Overview
Cheryl Smith is a Neurologist in Alexandria, Virginia. Dr. Smith is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myotonic Dystrophy. Her top areas of expertise are Myasthenia Gravis, Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3, and Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 1 peer reviewed article. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 1 article in the study of Myotonic Dystrophy.
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Locations
6355 Walker Ln, Suite 313, Alexandria, VA 22310
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.
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 Myotonic Dystrophy. Her top areas of expertise are Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD), Dysferlinopathy, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2I, and Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy.
Ami Mankodi is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Mankodi is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myotonic Dystrophy. Her top areas of expertise are Paramyotonia Congenita, Cytoplasmic Body Myopathy, Myotonic Dystrophy, and Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2.
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Vinay Chaudhry is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Chaudhry is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myotonic Dystrophy. His top areas of expertise are Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Myasthenia Gravis, Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3, and Advanced Bronchoscopy.
Areas of Expertise
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- Advanced
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease)
- Andermann SyndromeDr. Smith isAdvanced. Learn about Andermann Syndrome.
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth DiseaseDr. Smith isAdvanced. Learn about Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease.
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
- Duchenne Muscular DystrophyDr. Smith isAdvanced. Learn about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
- DysferlinopathyDr. Smith isAdvanced. Learn about Dysferlinopathy.
- Experienced
- Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase (AADC) Deficiency
- Autosomal Recessive Congenital Methemoglobinemia
- Benign Autosomal Dominant MyopathyDr. Smith isExperienced. Learn about Benign Autosomal Dominant Myopathy.
- Benign Essential BlepharospasmDr. Smith isExperienced. Learn about Benign Essential Blepharospasm.
- Central Core DiseaseDr. Smith isExperienced. Learn about Central Core Disease.
- Centronuclear MyopathyDr. Smith isExperienced. Learn about Centronuclear Myopathy.