2019 FUTURES: FUNCTION Panel
This panel discusses clinical care across multiple disciplines for individuals with Duchenne.


Brenda Wong, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology and Director
UMass Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School

Andrew Darmahkasih, MD
PGY-2, UC Irvine
Children’s Hospital of Orange County Pediatric Residency Program

John Brandsema, MD
Child Neurologist and Neuromuscular Section Head
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Umme Vahanvaty, MS, RD, CS
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles

Pradeep P.A. Mammen, MD, FACC, FAHA
Associate Professor of Medicine and Co-Director
Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center, Director for Translational Research for the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Program, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Kathryn Wagner, MD, PhD
Director and Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Center for Genetic Muscle Disorders at Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopinks School of Medicine
