Overview
Dr. Hilary Vernon is a Professor of Genetic Medicine and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is also an attending physician at Kennedy Krieger Institute. Hilary Vernon has expertise in treating inborn errors of metabolism and mitochondrial disorders. She is the director of the Mitochondrial Care Center at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Barth Syndrome Interdisciplinary Clinic at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Her research interests include understanding intermediary metabolism in Barth syndrome and in disorders of branch chain amino acid metabolism. Dr. Vernon also co-directs the Department of Genetic Medicine Clinical Trials Unit, and is the principal investigator on multiple clinical trials for rare diseases. Dr. Vernon received her medical degree and doctorate from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. She completed residencies in genetics and pediatrics at The Johns Hopkins University, and a fellowship in clinical laboratory biochemical genetics at The Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Vernon was recognized with the 2010 Francis F. Schwentker Award for Excellence in Research at Johns Hopkins University and the 2011 James B. Sidbury Jr. Fellowship in Biochemical Genetics at Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Vernon is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Delayed Growth. Her top areas of expertise are Methylmalonic Acidemia, Propionic Acidemia, Infantile Neutropenia, Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia, and Gastrostomy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 86 peer reviewed articles and participating in 3 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 3 articles in the study of Delayed Growth.
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Locations
Rubenstein BLDG Lower Level, Baltimore, MD 21287
Clinical Research
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Rubenstein Child Health Building
Dr. Nara Lygia De Macena Sobreira is an assistant professor at the McKusick-Nathans Department of Genetic Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her area of expertise is rare Mendelian phenotypes, analysis of next-generation sequencing, and functional testing of candidate causative variants. She earned her M.D. at the University of Pernambuco in Brazil. She finished her Ph.D. in Human Genetics at Johns Hopkins followed by a one-year postdoc also at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. During her Ph.D., she worked with Dr. David Valle using next-generation sequencing to elucidate the molecular basis of rare Mendelian phenotypes and in 2010 she discovered PTPN11 as the gene responsible for metachondromatosis by using whole-genome sequencing. She completed residencies in clinical genetics at both Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo and Johns Hopkins. Her main clinical and research focus is on identifying the genetic bases of rare phenotypes, mainly, phenotypes associated with cartilage tumors and vascular anomalies (including Ollier disease and Maffucci syndrome), and on understanding the physiopathology of these phenotypes to identify pharmacological strategies to treat them. She has worked extensively on developing strategies to better analyze the variants identified by next-generation sequencing and on novel strategies for data sharing. She participated on the development of PhenoDB, a phenotypic and genomic database, and created PhenoDB Variant Analysis Tool used worldwide. She is also one of the creators of GeneMatcher, VariantMatcher, and one of the co-founders of the Matchmaker Exchange, all intended to share next-generation sequencing data. She has also worked extensively on functional studies that evaluate the possible pathogenic effects of the candidate causative variants. Recent News Articles and Media Coverage Living the Hopkins Mission Honorees, Johns Hopkins Medicine Successes in Characterizing Genes through GeneMatcher with Nara L. M. Sobreira, MD, PhD, Ambry Genetics (April 30, 2018) Enfermedades raras: el desafio es encontrar otros pacientes que tienen el mismo mal, Lun (26 de septiembre de 2019) 2021 Science Writers' Boot Camp, Johns Hopkins Medicine (June 7, 2021) Making the Perfect Match, Johns Hopkins Medicine (February 1, 2020). Dr. De Macena Sobreira is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Delayed Growth. Her top areas of expertise are Spondyloepimetaphyseal Dysplasia Strudwick Type, Greenberg Dysplasia, Blepharophimosis, and Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy.
Center For Medical Genomics Office HGCC MDC
Nina Powell is a Pediatrics specialist and a Medical Genetics provider in Newark, Delaware. Dr. Powell is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Delayed Growth. Her top areas of expertise are Microcephaly, Chromosome 13q Deletion, Increased Head Circumference, and Perlman Syndrome.
University Of Maryland Pediatric Associates, PA
Sofia Saenz-Ayala is a Medical Genetics specialist and a Pediatrics provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Saenz-Ayala is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Delayed Growth. Her top areas of expertise are Musculocontractural Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (mcEDS), Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase 1 Deficiency, and Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase 2 Deficiency. Dr. Saenz-Ayala is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Methylmalonic AcidemiaDr. Vernon isDistinguished. Learn about Methylmalonic Acidemia.
- Propionic AcidemiaDr. Vernon isDistinguished. Learn about Propionic Acidemia.
- Advanced
- Beta-Ketothiolase DeficiencyDr. Vernon isAdvanced. Learn about Beta-Ketothiolase Deficiency.
- Coenzyme Q Cytochrome C Reductase Deficiency
- Delayed GrowthDr. Vernon isAdvanced. Learn about Delayed Growth.
- Inborn Amino Acid Metabolism Disorder
- Inborn Renal AminoaciduriaDr. Vernon isAdvanced. Learn about Inborn Renal Aminoaciduria.
- Infantile NeutropeniaDr. Vernon isAdvanced. Learn about Infantile Neutropenia.
- Experienced
- 15q11.2 MicrodeletionDr. Vernon isExperienced. Learn about 15q11.2 Microdeletion.
- 3p Deletion SyndromeDr. Vernon isExperienced. Learn about 3p Deletion Syndrome.
- Achalasia Microcephaly SyndromeDr. Vernon isExperienced. Learn about Achalasia Microcephaly Syndrome.
- AlbinismDr. Vernon isExperienced. Learn about Albinism.
- AlkaptonuriaDr. Vernon isExperienced. Learn about Alkaptonuria.
- Autism Spectrum DisorderDr. Vernon isExperienced. Learn about Autism Spectrum Disorder.