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Our Neuromuscular Center at Boston Children’s Hospital brings together a team of specialists who have extensive expertise in caring for children with neuromuscular disorders.

The center is directed by child neurologist Basil Darras, MD, whose work has widely influenced clinical care for children with neuromuscular disease.

Physicians

Basil Darras, MD

Associate Neurologist-in-Chief; Chief, Division of Clinical Neurology; Director, Neuromuscular Center and Spinal Muscular Atrophy Program

Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Steven Colan, MD, FACC, FASE

Director of Clinical Research, Department of Cardiology

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Rany (Ron) El-Hawary, MD, MSc, FRCS

Orthopedic Surgeon, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Department

Paul Esteso, MD, PhD

Medical Co-Director, Cardiac Antithrombosis Management Program (CAMP); Physician Lead, Neuromuscular Cardiology Program; Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Julia Lee, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Pulmonary Medicine

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Partha Sekhar Ghosh, MD

Associate, Department of Neurology

Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Robert J. Graham, MD

Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine

Associate Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School

Nurses

Jennifer McCrave, RN, BSN, CNRN

Registered Nurse, Department of Neurology

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