Kennedy Krieger Institute – Moser Center for Leukodystrophies
Core Team
Center Director
S. Ali Fatemi, M.D. | Pediatric Neurologist
Director, Division of Neurogenetics and Moser Center for Leukodystrophies
Care Coordinator
Kim Hollandsworth, BSN, RN, CPN (Hollandsworth@kennedykrieger.org)
Physical Therapy
Christopher Joseph, PT
Co-Director, Peroxisomal Diseases Laboratory
Interim Medical Director of Rehabilitation
Research Scientist
Click to view this center’s presentation from the 2021 Hunter’s Hope Symposium.
About the Center
The Moser Center for Leukodystrophies is a multi-disciplinary clinic that offers patients and their families the ability to see several providers at one visit. Our clinic team includes neurology, physical therapy, rehabilitation medicine, genetic counseling, social work, palliative care, urodynamic testing, endocrinology and a neurologist who specializes in pain and peripheral neuropathies. In addition, other referrals to different specialty areas such as nutrition, occupational therapy, etc can be arranged for the same visit. We schedule the visit focused around the needs of each individual.
Conditions Treated
Evaluate and care for patients with every form of leukodystrophy including, but not limited to:
- Adrenoleukodystrophy
- Alexander Disease
- Canavan Diseasee
- Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis
- Krabbe Disease (globoid cell leukodystrophy)
- Leukoencephalopathy with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation (LBSL)
- Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
- Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease
- Vanishing White Matter Leukodystrophy
- Hypomyelinating Disorders
- Undiagnosed Leukodystrophies
Appointments
To schedule an appointment or for more information about a referral or evaluation, please contact us at: Leukodystrophy@KennedyKrieger.org or call 443-923-2750.
TTY users, please contact us at 443-923-2645 or dial 711 to make a Maryland Relay call.
Location
Kennedy Krieger Institute – Moser Center for Leukodystrophies
707 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205
443-923-2750