Roya Kabuki Program | Meet Our Team
Boston Children’s is a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, where all of our physicians are also faculty. Our clinicians are also involved in research to improve our understanding of Kabuki syndrome and, we hope, discover new treatments. The team speaks multiple languages including English, Italian, German, French and Mandarin. Interpreter services are available for other languages.
Leadership
Park Gerald Chair in Genetics and Genomics; Associate Chief of Genetics & Genomics
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Bodamer directs the Kabuki Syndrome Program. He came to Boston Children’s in 2015 and established an active research program in genetics and genomics. He sees patients of all age groups with genetic disorders with a focus on Kabuki syndrome and is active in genetics and genomics research, clinical trials and teaching. His research focuses on the application of multiple “OMICS” (genome, transcriptome, methylome, metabolome, microbiome) to understand disease as well as healthy processes like pregnancy.
Bodamer trained in pediatrics in Germany and at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London and in Clinical and Biochemical Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He is member of several editorial and scientific advisory boards and patient advocacy groups.
Assistant in Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Gussoni, co-director of the Kabuki Syndrome Program, has done extensive research in diseased muscle, particularly in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Her laboratory, established at Boston Children’s in 2000, focuses on muscle stem cells and the key regulators that drive them to form mature muscle cells, with the goal of developing new therapies for muscular disorders. Dr. Gussoni obtained her PhD from the University of Milan, Italy in Genetics and Molecular Biology and did a fellowship at Stanford University, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, before coming to Boston Children’s. She served as a permanent member of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (USA) Scientific Advisory Committee from 2006 to 2017.
Tara is the Program Coordinator of the Kabuki Syndrome Program. Daly graduated with a BA in Health Sciences and MS in Community Health Education from Merrimack College. She has worked on the development of multiple research initiatives revolving around improving health in pediatrics.
Physicians
Anne Fulton, MD
Ophthalmologist, Department of Ophthalmology; Director, Pediatric Medical Retinal Service Professor, Harvard Medical School
Rachael Grace, MD, MMSc
Director, Hematology Clinical Research Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Matthew Harper, DDS
Associate, Department of Dentistry Instructor of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Margaret A. Kenna, MD, MPH, FACS, FAAP
Associate, Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement; Director of Clinical Research, Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement Professor of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School
Jessica Kremen, MD
Assistant Medical Director, Behavioral Health Endocrinology, Urology (BE-U) Program; Attending Physician, Division of Endocrinology Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Kerri LaRovere, MD
Assistant, Department of Neurology Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Laura Mansfield, MD
Attending, Department of Cardiology Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Samuel Nurko, MD, MPH
Director, Center for Motility and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders; Director, Functional Abdominal Pain Program Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Leah Ratner, MD, MS
Attending Physician, Roya Kabuki Program Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School
A. Eliot Shearer, MD, PhD
Associate, Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Ahmet Uluer, DO
Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program; Director, Weitzman Family Bridges Adult Transition Program Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Edward Yang, MD, PhD
Attending, Department of Radiology; Neuroradiology MRI Physician Liaison, Department of Radiology Instructor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Christina Yee, MD, PhD
Attending Physician, Division of Immunology Instructor, Harvard Medical SchoolPhysical Therapists
Amy Pasternak, PT, DPT, PCS
Physical Therapist, Department of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Services
Maria Fragala Pinkham, PT, DPT
Physical Therapist, Department of Physical and Occupational TherapyPsychologist
Benjamin Goodlett, PhD
Attending Psychologist, Division of Genetics and Genomics Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical SchoolGenetic Counselor
