RichardSanfordFinkelMD
Child Neurology • Memphis, TNNeuromuscular Medicine
Director, Center for Experimental Neurotherapeutics at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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Office
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105
Education & Training
Boston Children’s Hospital/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Child Neurology, 1980 - 1983- Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1978 - 1980
Washington University in St. Louis School of MedicineClass of 1978
Certifications & Licensure
FL State Medical License 2012 - 2026
IL State Medical License 2023 - 2026
TN State Medical License 2020 - 2026
GA State Medical License 2023 - 2025
KY State Medical License 2023 - 2025
LA State Medical License 2023 - 2025
MS State Medical License 2023 - 2025- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neuromuscular Medicine
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Clinical Trials
- Safety and Efficacy Study of PTC124 in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Start of enrollment: 2005 Dec 01
- A Pilot Study of Biomarkers for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Start of enrollment: 2008 Oct 01
- Natural History Evaluation of Charcot Marie Tooth Disease (CMT) Types CMT1B, CMT2A, CMT4A, CMT4C, and Others Start of enrollment: 2010 Apr 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 116 citationsEvaluation of SMN Protein, Transcript, and Copy Number in the Biomarkers for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (BforSMA) Clinical StudyThomas O. Crawford, Sergey Paushkin, Dione Kobayashi, Suzanne J. Forrest, Cynthia Joyce
Plos One. 2012-04-27 - 95 citationsBaseline results of the NeuroNEXT spinal muscular atrophy infant biomarker study.Stephen J. Kolb, Christopher S. Coffey, Jon W. Yankey, Kristin J. Krosschell, W. David Arnold
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 2016-02-01 - 339 citationsDiagnosis and management of spinal muscular atrophy: Part 2: Pulmonary and acute care; medications, supplements and immunizations; other organ systems; and ethics.Richard S. Finkel, Eugenio Mercuri, Oscar H. Meyer, Anita K. Simonds, Mary K. Schroth
Neuromuscular Disorders. 2017-11-23
Press Mentions
Alcyone Wins Breakthrough Device Status for Delivery DeviceMarch 11th, 2019
Drug to Treat 'Floppy Baby Syndrome' Takes Home Multi-Million Dollar Prize at the 'Oscars for Science'October 17th, 2018
Final Phase 3 Study Data Show SPINRAZAApril 24th, 2017- Join now to see all
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