Food and NF: Two insights into diet and its affect on NF

Food for thought: What we know about diet and supplements for NF - by
Dr. Kaleb Yohay, NYU Langone Health Comprehensive Neurofibromatosis Center
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Dr. Kaleb Yohay completed his pediatrics and neurology residency at Johns Hopkins
Hospital. While on faculty there, he co-founded the Johns Hopkins Neurofibromatosis
Center. Currently, Dr. Yohay is a Professor of Clinical Neurology and Pediatrics and
Director of the NYU Langone Health Comprehensive Neurofibromatosis Center in New
York City, one of the largest and most active neurofibromatosis clinics in the United
States. His medical practice is devoted entirely to the care of children and adults with
NF1, NF2 and schwannomatosis. He is particularly interested in developing best
practices for symptom screening, treatment, and age-appropriate anticipatory guidance
for children and adults with neurofibromatosis, and recently participated in the
publication of the first clinical guidelines for the management of adults with NF1.

Obesogenic diet as modulator of tumor penetrance in NF1
optic pathway glioma
- by Dr. Nicole Brossier, Washington University
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Dr. Nicole Brossier received her MD and PhD at the University of Alabama-Birmingham
School of Medicine. She then completed her Pediatrics residency and Pediatric
Hematology-Oncology fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis, where she
remained as a member of the faculty after completion of her clinical training. She is
currently an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, with a clinical and scientific focus on NF1
patients with Central Nervous System tumors. In her life as a scientist, she works to
understand the neurodevelopmental, genetic and environmental factors that modulate
glioma risk in kids with NF1.