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Office
601 Elmwood Ave
Rochester, NY 14642Phone+1 585-275-2542Fax+1 585-273-1255
Education & Training
University of RochesterResidency, Neurology, 1989 - 1991
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU Health)Residency, Neurology, 1982 - 1985
UCLA-VA Greater Los AngelesInternship, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1982
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineClass of 1981
Certifications & Licensure
OR State Medical License 1983 - Present
NY State Medical License 1989 - 2025- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012
Clinical Trials
- Myotonic Dystrophy and Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy Registry Start of enrollment: 2000 Sep 01
- Clinical Efficacy Trial of Mexiletine for Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Start of enrollment: 2011 Jun 01
- Establishing Biomarkers and Clinical Endpoints in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 (END-DM1) Start of enrollment: 2019 Jan 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- FORCE platform overcomes barriers of oligonucleotide delivery to muscle and corrects myotonic dystrophy features in preclinical models.Timothy Weeden, Tyler Picariello, Brendan Quinn, Sean Spring, Pei-Yi Shen
Communications Medicine. 2025-01-18 - The Splice Index as a prognostic biomarker of strength and function in myotonic dystrophy type 1.Marina Provenzano, Kobe Ikegami, Kameron Bates, Alison Gaynor, Julia M Hartman
The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2025-01-07 - 5 citationsVerapamil mitigates chloride and calcium bi-channelopathy in a myotonic dystrophy mouse model.Lily A Cisco, Matthew T Sipple, Katherine M Edwards, Charles A Thornton, John D Lueck
The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2024-01-02
Press Mentions
Triplet Therapeutics Announces Participation in Natural History Study of Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1August 18th, 2020
Grant Marks Two Decades of NIH Support for Muscular Dystrophy ResearchFebruary 25th, 2019- Finding a Treatment for Postoperative Cognitive DysfunctionOctober 4th, 2017
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