Neurogenetics Program

About us

Our pediatric neurogeneticists

Our pediatric neurogeneticists are neurologists with specialized training and expertise in the identification, diagnosis and treatment of pediatric genetic disorders that affect the brain. They include:

• Elizabeth Engle, MD
  Specialty: Genetic eye movement disorders
   
• Basil Darras, MD
  Specialties: Neuromuscular disorders, ataxias
   
• Peter Kang, MD
  Specialty: Neuromuscular disorders
   
• Mustafa Sahin, MD, PhD
  Specialties: Tuberous sclerosis complex, brain malformations
   
• Annapurna Poduri, MD
  Specialties: Genetic epilepsies, brain malformations
   
• Irina Anselm, MD
  Specialties: Mitochondrial disease, neurometabolic disorders
   
• Magdi Sobeih, MD, PhD
  Specialties: Disorders of speech and language, 16p11 syndrome
   

Conditions we treat

• Disorders of eye movements and cranial nerves
• Epilepsy          
• Mitochondrial disorders
• Brain malformations such as agenesis of the corpus callosum and polymicrogyria
• Muscular dystrophies
• Congenital myopathies
• Rett syndrome
• Fragile X syndrome
• Chromosomal disorders
• Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC)