Overview
Dr. Hilary Vernon is a Professor of Genetic Medicine and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is also an attending physician at Kennedy Krieger Institute. Hilary Vernon has expertise in treating inborn errors of metabolism and mitochondrial disorders. She is the director of the Mitochondrial Care Center at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Barth Syndrome Interdisciplinary Clinic at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Her research interests include understanding intermediary metabolism in Barth syndrome and in disorders of branch chain amino acid metabolism. Dr. Vernon also co-directs the Department of Genetic Medicine Clinical Trials Unit, and is the principal investigator on multiple clinical trials for rare diseases. Dr. Vernon received her medical degree and doctorate from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. She completed residencies in genetics and pediatrics at The Johns Hopkins University, and a fellowship in clinical laboratory biochemical genetics at The Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Vernon was recognized with the 2010 Francis F. Schwentker Award for Excellence in Research at Johns Hopkins University and the 2011 James B. Sidbury Jr. Fellowship in Biochemical Genetics at Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Vernon is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of RASopathies. Her top areas of expertise are Methylmalonic Acidemia, Propionic Acidemia, Infantile Neutropenia, Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia, and Gastrostomy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 86 peer reviewed articles and participating in 3 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
Rubenstein BLDG Lower Level, Baltimore, MD 21287
Clinical Research
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3 Clinical Trials
Patroula Smpokou is a Medical Genetics provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Smpokou is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of RASopathies. Her top areas of expertise are RASopathies, Noonan Syndrome, Lhermitte-Duclos Disease, and Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba Syndrome.
Gynecology And Obstetrics - Nelson/Harvey Building
Dr. Angie Jelin is the assistant director of prenatal genetics at the Prenatal Diagnostic Center in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and an assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Her areas of clinical expertise include prenatal genetic counseling, fetal imaging, chorionic villus sampling and amniocentesis, with a focus on fetal complications in pregnancy. Dr. Jelin earned her medical degree from Harvard Medical School. She did her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of California, San Francisco, and then remained there to complete a maternal-fetal medicine and genetics fellowship. In 2015, Dr. Jelin joined the Johns Hopkins faculty, at which time she also received a Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health grant to study fetal genetic disorders. Dr. Jelin’s research involves fetal imaging and genetic diagnoses, including whole exome sequencing. Dr. Jelin is a member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and the International Society of Prenatal Diagnosis. She currently serves on the IRB committee of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Jelin has published many articles in obstetrics and maternal-fetal medicine journals. Dr. Jelin is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of RASopathies. Her top areas of expertise are Polyhydramnios, Bilateral Renal Agenesis Dominant Type, Lung Agenesis, and Atresia of Small Intestine.
Dina Zand is a Medical Genetics specialist and a Pediatrics provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Zand is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of RASopathies. Her top areas of expertise are Agyria Pachygyria Polymicrogyria, Cerebellar Hypoplasia, Lissencephaly 1, and Miller-Dieker Syndrome.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Methylmalonic AcidemiaDr. Vernon isDistinguished. Learn about Methylmalonic Acidemia.
- Propionic AcidemiaDr. Vernon isDistinguished. Learn about Propionic Acidemia.
- Advanced
- Beta-Ketothiolase DeficiencyDr. Vernon isAdvanced. Learn about Beta-Ketothiolase Deficiency.
- Coenzyme Q Cytochrome C Reductase Deficiency
- Delayed GrowthDr. Vernon isAdvanced. Learn about Delayed Growth.
- Inborn Amino Acid Metabolism Disorder
- Inborn Renal AminoaciduriaDr. Vernon isAdvanced. Learn about Inborn Renal Aminoaciduria.
- Infantile NeutropeniaDr. Vernon isAdvanced. Learn about Infantile Neutropenia.
- Experienced
- 15q11.2 MicrodeletionDr. Vernon isExperienced. Learn about 15q11.2 Microdeletion.
- 3p Deletion SyndromeDr. Vernon isExperienced. Learn about 3p Deletion Syndrome.
- Achalasia Microcephaly SyndromeDr. Vernon isExperienced. Learn about Achalasia Microcephaly Syndrome.
- AlbinismDr. Vernon isExperienced. Learn about Albinism.
- AlkaptonuriaDr. Vernon isExperienced. Learn about Alkaptonuria.
- Autism Spectrum DisorderDr. Vernon isExperienced. Learn about Autism Spectrum Disorder.