Experienced in Hypotonia
Experienced in Hypotonia
801 North Broadway, Div Of Neurology Develop Medicine, Div Of Neurology Develop Medicine, 
Baltimore, MD 

Overview

Dr. George Capone is an associate professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Capone is committed to research that explores the neurobiologic basis of cognitive impairment and co-morbid neurobehavioral and psychiatric disorders associated with Down syndrome. He is also a research scientist and director of the Down Syndrome Clinic and Research Center (DSCRC) at Kennedy Krieger Institute, as well as an attending physician on the institute’s comprehensive rehabilitation unit. Dr. Capone attended college at Wesleyan University and worked as a research assistant at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston before obtaining his medical degree from the University of Connecticut in 1983. After a residency and fellowship in pediatrics at the Children''s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Dr. Capone came to Baltimore in 1988 to pursue a fellowship in neurobiology research at Johns Hopkins.

Dr. Capone is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypotonia. His top areas of expertise are Autism Spectrum Disorder, Trisomy 12 Mosaicism, Mosaicism, and Celiac Disease.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 50 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 1 article in the study of Hypotonia.

Specialties
Pediatrics
Licenses
Pediatrics in MD
Hospital Affiliations
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

KennedyKrieger Institute
801 North Broadway, Div Of Neurology Develop Medicine, Div Of Neurology Develop Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Capone has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Down Syndrome

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


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