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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
- 95 citationsSpinal muscular atrophy.Eugenio Mercuri, Charlotte J Sumner, Francesco Muntoni, Basil T Darras, Richard S Finkel
Nature Reviews. Disease Primers. 2022-08-04 - 28 citationsContinued benefit of nusinersen initiated in the presymptomatic stage of spinal muscular atrophy: 5-year update of the NURTURE study.Thomas O Crawford, Kathryn J Swoboda, Darryl C De Vivo, Enrico Bertini, Wuh-Liang Hwu
Muscle & Nerve. 2023-08-01 - 9 citationsScoliosis Surgery Significantly Impacts Motor Abilities in Higher-functioning Individuals with Spinal Muscular Atrophy1.Sally Dunaway Young, Jacqueline Montes, Rachel Salazar, Allan M. Glanzman, Amy Pasternak
Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases. 2020-01-01
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
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