AnnapurnaPoduriMDMPH

Child Neurology • Boston, MA

Epilepsy

Professor of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

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Office
300 Longwood Ave
Children's Hospital Boston
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-355-7919

Summary

Dr. Annapurna Poduri is a Child Neurologist and Epileptologist at Boston Children's Hospital, where she directs the Epilepsy Genetics Program and Program in Neurogenetics. She received her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, her MPH at the Harvard School of Public Health, and residency training at Boston Children's Hospital and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Her research program in the Boston Children's Hospital Department of Neurology and the F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center focuses on epilepsy genetics, from genetic causes of epilepsy in patients to translational models of neurodevelopmental conditions.

FM Kirby Neurobiology Center | Innovation. Collaboration. Translation.

Welcome to the Poduri Lab! The Poduri Laboratory was launched in 2013 within the Department of Neurology and F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center at Boston Children's

Education & Training

Boston Children's HospitalPost-Doctoral Fellowship, Neurogenetics, 2005 - 2012
Boston Children’s Hospital/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Epilepsy, 2003 - 2005
Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaFellowship, Child Neurology, 2000 - 2003
Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1998 - 2000
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1998

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2003 - 2026
NH State Medical License 2024 - 2024
LA State Medical License 2020 - 2022
PA State Medical License 2001 - 2004
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Clinical Neurophysiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Boston's Most Influential Women Awardee Harvard Club of Boston, 2020

Clinical Trials

Epilepsy Phenome/Genome Project Start of enrollment: 2007 Nov 01
Completed
Genetics of Epilepsy and Related Disorders Start of enrollment: 2010 Nov 01
Recruiting
Gene-STEPS: Shortening Time of Evaluation in Paediatric Epilepsy Services Start of enrollment: 2021 Sep 01
Recruiting
Roles: Contact

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Copy Number Variation and Structural Genomic Findings in 116 Cases of Sudden Unexplained Death between 1 and 28 Months of Age.
Catherine A Brownstein, Elise Douard, Robin L Haynes, Hyun Yong Koh, Alireza Haghighi
Advanced Genetics. 2023-03-01
62 citations
Genotype-phenotype correlations in SCN8A-related disorders reveal prognostic and therapeutic implications.
Katrine M Johannesen, Yuanyuan Liu, Mahmoud Koko, Cathrine E Gjerulfsen, Lukas Sonnenberg
Brain. 2021-08-25
387 citations
Single-neuron sequencing analysis of L1 retrotransposition and somatic mutation in the human brain.
Gilad D. Evrony, Xuyu Cai, Eunjung Lee, L. Benjamin Hills, Princess C. Elhosary
Cell. 2012-10-26

Journal Articles

Gain‐of‐Function Variants in the ODC1 Gene Cause a Syndromic Neurodevelopmental Disorder Associated with Macrocephaly, Alopecia, Dysmorphic Features, and Neuroimaging ...
Sanjeev V Kothare, Farrah Rajabi, Annapurna Poduri, Lance H Rodan, Ralph J DeBerardinis, American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
The ClinGen Epilepsy Gene Curation Expert Panel—Bridging the Divide Between Clinical Domain Knowledge and Formal Gene Curation Criteria
Ghayda Mirzaa, Kristen Park, Tristan T Sands, Erika Axeen, Tanya M Bardakjian, Annapurna Poduri, Katherine L Helbig, Heather C Mefford, Human Mutation
Correction: The Landscape of Epilepsy-Related GATOR1 Variants
Annapurna Poduri, Nature
Return of Individual Results in Epilepsy Genomic Research: A View from the Field
Heather C Mefford, Daniel H Lowenstein, Annapurna Poduri, Epilepsia
Variability Among Next-Generation Sequencing Panels for Early-Life Epilepsies
Annapurna Poduri, Christopher J Yuskaitis, JAMA
De Novo and Inherited Private Variants in MAP1B in Periventricular Nodular Heterotopia
Annapurna Poduri, Xiaolin Zhu, William B Dobyns, Christopher A Walsh, PLoS One
Why West? Comparisons of Clinical, Genetic and Molecular Features of Infants with and Without Spasms
Jason Coryell, Joseph E Sullivan, William B Dobyns, John R Mytinger, Annapurna Poduri, Nicole Ryan, Tobias Loddenkemper, Courtney Wusthoff, Elaine C Wirrell, Kelly G K..., PLoS One
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Authored Content

Infantile Spasms of Unknown CauseMay 2018
Infantile Spasms of Unknown Cause: Predictors of Outcome and Geneotype-Phenotype CorrelationMay 2018

Press Mentions

Sudden, Unexplained Child Deaths Often Have a Genetic CauseMarch 8th, 2022
Diving Deep on Epilepsy GeneticsNovember 3rd, 2021
AT THE BENCH: Erik D. Roberson, MD, PhD: On Learning and Memory Formation, and the Role of Tau in Alzheimer's and FTDOctober 22nd, 2015
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