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Office
300 Longwood Ave
Children's Hospital/Dept. Of Neurology
Boston, MA 02115Phone+1 617-355-8994
Summary
- Dr. Omar Khwaja, MD is a neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts. He is an Instructor in Neurology at Boston Children's Hospital.
Education & Training
Boston Children’s Hospital/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Child Neurology, 2002 - 2005
School of Clinical Medicine, University of CambridgeClass of 1996
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License Active through 2013
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 141 citationsSafety, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary assessment of efficacy of mecasermin (recombinant human IGF-1) for the treatment of Rett syndromeOmar Khwaja, Eugenia Ho, Katherine Barnes, Heather M. O’Leary, Luis M. Pereira
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2014-03-25 - 185 citationsProgress in Understanding and Treating SCN2A-Mediated DisordersStephen Sanders, Arthur J. Campbell, Jeffrey R. Cottrell, Rikke S. Møller, Florence F. Wagner
Trends in Neurosciences. 2018-07-01 - 192 citationsRisdiplam in Type 1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy.Giovanni Baranello, Basil T. Darras, John W. Day, Nicolas Deconinck, Andrea Klein
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2021-02-24
Press Mentions
Chutes & Ladders—Fledgling T-cell Player Neogene Adds Bristol Myers Vet to U.S. RosterMay 28th, 2021- VectivBio Appoints Omar Khwaja, M.D., Ph.D., as Chief Medical OfficerMay 25th, 2021
- Bon Voyage: Voyager Therapeutics’ CEO, R&D Chief Exit as Beleaguered Biotech Looks to the FutureMay 20th, 2021
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