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Director:

Jamie Capal, MD Jamie K. Capal, MD

Dr. Capal is a neurodevelopmental neurologist. Her clinical and research focus is on neurogenetic conditions resulting in neurodevelopmental disabilities across the lifespan and developing clinical trials to identify, characterize, and develop preventative, disease-modifying treatments. She has spent most of her career caring for TSC individuals. She has been involved in multiple research studies focusing on TSC, including characterizing autism spectrum disorder, and identifying early biomarkers in young children with TSC; examining common features of ASD among different single-gene disorders with a high prevalence of ASD; evaluating safety and efficacy of mTOR inhibitors in preventing epilepsy and ASD in TSC. She is a member of the TANDem Project which aims to generate clinical consensus guidelines for the identification and treatment of TAND clusters to then be incorporated into a toolkit app; develop and validate a quantified, self-report TAND checklist (TAND-SQ); and establish a global TAND consortium.


Team:

Robert B. Christian, MD Robert Christian, MD, Psychiatry
Mary Clay Federspiel, MSN, CPNP-PC Mary Clay Federspiel, PNP
Mary Dunn, MSN, NP-C, OCN, RN Mary Dunn, MSN, NP-C, OCN, RN, Adult Urology
Scott Elton, MD, FAANS, FAAP Scott Elton, MD, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Keisha L. Gibson, MD, MPH, FASN Keisha Gibson, MD, MPH, Nephrology
Robert S. Greenwood, MD Bob Greenwood, MD, Child Neurology
Jennifer Harrell, RN Coordinator
Elizabeth Jalazo, MD Elizabeth Jalazo, MD, Genetics and Metabolism
Pace Johnston, MD, Pediatric Cardiology
Brent W. Kinder, MD, MS Brent Kinder, MD, Pulmonology, LAM Clinic
Maja Kostic MD, PhD Maja Kostic, MD, Neuro-ophthalmology
David E. Kram, MD, MCR David Kram, MD, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Jenna Lea, MS, CGC Jenna Lea, MS, CGC, Genetic Counselor
Elizabeth Nieman, MD Elizabeth Nieman, MD, Pediatric Dermatology
Richard Sutherland, MD Richard Sutherland, MD, Pediatric Urology
Elizabeth Vazquez, Social Worker
Qian-Zhou (JoJo) Yang, MD Qian-Zhou Yang, MD, Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery