Our Medical Advisory Board 

Comprised of the best medical professionals in the world, their function is to assist the Hugs for Brady Foundation by assuring the funds we raise are directed at the most beneficial endeavorers to help children with cancer.  

Nancy J. Bunin, MD

Michael C. Darder, MD

• Co-Founder and Co-Director of IVF New Jersey
• Education - Loyola Stritch School of Medicine (MD), Maywood, Illinois
• Residency - Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
•  Fellowship - Reproductive Endocrinology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
•  Board Certification - Reproductive Endocrinology and Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Distinctions - Zenith Award Recipient, RESOLVE of New Jersey; May 2000 , Founding Member, New York Society of Reproductive Medicine, Fellow, Society of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Fellow, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sloane Scholar, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Medical Advisory Board, American Fertility Association

Richard A. Drachtman, MD

• Interim Division Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
• Medical Director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Bristol Myers-Squibb Children’s Hospital
• Professor of Pediatrics, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
• Education - Chicago Medical School (MD), Chicago, Illinois
• Internship - North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York
• Residency - North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York
• Fellowship - Mount Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
• Board Certification - American Board of Pediatrics – Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, American Board of Pediatrics – General Pediatrics
• Special Interests - Sickle Cell Disease, Pediatric Clinical Trials

Brittany Hertis, DO (in progress)

• Education -  Ithaca College, BA biology, Ithaca, New York, Ithaca College, MS exercise science, exercise physiology, Ithaca, New York, Medical Education (in progress) - DO, University  of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey - School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, New Jersey
• Recipient - United States Naval Health Professions Scholarship
• Commissioned Officer (Ensign) - United States Navy

Jessica L. Magda, MD

• Pediatrician, Torrington Connecticut
• Medical Advisor -  Litchfield County Head Start
• Education - Yale University, BS biology, University of Connecticut, MD
• Residency - Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
• Board Certification - American Board of Pediatrics – General Pediatrics

Bert Mandelbaum, MD, FAAP

• Princeton Nassau Pediatrics, P.A.
  
• Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, University of Medical Center at Princeton
• Education - University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey (UMDNJ) – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (MD) New Brunswick, New Jersey
• Residency & Chief Residency - New York Hospital – Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York
• Board Certification - American Board of Pediatrics – General Pediatrics

Marc Rubenstein, PT, DPT, OCS

• President & Owner of Jersey Physical Therapy, South Brunswick, New Jersey
• Education - University of Sciences in Philadelphia, Masters in Physical Therapy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Temple University, Doctorate in Physical Therapy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Board Certification - Certified in Orthopedics

Randall L. Siegel, MD

• Interventional Radiologist, University Radiology Group, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey
•  Assistant Professor, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
•  Education - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (MD), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
•  Internship - Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Residency - Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey
•  Fellowship - Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey 
• Board Certification - American Board of Radiology - Vascular and Interventional Radiology

• Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Pediatrics – The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
• Education - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (DO), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
•  Internship - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Residency - Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware
• Fellowship - Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
• Board Certification - American Board of Pediatrics – Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, American Board of Pediatrics – General Pediatrics
• Special Interests - Solid tumors