Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Biomarkers in the Immediate Postnatal Period of Development Participating Clinical Study Sites

Participating clinical study sites are:

East:

• Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
  • Principal Investigator:  Basil T. Darras, MD
  • Coordinator: Virginia Trainor, BS
    Email: Virginia.Trainor@childrens.harvard.edu
    
    
• Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC
  • Principal Investigator: Carolina Tesi-Rocha, MD
  • Coordinator: Meenal Pathak, MB, BS
    Email:  MPathak@childrensnational.org
    
    
• Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
  • Principal Investigator: Claudia Chiriboga, MD
  • Coordinator: Nicole Holuba, MSN
    Email: nh2282@mail.cumc.columbia.edu
    
    
• State University of New York Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY
  • Principal Investigator: Klaus Werner, MD, PhD
  • Coordinator: Tanya Perry, BS
    Email: PerryT@upstate.edu

Midwest:

• Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
  • Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
  • Principal Investigator: Nancy Kuntz, MD
  • Coordinator: Lauren Webb, BA
    Email: lwebb@childrensmemorial.org

 

• Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (site of the protocol Principal Investigator)
  • Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
  • Principal Investigator: Richard Shell, MD
  • Coordinator: Karen Carter, CCRC
    Email: Karen.Carter@nationwidechildrens.org

 

• Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
  • Principal Investigator: Anne Connolly, MD
  • Coordinator: Charlie Wulf, BA
    Email: wulfc@neuro.wustl.edu

South:

• Emory University, Atlanta, GA
  • Children’s Hospital of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
  • Principal Investigator: Maurice Sholas, MD PhD
  • Coordinator: Rian Thornton, BS, CCRC
    Email: Rian.Thornton@choa.org

 

• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
  • Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas, TX
  • Principal Investigator: Susan T. Iannaccone, MD
  • Coordinator: Mariam Andersen, MA, CCRP
    Email: mariam.andersen@utsouthwestern.edu

• Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
  • Principal Investigator: W. Bryan Burnette, MD, MS
  • Coordinator: Tori Stromp, BS
    Email: tori.stromp@vanderbilt.Edu

West:

• University of California – Davis, Davis, CA
  • Principal Investigator: Craig McDonald, MD
  • Coordinator: Randev Sandhu, BS, CCRP
    Email: randev.sandhu@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

• University of California – Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
  • Principal Investigator: Perry Shieh, MD, PhD
  • Coordinator: Angel Hu, BA
    Email: angelhu@gmail.com

• University of Colorado – Denver, Aurora, CO
  • Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
  • Principal Investigator: Julie Parsons, MD
  • Coordinator: Melissa Gibbons, MS, GCG
    Email: melissa.gibbons@childrenscolorado.org

• University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
  • University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT
  • Principal Investigator: Kathryn J. Swoboda, MD
  • Coordinator: Sandra P. Reyna, MD
  • Email: sreyna@genetics.utah.edu
  • Coordinator: Renee Gerardi, BS
    Email: renee.gerardi@hsc.utah.edu

• Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
  • Dorenbecher Children’s Hospital, Portland, OR
  • Principal Investigator: Erika Finanger, MD
  • Coordinator: Rhonda Muhly, CCRC
    Email: muhly@ohsu.edu