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Mendel Tuchman, MD


Center of Excellence, Departments, and Programs
The Center for Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine
Genetics and Metabolism
Laboratory Medicine


Board Certifications American Board of Pediatrics
American Board of Medical Genetics
Foreign Languages German, Italian
National Provider Identifier 1861570103

Practice Locations
Children's National Medical Center - Main Hospital
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
Phone: 202-476-5000
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Biography
Inborn Errors of Metabolism Urea cycle Disorders Nitrogen Metabolism

Education
TypeSchoolLocationDegreeField of StudyYears
Medical School Sackler School of Medicine New York, NYDoctor of Medicine 1974 -1979

Training
TypeInstitutionLocationPositionSpecialtyYears
Residency Program University of Minnesota Hospital Minneapolis, MNResident Pediatrics 1980 - 1983
Fellowship Program University of Minnesota Health Center Minneapolis, MNFellow Metobolism Pediatrics 1983 - 1985

National and International Recognition
AwardInstitutionEventYear
Robert Guthrie Award for Advances in Biochemical and Molecular Genetics AAMR

Affiliations and Memberships
TitleInstitutionCommittee / SectionYears
PresidentSociety for Inherited Metabolic Disorders2003 - 2009
ChairNational Institute of General Medical SciencesHuman Genetics Scientific Advisory Committee 2005 - 2009
MemberMedical Advisory Committee, National Organiztion f1999 - 2009
MemberMedical Biochemistry Study Section National Instit2001 - 2003

Research
TitleStudy NameInstitutionYears
Principal InvestigatorGeneral Clinical ReseachNational Institutes of Health/ National Center for Research Resources2004 - 2009

Publications
Journal Article, Rohininath, T., Costello, D.J., Lynch, T., Monavari, A., Tuchman, M., Treacy, E.P. (2004), Fatal presentation of ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency in a 62-year-old man and family studies, Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, 27, 285.

Journal Article, Tuchman, M. (2004), Urea cycle disorders workshop introduction, Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 3.

Journal Article, MacArthur, R.B., Altincatal, A., Tuchman, M. (2004), Pharmacokinetics of sodium phenylacetate and sodium benzoate following intravenous administration as both a bolus and continuous infusion to healthy adult volunteers, Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 67, 73.

Journal Article, Morizono, H., Caldovic, L., Shi, D., Tuchman, M. (2004), Mammalian N-acetylglutamate synthase, Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 81, 4-11.

Journal Article, Gibson, K.M., Gupta, M., Pearl, P.L., Tuchman, M., Vezina, L.G., Snead, O.C., Smit, L.M., Jakobs, C. (2003), Significant behavioral disturbances in succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH) deficiency (gamma-hydroxybutyric aciduria), Biological Psychiatry, 54, 769-768.

Journal Article, Takanashi, J.I., Barkovich, A.J., Cheng, S.F., Weisiger, K., Zlatunich, C.O., Mudge, C., Rosenthal, P., Tuchman, M., Packman, S. (2003), Brain MR imaging in neonatal hyperammonemic encephalopathy resulting from proximal urea cycle disorders, American Journal of Neuroradiology, 24, 1184-1187.

Journal Article, Pearl, P.L., Gibson, K.M., Acosta, M.T., Vezina, L.G., Theodore, W.H., Rogawski, M.A., Novotny, E.J., Gropman, A., Conry, J.A., Berry, G.T., Tuchman, M. (2003), Clinical spectrum of succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency, Neurology, 60, 1413-1417.

Journal Article, Caldovic, L. & Tuchman, M. (2003), N-acetylglutamate and its changing role through evolution, Biochemical Journal, 372, 279-290.

Journal Article, Caldovic, L., Morizono, M., Panglao, M., Cheng, S.F., Packman, S., Tuchman, M. (2003), Null mutations in the N-acetylglutamate synthase gene associated with acute neonatal disease and hyperammonemia, Human Genetics, 112, 364-368.


For a more comprehensive list of publications for Mendel Tuchman, MD view the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed online database

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