Pediatric Neuromuscular Clinic

The Pediatric Neuromuscular Clinic is a MDA designated MDA Care Center that is dedicated to providing comprehensive, coordinated care for infants, children, and adolescents with muscular dystrophy, including:

• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT)
• Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP)
• Congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD)
• Congenital myasthenic syndrome
• Congenital myopathy
• Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy (DMD and BMD)
• Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD)
• Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD)
• Guillain-Barré syndrome
• Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD)
• Myasthenia gravis
• Myotonic dystrophy
• Periodic paralysis
• Pompe disease
• Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
• Delayed motor development
• Gait difficulties
• Hypotonia in infancy

Neurology: Peter Karachunski, MD; Peter Kang, MD

Cardiology: Kishore Raja, MD

Endocrinology: Heba Al-Rayess, MD

Genetic Counseling: Jacqueline Ihinger, MS, CGC

Nursing: Jayne Earhart, RN; Kelly Sichmeller, RN

Pulmonary: Helena Molero, MD; Dorothy Curran, MD

Physical Therapy: Molly Stark, DPT