100 Questions & Answers about Muscular Dystrophy

Kathryn R. Wagner, MD, PhD is the Director of the Center for Genetic Muscle Disorders at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She received her BS from Yale University and her MD and PhD from Johns Hopkins. Dr. Wagner cares for children and adults with all forms of muscular dystrophy in an interdisciplinary clinic, addressing the multiple medical and social issues affecting individuals and families. Her research work focuses on muscle regeneration and therapeutic development for the muscular dystrophies. She has authored over 100 scientific articles and book chapters. Dr. Wagner is a scientific advisor for the FSHD Society, Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, and TREAT-NMD Advisory Committee for Therapeutics and an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation.