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Office
10 Maguire Rd Ste 200
Lexington, MA 02421Phone+1 857-990-2200Fax+1 845-897-2152
Summary
- Dr. Joseph Higgins, MD is a Child Neurologist in Lexington, Massachusetts. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts, Virginia, and Maryland.
Education & Training
Children's National Hospital/George Washington UniversityFellowship, Child Neurology, 1988 - 1990
NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Neurology, 1987 - 1988
Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1985 - 1987
Universidad Autonoma de GuadalajaraClass of 1984
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 1989 - 2026
NY State Medical License 1985 - 2025
VA State Medical License 1995 - 2002
MD State Medical License 1991 - 1998- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 62 citationsHypoprebetalipoproteinemia, acanthocytosis, retinitis pigmentosa, and pallidal degeneration (HARP syndrome).J. J. Higgins, Marc C. Patterson, Nicholas M. Papadopoulos, Roscoe O. Brady, Peter G. Pentchev
Neurology. 1992-01-01 - 39 citationsAn extended 5'-tau susceptibility haplotype in progressive supranuclear palsy.J. J. Higgins, Lawrence I. Golbe, A. De Biase, Joseph Jankovic, Stewart A. Factor
Neurology. 2000-11-14 - 73 citationsMutations in FLVCR1 Cause Posterior Column Ataxia and Retinitis PigmentosaAnjali M. Rajadhyaksha, Olivier Elemento, Erik G. Puffenberger, Kathryn C. Schierberl, Jenny Xiang
American Journal of Human Genetics. 2010-11-12
Press Mentions
uniQure Presents New Preclinical Data on AMT-130 at the CHDI's 14th Annual Huntington's Disease Therapeutics ConferenceFebruary 27th, 2019
uniQure Announces Second Quarter 2018 Financial Results and Highlights Company ProgressAugust 8th, 2018
Grant Support
- Exome Re-Sequencing Candidate Loci For Familial Essential TremorNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2011
- Positional Cloning Of A Gene For Mental RetardationNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2001–2004
- Positional Cloning Of A Gene For Essential TremorNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2001–2004
- Positional Cloning Of A Gene For Essential TremorNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2000
