Overview
Dr. Tom Crawford has been a member of the Department of Neurology since 1987. He is co-director of the MDA clinic for Neuromuscular Disorders and Neurologist for the Ataxia Telangiectasia Clinical Center at Johns Hopkins. His practice involves general child neurology with a principal interest in caring for children with neuromuscular, neuromotor, and ataxic disorders. Primary research interests involve the basic science and clinical characterization of two important neurologic disorders that affect children: Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Ataxia Telangiectasia. He is also actively involved in the Biology of neurofilaments by characterization of transgenic animal models. He is on the Medical and Scientific Advisory Boards of Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy, and the Medical Advisory Committee for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. He is the Neurologist for the Ataxia Telangiectasia Clinical Center at Johns Hopkins, which has evaluated almost half of the known patients with this disorder in the United States. Additional specific clinical interests include evaluation and treatment of children with brachial plexus palsies. Dr. Crawford received his medical degree from the University of Southern California. He completed a pediatric internship and residency at the Pediatric Pavilion of the Los Angeles County / University of Southern California Medical Center, followed by a pediatric chief residency. He completed his training in Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology at the Los Angeles Childrens Hospital. He then traveled east to the laboratory of Dr John Griffin at Johns Hopkins for a fellowship in Neuromuscular Disorders. Prior to medical training and Neurology residency, he majored in Psychology and Religion at Yale College. Dr. Crawford has published extensively and presented nationally and internationally. He has an active role in teaching medical students and residents in neurology. In addition, Dr. Crawford has special interest and experience in EMG studies of children and adults.
Dr. Crawford is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dysferlinopathy. His top areas of expertise are Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), Ataxia-Telangiectasia, and Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 83 peer reviewed articles and participating in 5 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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601 North Caroline Street, Floor 5, Floor 5, Baltimore, MD 21287
10753 Falls Road, Pavilion II STE 115, Lutherville, MD 21093
Clinical Research
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Kennedy Krieger Institute
Dr. Leung obtained her undergraduate degree in biochemical sciences from Harvard University. While attending medical school at Duke University, she completed a year-long research fellowship studying genetic markers of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease at the National Institute on Aging as part of the NIH Clinical Research Training Program. She completed her neurology residency and clinical neurophysiology fellowship at Stanford University Medical Center, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the graduate training program in clinical investigation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Leung joined the Center for Genetic Muscle Disorders at the Kennedy Krieger Institute as a translational research fellow in 2010 and was appointed to the faculty in 2014. Her clinic specializes in electromyography and the diagnosis and treatment of hereditary muscle diseases. Dr. Leung’s research focuses on the development of imaging biomarkers and outcome measures for muscle diseases. She is the principal investigator for a longitudinal cohort study of whole-body MRI in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Dr. Leung is also a site principal investigator for the Ionis-DMPKRx trial, a phase Ib/IIa clinical trial of a novel RNA-based therapy for myotonic muscular dystrophy. Dr. Leung is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dysferlinopathy. Her top areas of expertise are Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD), Dysferlinopathy, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2I, and Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy.
Kathryn Wagner is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Wagner is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dysferlinopathy. Her top areas of expertise are Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 1B, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 1A, and Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2I.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Dr. Jessica Nance, treats pediatric patients with neuromuscular disorders, muscular dystrophies, congenital and metabolic myopathies, Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease, peripheral neuropathy, spinal muscular atrophy, pediatric brachial plexus and hypotonia. She has cultivated expertise in the diagnosis and management of inherited neuromuscular diseases through her experience at he National Institutes of Health with Dr. Carsten Bonnemann and in the Johns Hopkins Pediatric Neuromuscular Clinic with Dr. Tom Crawford. After completing a fellowship in neuromuscular disorders at Johns Hopkins, she is now a part of the Johns Hopkins Division of Pediatric Neurology where she will continue working in the Pediatric Neuromuscular Clinic with Dr. Crawford. She received her medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine and completed residency training in Pediatrics and Child Neurology at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Dr. Nance is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dysferlinopathy. Her top areas of expertise are Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Dysferlinopathy, Cytoplasmic Body Myopathy, and Cramp-Fasciculation Syndrome.
Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- Ataxia-TelangiectasiaDr. Crawford isElite. Learn about Ataxia-Telangiectasia.
- Primary Lateral SclerosisDr. Crawford isElite. Learn about Primary Lateral Sclerosis.
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)Dr. Crawford isElite. Learn about Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).
- Distinguished
- Muscle AtrophyDr. Crawford isDistinguished. Learn about Muscle Atrophy.
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2Dr. Crawford isDistinguished. Learn about Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2.
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3Dr. Crawford isDistinguished. Learn about Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3.
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- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease)
- Cramp-Fasciculation SyndromeDr. Crawford isAdvanced. Learn about Cramp-Fasciculation Syndrome.
- Drug Induced DyskinesiaDr. Crawford isAdvanced. Learn about Drug Induced Dyskinesia.
- Duchenne Muscular DystrophyDr. Crawford isAdvanced. Learn about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
- Nijmegen Breakage SyndromeDr. Crawford isAdvanced. Learn about Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome.
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1Dr. Crawford isAdvanced. Learn about Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1.
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- Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)Dr. Crawford isExperienced. Learn about Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM).
- Adult Polyglucosan Body DiseaseDr. Crawford isExperienced. Learn about Adult Polyglucosan Body Disease.
- Atelosteogenesis Type 1Dr. Crawford isExperienced. Learn about Atelosteogenesis Type 1.
- Becker Muscular DystrophyDr. Crawford isExperienced. Learn about Becker Muscular Dystrophy.
- Benign Autosomal Dominant MyopathyDr. Crawford isExperienced. Learn about Benign Autosomal Dominant Myopathy.
- Central Core DiseaseDr. Crawford isExperienced. Learn about Central Core Disease.