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Kevin M. Flanigan, MD
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Learn more about Kevin M. Flanigan
Kevin M. Flanigan, MD, is an attending neurologist at Nationwide Children's, Robert F. and Edgar T. Wolfe Foundation Endowed Chair in Neuromuscular Research and Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Dr. Flanigan is director of the Center for Gene Therapy in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's and a leading expert in neuromuscular disorders. He is also on the physician team for Nationwide Children's world-class Neuromuscular Disorders program, which provides coordinated care with pediatric experts from more than a dozen specialties.
Dr. Flanigan earned his medical degree from Rush Medical College and completed his internship at the University of Michigan Health System before completing his Neurology residency and fellowship in Neuromuscular Disorders at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and an additional post-doctoral laboratory fellowship in Human Molecular Biology and Genetics at the University of Utah.
His primary research interest is in the genetic and molecular characterization of inherited neuromuscular diseases, and the development of therapies directed toward these diseases. A major focus of his laboratory concerns genotype/phenotype correlation in, with the intention of increasing our understanding of the pathogenesis in this disease and translating this understanding into improved therapies. Dr. Flanigan is named among the Best Doctors in America and joined Nationwide Children's Hospital in October 2009.
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Listed, Best Doctors in America
Member, Executive Board of the World Muscle Society, 2001 - Present
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Incoming Chair, TREAT-NMD: an International Network for the Neuromuscular Field
Founding Editor, PLoS Currents Muscular Dystrophy
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Waldrop MA, Gumienny F, El Husayni S, Frank DE, Weiss RB, Flanigan KM. Low-level dystrophin expression attenuating the dystrophinopathy phenotype. Neuromuscul Disord. 2018 Feb; 28: 116-121.
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Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children's Hospital: 01/29/2010
Neuromuscular Medicine
University of Utah Medical School Date Completed: 06/30/1997
Johns Hopkins Hospital Date Completed: 06/30/1995
University of Michigan Health System Date Completed: 07/30/1991
Rush Medical College Date Completed: 06/09/1990
2009 - Present Center for Gene Therapy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Principal Investigator
2007 - 2009 University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Adjunct Associate Professor
2007 - 2009 University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Adjunct Associate Professor
2005 - 2009 University of Utah, Department of Human Genetics, Adjunct Associate Professor
2005 - 2009 University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Associate Professor
2006 - 2007 INSERM Unit 582, Institut de Myologie, Hopital Pitie-Salpetriere (Paris, France), Visiting Researcher
2000 - 2007 University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Adjunct Assistant Professor
1998 - 2007 University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Adjunct Assistant Professor
2001 - 2005 University of Utah, Department of Human Genetics, Adjunct Assistant Professor
1999 - 2004 University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Assistant Professor
1997 - 1998 University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Research Assistant Professor
1996 - 1998 University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Limited Term Instructor
1995 - 1997 University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Limited Term Instructor
Transforming Neuromuscular Disease | The Future of Gene Therapy
Dr. Flanigan is director of the Center for Gene Therapy and a leading expert in neuromuscular disorders. His team leads the field in delivering gene therapies that can treat the underlying cause of inherited neuromuscular disorders like muscular dystrophy. That's something that other drugs and medications currently cannot do.
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