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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:

Leadership

Annapurna Poduri, MD, MPH

Director, Neurogenetics Program; Director, Epilepsy Genetics Program; Associate Chief for Academic Development, Department of Neurology; Diamond Blackfan Chair in Neuroscience Research;

Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Physicians

Irina A. Anselm, MD

Assistant, Department of Neurology

Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Nicole Baumer, MD, MEd

Director, Down Syndrome Program; Assistant, Department of Neurology and Developmental Medicine Center

Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Basil Darras, MD

Associate Neurologist-in-Chief; Chief, Division of Clinical Neurology; Director, Neuromuscular Center and Spinal Muscular Atrophy Program

Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Peter Davis, MD

Assistant, Department of Neurology

Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Darius Ebrahimi-Fakhari, MD, PhD

Director, Movement Disorders Program; Attending, Department of Neurology

Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Elizabeth Engle, MD

Senior Associate, Department of Neurology

Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

Christelle Moufawad El Achkar, MD

Assistant, Department of Neurology

Instructor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Heather Olson, MD

Assistant, Department of Neurology

Instructor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Anna Lecticia Ribeiro Pinto, MD, PhD

Attending Physician; Department of Neurology; Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology; Director of the Ketogenic Diet Program; Director of the Sturge Weber Clinic

Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Lance Rodan, MD

Staff Physician, Department of Neurology

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Mustafa Sahin, MD, PhD

Associate Chief of Research, Department of Neurology; Managing Director, Rosamund Stone Zander Translational Neuroscience Center; Director, Translational Research Program

Rosamund Stone Zander Chair Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Diane Shao, MD, PhD

Attending, Department of Neurology

Instructor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Siddharth Srivastava, MD

Assistant, Department of Neurology

Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Nicole Ullrich, MD, PhD

Associate, Department of Neurology; Director, Neurologic Neuro-Oncology; Associate Director, Clinical Trials, Neurofibromatosis Program; Attending Physician, Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Blood Disorders Center

Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Kellen Winden, MD, PhD

Assistant, Department of Neurology

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Genetic Counselors

Beth Sheidley, MS, CGC

Director, Genetic Counseling; Co-Director, Epilepsy Genetics Program

Kira (Apse) Dies, ScM, CGC

Executive Director, Rosamund Stone Zander Translational Neuroscience Center

Elicia Estrella, MS, LCGC

Senior Genetic Counselor, Neurogenetics Program

Zoe Frazier, MS, CGC

Genetic Counselor I, Department of Neurology

Abbe Lai, MS, CGC

Senior Genetic Counselor, Department of Neurology

Gillian Prinzing, MS, CGC

Genetic Counselor I, Department of Neurology

Sonal Mahida, MGC, CGC

Genetic Counseling Program Manager, Department of Neurology

Lacey Smith, MS, CGC

Genetic Counseling Program Manager, Epilepsy Genomics

Lindsay C. Swanson, MS, CGC

Genetic Counseling Program Manager, Department of Neurology

Rozalia Valentine, MS, CGC

Genetic Counselor I, Department of Neurology

Program Coordination

Anastassiya (Anastasia) Kokhanova, BS

Program Coordinator I, Department of Neurology

Hailey Osika, BA

Genetic Counseling Assistant, Department of Neurology

Rebecca Reef

Genetic Counseling Assistant, Department of Neurology

Ivan Ruiz

Genetic Counseling Assistant, Department of Neurology