Ritter Pharmaceuticals Medical Board

Dennis Savaiano, Ph.D.

Professor of Foods & Nutrition at Purdue University
Chair of Ritter Pharmaceuticals’ Medical Board

Dr. Savaiano has conducted research in lactose intolerance for the past 20 years and is considered one of the foremost experts in the country. Formerly, he served as the Associate Dean and Assistant Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station Human Ecology at the University of Minnesota. He was a Professor in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Minnesota from 1980 through 1995.

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W. Allan Walker, M.D.

Director of the Division of Nutrition at Harvard Medical School

Dr. Walker received the Nutrition Research Award (Borden Award) of the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1984 and the Hugh Butt Award for Excellence in Clinical Nutrition Research from the American Gastroenterologic Association in 1998. Dr. Walker is the author of 12 textbooks and over 500 research and review articles.

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Harry Greene, M.D.

Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics and Biochemistry/Nutrition at Vanderbilt School of Medicine

Dr. Greene served as Chief, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology /Nutrition and Director of the NIH sponsored Clinical Nutrition Research Unit. He is a past President of the American Society of Clinical Nutrition and the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Liver Disease.

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Roger Clemens, Ph.D.

Associate Director of the Regulatory Science Program at University of Southern California's School of Pharmacy

One of the world's leading experts in human nutrition. Dr. Clemens served as the Scientific Advisor for Nestl USA for more than 20 years. Dr. Clemens has served as an expert panel member for the Food and Drug Administration, International Food Information Council, California Dairy Council, and the Life Sciences Research Organization.

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Todd Klaenhammer, Ph.D.

Director of the Southeast Dairy Foods Research Center & Professor of Food Microbiology, Genetics, Genomics, Bioprocessing & Fermentation at North Carolina State University

For 30 years Dr. Klaenhammer has directed research programs on the genetics of lactic acid bacteria used as probiotics or as starter cultures for food bioprocessing and biotechnology applications. He is Fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology, the Institute of Food Technologists, and the American Dairy Science Association. In 2001, he was elected into the National Academy of Sciences.

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Chris Landon, M.D.

Director of Pediatrics at Ventura County Medical Center & Executive Director of the Landon Research Institute in California

Dr. Landon has served on the Pediatric Advisory Committee, the American Medical Association, the American Federation of Clinical Research and the California Medical Association. He received his medical degree from the University of Southern California and completed his fellowship at Stanford University.

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John Sherman, M.D.

Internal Medicine at Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Dr. Sherman has been a staff physician at Cedars Sinai Medical Center since 1991 and currently serves as a member of the Medical Education Committee. He was a member of the Risk Management Committee from 1994-2004.

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