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CORE Team
Every member of the MIA team is a volunteer. Their expertise spans pediatrics, genetics, pharmacy, physiotherapy, law and administration.
About CORE
Since 2021, MIa has coordinated access to elesclomol-copper treatment — first tested successfully on a young boy named Marco — for Menkes patients worldwide, with 11 cases currently underway.
The Core is the pharmaco-clinical operational body of the Copper(less) Committee, facilitating patient access to available treatments — including elesclomol-copper under the NPP-Menkes programme — monitoring treated patients, and providing clinical advice to families and local medical teams.
Members
Francesc Palau
Core Coordinator (ad interim) · Chair, Copper(less) Committee
Pediatrician & Clinical Geneticist, SJD Distinguished Research Fellow
Barcelona, Spain
Elena Godoy
Attending Pediatrician
Complex Chronic Children and Palliative Care Unit, Regional University Hospital
Málaga, Spain
Marta Duero
Chief Pharmacist
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu
Barcelona, Spain
Rosa Marqués
Neurological Physiotherapist
Dulce Nombre de María Psychopedagogic Institute
Málaga, Spain
Ángela Pieras
Hospital Pharmacist (Consultant)
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu
Barcelona, Spain
Flor Rolleri
Core Secretary
Menkes International – Copper Rare Foundation
Spain
Mónica Sáez
Hospital Pharmacist
Complejo Hospitalario de León
León, Spain
Rubén Varela
Hospital Pharmacist
Complejo Hospitalario de León
León, Spain
Miquel Villaronga
Hospital Pharmacist (Consultant, retired)
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu
Barcelona, Spain