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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

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Specialized doctors worldwide

Who conducts research into spinal muscular atrophy (sma)? Everyone here comes from a public register: as principal investigator of a study at ClinicalTrials.gov, or as last author of publications in PubMed. Those are two different things, so we list them in two columns side by side instead of merging them into one figure.

Where these doctors work
Click or point to a dot to see who works there. 28 of the 72 physicians are on the map — we only place those who work at an institute whose city we know, and we don't guess the rest.

This is not a referral and not a judgment on care. We know nothing about how these people treat, whether they accept patients, or how to reach them. We do not display contact details. If you want a second opinion or a referral, go through your own specialist.

Leads the most studies

Registered as principal investigator at ClinicalTrials.gov. Setting up and running a study is years of work.

  1. 1 Kathryn J Swoboda University of Utah/Primary Children's Medical Center, United States leads 6 studies · 3 publications as last author register →
  2. 2 Laurent Servais Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liege, Belgium leads 5 studies · 23 publications as last author register →
  3. 3 Jacqueline Montes, PT, EdD Columbia University, United States leads 4 studies register →
  4. 4 Kenneth H Fischbeck National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), Mali leads 4 studies register →
  5. 5 Eugenio Mercuri F Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Italy leads 3 studies · 39 publications as last author register →
  6. 6 Bakri Elsheikh Ohio State University, United States leads 3 studies register →
  7. 7 Michael Benatar University of Miami, United States leads 3 studies register →
  8. 8 Susana QUIJANO-ROY Raymond Poincaré Hospital, Garches, FRANCE, France leads 3 studies register →
  9. 9 Thomas C Bulea National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) leads 3 studies register →
  10. 10 Richard S Finkel St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, United States leads 2 studies · 8 publications as last author register →

Also leading

  1. 11 Christopher Grunseich National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), United States leads 2 studies · 6 publications as last author register →
  2. 12 Lorenzo Maggi Carlo Besta Institute, Milan, Italy leads 2 studies · 5 publications as last author register →
  3. 13 Andriy V. Shatillo P.V. Voloshyn Institute of Neurology, Psychiatry and Narcology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine leads 2 studies register →
  4. 14 Chiara Marini-Bettolo Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom leads 2 studies register →
  5. 15 Ching H. Wang Stanford University, United States leads 2 studies register →
  6. 16 Darryl C De Vivo Columbia University leads 2 studies register →
  7. 17 Ferdinand Knieling University Hospital Erlangen, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Germany leads 2 studies register →
  8. 18 Hatice Adıgüzel Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Turkey (Türkiye) leads 2 studies register →
  9. 19 Isabelle Desguerre Necker Hospital, France leads 2 studies register →
  10. 20 Ivan R Molton University of Washington, United States leads 2 studies register →
  11. 21 Jerry R. Mendell Nationwide Children's Hospital, United States leads 2 studies register →
  12. 22 Marco Capogrosso University of Pittsburgh, United States leads 2 studies register →
  13. 23 Matthew ER Butchbach Nemours Children's Clinic, United States leads 2 studies register →
  14. 24 Orla Hardiman, MB BCh BAO FAAN Academic Unit of Neurology, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Ireland leads 2 studies register →
  15. 25 René Gonin Mathematical Statistician, Westat, United States leads 2 studies register →

Publishes most about this disease

Counted as last author on publications from the last five years — in medicine the leader of the research group. This also includes physicians who do not register studies but do advance the field.

  1. 1 Eugenio Mercuri F Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Italy leads 3 studies · 39 publications as last author register →
  2. 2 Shanshan Mao The Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China leads 1 study · 24 publications as last author register →
  3. 3 Laurent Servais Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liege, Belgium leads 5 studies · 23 publications as last author register →
  4. 4 Tim Hagenacker University Hospital Essen, Germany 22 publications as last author PubMed →
  5. 5 Basil T Darras Boston Children's Hospital, United States 16 publications as last author PubMed →
  6. 6 Masahisa Katsuno Nagoya University Hospital, Japan leads 1 study · 15 publications as last author register →
  7. 7 Francesco Muntoni UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, United Kingdom 15 publications as last author PubMed →
  8. 8 W Ludo van der Pol UMC Utrecht, Netherlands leads 1 study · 13 publications as last author register →
  9. 9 Michelle A Farrar Sydney Children's Hospital Network, Australia 13 publications as last author PubMed →
  10. 10 Toshifumi Yokota University of Alberta, Canada 11 publications as last author PubMed →

Also leading

  1. 11 Ravindra N Singh Iowa State University, United States 11 publications as last author PubMed →
  2. 12 Alexander P Hughes Hospital for Special Surgery, United States 10 publications as last author PubMed →
  3. 13 Dinko Vitezić Department of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Croatia 9 publications as last author PubMed →
  4. 14 Giovanni Baranello UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, United Kingdom 9 publications as last author PubMed →
  5. 15 Edmar Zanoteli Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil 9 publications as last author PubMed →
  6. 16 Rashmi Kothary Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada 9 publications as last author PubMed →
  7. 17 Richard S Finkel St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, United States leads 2 studies · 8 publications as last author register →
  8. 18 Stefania Corti University of Milan, Italy 8 publications as last author PubMed →
  9. 19 Janbernd Kirschner Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Germany 8 publications as last author PubMed →
  10. 20 René Günther University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Germany 7 publications as last author PubMed →
  11. 21 Jin-Sung Park School of Medicine, South Korea 7 publications as last author PubMed →
  12. 22 Peter Claus SMATHERIA gGmbH - Non-Profit Biomedical Research Institute, Germany 7 publications as last author PubMed →
  13. 23 Brunhilde Wirth Institute of Human Genetics, Germany 7 publications as last author PubMed →
  14. 24 Alessandro Usiello Laboratory of Translational Neuroscience, Italy 7 publications as last author PubMed →
  15. 25 Christopher Grunseich National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), United States leads 2 studies · 6 publications as last author register →

Counted from ClinicalTrials.gov and PubMed, updated on 2026-08-10. Is something incorrect, or would you prefer not to be listed? Let us know — we'll adjust it.

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