Dr. Bennett L. Lavenstein

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 Mitochondrial Complex 3 Deficiency. Her top areas of expertise are Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD), Dysferlinopathy, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2I, and Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy.

Kuntal Sen is a Pediatric Neurologist and a Pediatrics provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Sen is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitochondrial Complex 3 Deficiency. His top areas of expertise are Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD), Hydranencephaly, Lissencephaly 2, and Cortical Dysplasia.

Laura Tochen is a Pediatric Neurologist and a Neurologist in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Tochen has been practicing medicine for over 17 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitochondrial Complex 3 Deficiency. Her top areas of expertise are CACH Syndrome, Stereotypic Movement Disorder, Tourette Syndrome, Chorea, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Tochen is currently accepting new patients.