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Charlotte J. Sumner, MD

Principle Investigator

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Current Appointments: 

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  • Professor, Department of Neurology 

    • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

    • 2017-present​

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  • Professor, Department of Neuroscience

    • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

    • 2017-present​

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  • Professor, Department of Genetic Medicine​

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Education and Training:

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  • Undergraduate

    • BA, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, magna cum laude

      • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology​

  • Doctoral/graduate​

    • MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA​​

    • Howard Hughes Medical Institute/National Institutes of Health Medical Research Scholar, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD

  • Postdoctoral​

    • Intern, Internal Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA​

    • Resident, Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

    • Chief Resident, Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

    • Fellowship, Neuromuscular Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

    • Fellowship, Neurogenetics, Dr. Kenneth Fischbeck, Neurogenetics Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD

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Professional Experience:

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  • Current

    • President of Peripheral Nerve Society

    • Vice Chair of Clinical Research Johns Hopkins Medicine

    • Co-director Charcot Marie Tooth Disease Clinic

    • Co-director Spinal Muscular Atrophy Center

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  • Past

    • Assistant Professor of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

    • Special Volunteer, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD

    • Associate Professor of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

    • Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

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Websites:

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Johns Hopkins Medicine

Johns Hopkins Neuroscience

Johns Hopkins Cellular and Molecular Medicine

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Contact:

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​csumner1@jhmi.edu

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