Carsten Bonnemann, MD
Senior Investigator
Dr. Bonnemann received his MD from Freiburg University, Germany. He completed pediatric training and venia legendi (Habilitation) in Germany. Residency in pediatric neurology at MGH/Harvard was followed by postdoctoral work with Dr. Louis Kunkel at Children's Hospital Boston working on the molecular genetics of muscular dystrophy. In 2002 he joined the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania as Assistant Professor, Co-Director of the Neuromuscular Program, and Director of the Neurogenetics Clinic. He joined NINDS in 2010 as Senior Investigator and Chief of the Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section. Dr. Bonnemann was a Pew Fellow in the Biomedical Sciences. He received the 2009 Derek Denny Brown Neurological Scholar Award. Research in Dr. Bonnemann's laboratory revolves around molecular mechanisms underlying early onset muscle disease (congenital muscular dystrophies, congenital myopathies, and reducing body myopathy). The laboratory's goal is to identify the genetic and cellular mechanisms in these conditions in order to develop strategies for molecular-based treatments.
Clinical Team:
A. Reghan Foley, MD
Senior Research Physician
Payam Mohassel, MD
Clinical Research Fellow
Diana Bharucha-Goebel, MD
Clinical Research Collaborator
Dimah Saade, MD
Clinical Fellow
Safoora Syeda, MD
Clinical Fellow
Sandra Donkervoort, MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor
Gilberto Mike Averion, BSN, RN
Clinical Research Nurse
Christine Jones, MPH, RN
Clinical Research Nurse
Christopher Mendoza
Patient Care Coordinator
Joshua J. Todd, PhD, CCRP
Kia Brooks, MS
Regulatory Affairs Specialist/Protocol Navigator
Tracy Ogata
IRTA
Riley McCarty
IRTA
Eddie Paredes
IRTA
Sarah Silverstein
MRSP Fellow from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Lab Team:
Yaqun Zou, MD
Staff Scientist
Ying Hu, MS
Biologist
Jachinta Rooney, PhD
Biologist
Veronique Bolduc, PhD
Staff Scientist
Janelle Geist Hauserman, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Astrid Brull, PhD
Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow
P. Brian Uapinyoying, PhD
IRTA Postdoctoral Fellow, Postdoc at Children's National Hospital
Eric Esposito
IRTA