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Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Clinic
Tuberous Sclerosis Clinic Faculty
Dr. Hope Northrup
Medical Director, TSC Clinic
Hope Northrup, M.D., is a medical geneticist (Clinical, Biochemical and Molecular areas) in the Department of Pediatrics at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. She is a professor and director of the Division of Medical Genetics in The Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Northrup is also the medical director of the Genetic Counseling Program and the director of the Medical Genetics Residency/Fellowship Program. Dr. Northrup obtained an M.D. degree from the Medical University of South Carolina.
Dr. Northrup completed a Pediatric Residency at Children's Medical Center/Southwestern Medical School in Dallas and a Medical Genetics Fellowship at the Institute for Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Her clinical interests are metabolic disease and chromosome disorders. Her research interests focus on unraveling the basis of neurogenetic diseases, specifically tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) and spina bifida (SB). An additional academic focus of Dr. Northrup is delineating the phenotypes associated with rare chromosome disorders. She is chairman of the Clinical Advisory Board for the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance (TSA).
Dr. Michael Assel, Neuropsychology
Dr. James Baumgartner, Neurosurgeon
Dr. Gurur Biliciler-Dentkas, Cardiology
Dr. Alan Cohen, Interventional Radiology
Dr. Adelaide Hebert, Dermatology
Dr. Mary Kay Koenig, Neurology
Dr. Richard Ruiz, Ophthalmology
Dr. Joshua Samuels, Nephrology
Dr. John Teichgraeber, Plastic Surgeon – Skin
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