Overview
Neurologist Payam Mohassel specializes in myopathies, muscular dystrophies, and other hereditary neuromuscular disorders and is the co-director of the Johns Hopkins Myositis Center. Dr. Mohassel obtained his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he remained for a medical internship, residency training in neurology, and clinical fellowship training in neuromuscular medicine. He then joined the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Neurogenetics branch as a clinical research fellow. Dr. Mohassel’s research focuses on translational studies on neuromuscular disorders, and it spans gene discovery efforts, mechanistic studies to identify therapeutic targets, and early phase interventional clinical trials.
Dr. Mohassel is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypotonia. His top areas of expertise are Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Hereditary Sensory Neuropathy Type 1 (HSN1), and Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathy Type 2.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 56 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 2 articles in the study of Hypotonia.
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Locations
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 5, Floor 5, Baltimore, MD 21287
4940 Eastern Avenue, Bayview Medical Offices, Level 01 (G), Clinic 5, Baltimore, MD 21224
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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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 Hypotonia. Her top areas of expertise are Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Dysferlinopathy, Cytoplasmic Body Myopathy, and Cramp-Fasciculation Syndrome.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease)
- Primary Lateral SclerosisDr. Mohassel isDistinguished. Learn about Primary Lateral Sclerosis.
- Advanced
- Collagen VI-Related MyopathyDr. Mohassel isAdvanced. Learn about Collagen VI-Related Myopathy.
- Hajdu-Cheney SyndromeDr. Mohassel isAdvanced. Learn about Hajdu-Cheney Syndrome.
- Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathy Type 2
- Hereditary Sensory Neuropathy Type 1 (HSN1)
- HypotoniaDr. Mohassel isAdvanced. Learn about Hypotonia.
- Infantile-Onset Spinocerebellar Ataxia (IOSCA)
- Experienced
- Amyotonia CongenitaDr. Mohassel isExperienced. Learn about Amyotonia Congenita.
- Benign Autosomal Dominant MyopathyDr. Mohassel isExperienced. Learn about Benign Autosomal Dominant Myopathy.
- Central Core DiseaseDr. Mohassel isExperienced. Learn about Central Core Disease.
- Centronuclear MyopathyDr. Mohassel isExperienced. Learn about Centronuclear Myopathy.
- Congenital Fiber-Type DisproportionDr. Mohassel isExperienced. Learn about Congenital Fiber-Type Disproportion.
- Congenital Myasthenic SyndromeDr. Mohassel isExperienced. Learn about Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome.