Overview
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 Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Peripheral Neuropathy. Her top areas of expertise are Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD), Dysferlinopathy, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2I, and Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 47 peer reviewed articles and participating in 6 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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1741 Ashland Avenue, Room 847, Room 847, Baltimore, MD 21205
Clinical Research
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Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Dr. Michael Polydefkis focuses on neuromuscular diseases, particularly peripheral nerve diseases. He has a special interest in diabetic and HIV-associated peripheral neuropathy. His expertise includes nerve conduction studies, electromyography and nerve, skin and muscle biopsy reading. Dr. Michael Polydefkis received his medical degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He then became a Howard Hughes Medical Institute research fellow before returning to Johns Hopkins to complete an internship and residency in internal medicine, residency in neurology and a fellowship in neuromuscular diseases. Dr. Polydefkis is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Peripheral Neuropathy. His top areas of expertise are Transthyretin Amyloidosis, Familial Transthyretin Amyloidosis, Primary Amyloidosis, and Peripheral Neuropathy.
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Dr. Ahmet Hoke is Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, W. W. Smith Charitable Trust Professor of Neuroimmunology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Director of the Daniel B. Drachman Division of Neuromuscular Diseases and Director of the Merkin Peripheral Neuropathy and Nerve Regeneration Center at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his medical training at Hacettepe University School of Medicine in Ankara, Turkey followed by his PhD studies in developmental neuroscience at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and neurology residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital. After completing his neuromuscular training at University of Calgary, Canada, he returned to Johns Hopkins University as faculty and rose through the ranks. He is the recipient of several awards including Derek Denny Brown Young Neurological Scholar Award (2005) and Wolfe Neuropathy Research prize (2018) given by the American Neurological Association, Myung Memorial Lecture Award (2017) by the Korean Neurological Association, Nejat Eczacibasi Medical Scientist Award (2019) by the Eczacibasi Foundation, Turkey, and Alan J. Gebhart Prize in Excellence in Neuropathy Research (2022) by the Peripheral Nerve Society. He is an Ex-Officio member of the Board of Directors of the American Neurological Association, and Vice-President of the Toxic Neuropathy Consortium. He serves on several editorial boards and is the Editor-in-Chief of Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. Dr. Hoke is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Peripheral Neuropathy. His top areas of expertise are Wallerian Degeneration, Peripheral Neuropathy, Tomaculous Neuropathy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy with Arthrogryposis, and Prostatectomy.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Mohammad Khoshnoodi is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Khoshnoodi is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Peripheral Neuropathy. His top areas of expertise are Peripheral Neuropathy, Chronic Polyradiculoneuritis, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and Miller-Fisher Syndrome.
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- Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD)
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- Duchenne Muscular DystrophyDr. Leung isDistinguished. Learn about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
- DysferlinopathyDr. Leung isDistinguished. Learn about Dysferlinopathy.
- Limb-Girdle Muscular DystrophyDr. Leung isDistinguished. Learn about Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy.
- Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2IDr. Leung isDistinguished. Learn about Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2I.
- Myotonic DystrophyDr. Leung isDistinguished. Learn about Myotonic Dystrophy.
- Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2Dr. Leung isDistinguished. Learn about Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2.
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- Coenzyme Q Cytochrome C Reductase Deficiency
- DystrophinopathyDr. Leung isAdvanced. Learn about Dystrophinopathy.
- Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5Dr. Leung isAdvanced. Learn about Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5.
- Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 1A
- Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 1B
- Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2A
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- Angelman SyndromeDr. Leung isExperienced. Learn about Angelman Syndrome.
- Becker Muscular DystrophyDr. Leung isExperienced. Learn about Becker Muscular Dystrophy.
- Benign Autosomal Dominant MyopathyDr. Leung isExperienced. Learn about Benign Autosomal Dominant Myopathy.
- Central Core DiseaseDr. Leung isExperienced. Learn about Central Core Disease.
- Centronuclear MyopathyDr. Leung isExperienced. Learn about Centronuclear Myopathy.
- Collagen VI-Related MyopathyDr. Leung isExperienced. Learn about Collagen VI-Related Myopathy.