Congratulations Dr. Mandel Sher: Internationally-Renowned Cough Experts Appointed to Clinical Advisory Board

Congratulations to Dr. Mandel Sher and four of his esteemed Cough scientific and clinical colleagues  from the United Kingdom, Ireland, and San Francisco on their appointment to a 5-person Clinical Advisory Board of BELLUS Health.  BELLUS Health recognizes this 5-person team as internationally-renowned Cough experts.  BELLUS Health is a biopharmaceuitcal company developing novel therapies for conditions with high unmet medical need including Chronic Cough.  Dr. Mandel Sher and his Cough colleagues’ role on the Clinical Advisory Board is to provide strategic guidance and support to the development of BELLUS Health’s lead drug for Chronic Cough.  Dr. Jaclyn Smith is Chair of the Clinical Advisory Board.  The first meeting was held on September 24, 2018 in London.

“We are thrilled to welcome this team of highly respected clinician leaders whose work has deeply influenced the treatment and management of chronic cough,” said Dr. Denis Garceau, Senior Vice President, Drug Development of BELLUS Health. “Their background and expertise will be invaluable to the clinical development of our lead drug candidate BLU-5937 as we prepare for a Phase 2 study, expected to be initiated in 2019. In addition to helping BELLUS Health navigate the regulatory aspects of drug development, this team of accomplished scientific and clinical experts will help guide our goal of bringing this potential best-in-class therapeutic for chronic cough to patients.”

Dr. Mandel Sher, Founder of Center for Cough: 727-393-8067. www.centerforcough.com.

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/bellus-health-announces-appointment-of-clinical-advisory-board-694226061.html

Dr. Mandel Sher, 1 of 5, Internationally-Renown Cough Experts Appointed to Clinical Advisory Board

The Clinical Advisory Board members are:

  • Dr. Jaclyn Smith, MB, ChB, FRCP, PhD, Chair of the CAB, is a Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom and an Honorary Consultant at the University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust. She leads a multi-disciplinary research team whose focus is on understanding mechanisms underlying pathological cough and runs a regional clinical service for patients with refractory chronic cough. Dr. Smith is also the Director of the NIHR Manchester Clinical Research Facility. In collaboration with Mr. Kevin McGuinness (Clinical engineer), she has developed a novel method for automated cough detection.
  • Dr. Alan Goldsobel, MD, is a practising allergist and immunologist, a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University Medical School. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology and past president of the California Society of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Dr. Goldsobel is co-director of the Allergy and Asthma Clinical Research Center in San Jose, CA where he has served as principal investigator for clinical trials of many of the new therapeutic agents for chronic refractory cough. He has published numerous scientific articles and book chapters in allergy and asthma and his area of interest, cough.
  • Dr. Lorcan McGarvey, MD, FRCP, is a Consultant Respiratory Physician and Professor of Respiratory Medicine at Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland. His main programme of research has focused on the clinical and scientific aspects of acute and chronic cough. Dr. McGarvey has been a core contributor to the British Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society cough guidelines and serves on the American College of Chest Physicians Cough Guidelines Expert Committee.
  • Dr. Alyn Morice, MD, is a Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Head of Medicine, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull in the United Kingdom. He specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of cough and runs the Hull Cough Clinic, the first UK Cough Clinic which he established in 1989 and which has become the largest centre within Europe with an international pattern of referral. Professor Morice has led the European Respiratory Society and British Thoracic Society Taskforces on Cough. He also runs the Hull Respiratory Clinical Trials Unit specialising in the treatment of the airways diseases associated with cough.
  • Dr. Mandel Sher, MD, is a community-based clinician of pediatric and adult allergy, University of South Florida’s Clinical Professor and former Interim Division Chief of Allergy and Immunology of University of South Florida located at Johns Hopkins/All Children’s Hospital. With a unique sub-specialty in Refractory/ Recalcitrant/Idiopathic chronic cough, Dr. Sher established the Center for Cough in Florida in 2009, which combines existing evidence-based approaches with innovative therapeutic modalities to improve chronic cough patients’ clinical outcomes.

Chronic Cough has significant consequences for a person’s well-being and physical and mental health.  Chronic Cough can be effectively treated and resolved.

Contact Dr. Mandel Sher:  727-393-8067. www.centerforcough.com. 

Dr. Mandel Sher Saved a Stranger’s Life: Know CPR

Dr. Mandel Sher saved a stranger’s life.  The importance of knowing CPR and taking appropriate action in time of emergency cannot be overstated.  It started out like a regular Thursday evening at one of Dr. Sher’s favorite dinner restaurants.  That all changed when a manager of the restaurant asked Dr. Sher to help a non-responsive person who was lying on the ground, not breathing, and had a bluish-grey skin color.  The restaurant team had already called 911 but Dr. Sher determined the patient was in imminent danger.

Dr. Sher immediately began CPR and directed use of the restaurant’s defibrillator.  The victim gasped and resumed breathing.  By the time the emergency responders arrived, the person had come-to and was transported to a nearby hospital.    Thankfully, the grateful family and person reported to Dr. Sher the next day that all was well.     

Dr. Mandel Sher saved a stranger’s life.  While Dr. Mandel Sher is a Cough Doctor by day,  he emphasizes that each one of us can learn to determine when someone is in need of CPR and learn how to administer CPR.  Knowing CPR can make the difference between life and death.  Dr. Mandel Sher is grateful that the person is well and that he was there – prepared to assist.

Dr. Mandel Sher is a Cough Specialist.  Cough is a very common medical condition.  In fact, cough is the number one reason people visit a doctor.  But some coughs linger for weeks, months, or even years.  Sometimes, in spite of really good doctors who try their very best to resolve a persistent or chronic cough that does not have an underlying medical condition, those doctors and the cough treatments they try, fail and the person continues to cough.

Very often, persons with Chronic Cough are told to “learn to live with it.”  A persistent cough that lasts for around 8 weeks or longer is a serious problem that produces debilitating consequences for the person suffering with cough and their loved ones and colleagues around them. 

Chronic Cough is treatable and can be resolved. Dr. Mandel Sher is a Cough Specialist.  He is helping patients achieve REMARKABLE results even if they have seen many other doctors and failed other cough therapies.  Dr. Mandel Sher WILL help you. 

Call Center for Cough today:  727-393-8067. www.centerforcough.com

Dr. Mandel Sher is a Chronic Cough Specialist.  In addition to helping persons with Chronic Cough relieve and resolve cough, Dr. Sher also conducts clinical trials for new cough treatments with scientists, researchers, and physician colleagues around the world, and is a frequent contributor to the medical community on evolving paradigms for diagnosing and treating Chronic Cough.

Jarring Sound of Cough: Lesson Learned from Dr. Mandel Sher’s Granddaughter

Have you ever heard the expression, “Out of the mouths of babes”?  Children are generally truth-tellers.  Dr. Mandel Sher keenly observed how his 11-month old granddaughter, Mia,  consistently responded to the sound of C-O-U-G-H during a recent family vacation.

The sudden, unexpected sound of COUGH shatters the sound of silence.  The sound of COUGH is startling – just watch a baby literally “jump” in your arms and cry in response to the agitating and loud sound of COUGH.  The sound of COUGH is alarming and frightening. 

Contact Dr. Mandel Sher, Cough Specialist: 727-393-8067. www.centerforcough.com

Dr. Mandel Sher’s Granddaughter Responds to Unexpected, Loud, Agitating Sound of Cough

Dr. Mandel Sher’s children invited Mia’s four grandparents to join them for a family vacation in Colorado.  All the family stayed together under one roof.  Shimmering aspen trees, babbling brooks and streams, and snow-capped mountains formed a beautiful and serene backdrop for this awesome time.  That is until early each morning and after meals when the quiet would be shattered by Mia’s maternal grandpa’s Coughing fits.    Mia’s face would scrunch-up and then she would cry.

Dr. Mandel Sher treats many Cough patients who report being referred by a family member because they just can’t stand the grating sound of Cough anymore. 

Chronic Cough and/or constant throat-clearing is debilitating for the person suffering & annoying for those around.  You have a lot to say.  Don’t let Cough drown-out your message. Don’t let Cough interrupt a bedtime story.

Contact Dr. Mandel Sher for a Cough Solution:  727-393-8067. Dr. Sher is working with global Cough doctors, scientists, and researchers to evaluate effective Cough therapies.  Dr. Mandel Sher is a frequent contributor to the medical community’s body of knowledge around Chronic Cough by presenting evolving paradigms for Cough treatment at professional societies.

Dr. Mandel Sher and Center for Cough team are helping patients to achieve REMARKABLE COUGH RELIEF and RESOLUTION – including those patients who have been Coughing for years, seen other doctors, and tried but failed other Cough therapies. 

If you have a persistent Cough that’s been lingering for 8 weeks or longer, contact Dr. Mandel Sher now.  Get your Cough treatment right from the start:  727-393-8067. www.centerforcough.com

Cough Patient Success Stories: Power of Dr. Mandel Sher’s Online Reviews

Cough Patient Success Stories matter! There’s nothing more satisfying to Dr. Mandel Sher and Center for Cough team than knowing they have given back life to a person who has been suffering with the debilitating consequences of Chronic Cough.   Cough Patient Success stories under Dr. Mandel Sher’s care, and the importance of online reviews, cannot be over-stated.  Here’s feedback from a grateful Cough patient who believes Dr. Mandel Sher “saved her life”:

“I am an RN of 25 years and have had a cough for my entire life. For 3 years it was severe. I went to countless specialists & had every test available, all offering ZERO answers. I was on 12 prescription meds with ZERO improvement. Dr. Sher has saved my life! I no longer need a laundry list of meds or to spend every day off in a doctor’s office. I finally have a normal life without a hacking cough, exhaustion, embarrassment & constant disruption to everyone around me. Everyone there is great!”

 (Denise S. of Fort Myers area in Lee County who drove 2.5 hours each way to see Dr. Sher)

Patient Success stories are heartwarming.  Patient  Success stories that are shared in online reviews are important for Chronic Cough advocacy and facilitate Dr. Sher’s tireless efforts for more effective Cough treatments.  Popular review sites: Google, Center for Cough facebook page, healthgrades, vital:  Here’s how an online review helps:

  • Raises awareness about Chronic Cough as a specific & distinct medical condition
  • Gives hope to frustrated people who are suffering with Chronic Cough
  • Leads people seeking effective tried & true Cough treatment to Dr. Mandel Sher

Thank You to those who have shared a Cough Patient Success story with Dr. Mandel Sher and Center for Cough team.  Please consider sharing your Cough Success story with Dr. Mandel Sher in an online review. 

Contact Dr. Mandel Sher to Resolve Your Chronic Cough Once & For All: 727-393-8067. www.centerforcough.com