Dr. Christopher Walsh and Dr. Bernard Chang are two of the three doctors that reviewed Corey's MRI for free and gave new diagnosis results. They are wonderful to work with and gave me information I really needed to know for Corey's care.
Christopher Walsh, MD, PhD
Chief, Genetics Department, Children's Hospital
Chief, Division of Neurogenetics at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School.
Bernard Chang, MD
Neurologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School.
(contacted through the Walsh Lab)
Christopher A. Walsh Laboratory
Our laboratory is interested in cellular and genetic mechanisms of development of the cerebral cortex, the largest structure of the mammalian brain. The cortex represents a folded sheet of neurons that forms a wrapping around the outside of the brain. The cortex is a good system for studying neuronal development, since there are known mutations that systematically disrupt its development.
Abnormal development of the cerebral cortex in humans results in epilepsy, autism, mental retardation, dyslexia, and other learning disorders, and perhaps some psychiatric conditions as well. Several projects are directed at trying to understand the basic biology of the cortex by studying the mutations that disturb its development.
Autism
Bilateral Frontoparietal Polymicrogyria
Double Cortex Syndrome
Interhemispheric Cyst/Agenesis of Corpus Callosum
Joubert Syndrome
Lissencephaly with Cerebellar Hypoplasia
Microcephaly
Perisylvian Polymicrogyria
Periventricular Heterotopia
Schizencephaly
Walker Warburg Syndrome
Nonsyndromic Mental Retardation
Mental Illness
Effects of Brain Malformations on Learning and Function
Epilepsy and Focal Malformations of Brain Development
Go to their site for direct information on each of these conditions listed above at http://www.walshlab.org/fa_conditions.php
To participate in one of their studies, see http://www.walshlab.org/fa_study.php.
Contact Information
Christopher A. Walsh, MD, PhD
77 Ave. Louis Pasteur
NRB-0266
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-667-0813
Fax: 617-667-0815
cwalsh@bidmc.harvard.edu