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Dr. Jaqueline Weissman is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Department of Pediatrics Johns Hopkins Hospital and Institute of Genomic Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She is also director of the Center for Tuberous Sclerosis and Related Disorder at Kennedy Krieger Institute. She focuses on genetic and epigenetic causes of neurodevelopmental disorders - particularly intellectual disability - and how specific genetic and epigenetic changes lead to specific neuroanatomic, neurophysiologic and cognitive phenotypes. She is also interested in developing specific cognitive profiles in genetic syndromes as potential outcome measures for trials and to help localize deficits. Currently most of her research is centered around Kabuki Syndrome. Dr. Weissman received her B.A. with.
Dr. Harris is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Marshall-Smith Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Borjeson-Forssman-Lehmann Syndrome, Coffin-Lowry Syndrome, Galactosialidosis, and Odontotrichomelic Syndrome.
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707 North Broadway, Neurology And Developmental Med, Neurology And Developmental Med, Baltimore, MD 21205
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Dr. Jill A. Fahrner is an assistant professor in the Departments of Genetic Medicine and Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her area of clinical expertise is medical genetics. Dr. Fahrner earned her Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University and her M.D. from the University of North Carolina. She completed pediatrics residency training at Duke University Medical Center. She joined the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine as a genetic medicine resident in 2009 and completed her training in 2012. She stayed on as chief resident from 2012-2013 and then joined the faculty as an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics within the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine in 2013. Her current primary appointment is Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetic Medicine, where she is Director of the multidisciplinary Epigenetics and Chromatin Clinic. She is a physician-scientist with a long-standing interest in epigenetic mechanisms of disease. Her clinical focus is on caring for individuals with epigenetic and chromatin disorders, specifically Mendelian disorders of the epigenetic machinery, or chromatin modifying disorders. She has seen hundreds of individuals with congenital disorders involving disrupted epigenetics, most of which exhibit neurodevelopmental disabilities and abnormal growth. Her laboratory research is focused on understanding disease mechanisms and developing therapies for select Mendelian disorders of the epigenetic machinery. She is a member of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), having won an ASHG Reviewer’s Choice Abstract Award for her work on growth retardation in Kabuki syndrome 1. She has received a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Clinician Scientist Award, a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Musculoskeletal Pilot and Feasibility Award, a William and Ella Owens Medical Research Foundation Award, the Margaret Ellen Nielsen Fellowship Award, and the Alice and YT Chen Travel Award while at Johns Hopkins. She is the recipient of a prestigious Hartwell Foundation Individual Biomedical Research Award and also has ongoing research funding from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Fahrner is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Marshall-Smith Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Weaver Syndrome, Sotos Syndrome, Kabuki Syndrome, and Marshall-Smith Syndrome.
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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 Marshall-Smith Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Microcephaly, Chromosome 13q Deletion, Increased Head Circumference, and Perlman Syndrome.
Amy Lewanda is a Pediatrics provider in Fairfax, Virginia. Dr. Lewanda is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Marshall-Smith Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Increased Head Circumference, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Marshall-Smith Syndrome, and Simpson-Golabi-Behmel Syndrome.
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- 2q37 Deletion SyndromeDr. Harris isAdvanced. Learn about 2q37 Deletion Syndrome.
- 3MC SyndromeDr. Harris isAdvanced. Learn about 3MC Syndrome.
- 47 XYY SyndromeDr. Harris isAdvanced. Learn about 47 XYY Syndrome.
- Aase SyndromeDr. Harris isAdvanced. Learn about Aase Syndrome.
- Abruzzo-Erickson SyndromeDr. Harris isAdvanced. Learn about Abruzzo-Erickson Syndrome.
- Acrodermatitis EnteropathicaDr. Harris isAdvanced. Learn about Acrodermatitis Enteropathica.
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- 15q11.2 MicrodeletionDr. Harris isExperienced. Learn about 15q11.2 Microdeletion.
- Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy with Auditory Features
- Benign Rolandic EpilepsyDr. Harris isExperienced. Learn about Benign Rolandic Epilepsy.
- Cantu SyndromeDr. Harris isExperienced. Learn about Cantu Syndrome.
- Delayed GrowthDr. Harris isExperienced. Learn about Delayed Growth.
- Distal 18q Deletion SyndromeDr. Harris isExperienced. Learn about Distal 18q Deletion Syndrome.