Medicine’s Forum on Microbial Threats, and the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Future Biowarfare Threats.

William J. Schneider, M.D.

• Clinical Member, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York
• Attending Physician and Employee Health Service Physician, Memorial Hospital for Cancer & Allied Diseases, New York

Dr. Schneider is an internist with subspecialty training in infectious diseases. He has been on the faculties of the New York University School of Medicine and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, among other institutions, most recently as Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Einstein. Past hospital affiliations have been with Bellevue Hospital, Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, where he served as the Assistant Director of the Department of Medicine, and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. He served as the Director of Health Services for JP Morgan for 21 years and is currently Chairman of the Occupational Medicine Residency Advisory Committee at Mount Sinai. He is a fellow or member of a number of medical and scientific societies including the Infectious Disease Society of America and the American Society for Microbiology, and has spoken and published on a diversity of medical topics.