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Adeline Vanderver, MD
Children's National Medical Center
Faculty, Neurology
Principal Investigator, Children's Research Institute (CRI), Center for Genetic Medicine Research (CGMR)

George Washington University
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Assistant Professor, Neurology, Pediatrics

Contact Information
Children's National Medical Center
Center for Genetic Medicine Research (CGMR)
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20010-2970

202-476-6230
avanderv@childrensnational.org

Education & Training
Institution & Location Degree Year(s) Field of Study
Facultes Notre Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium 1991-1994 Medicine
Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium MD 1994-1998 Medicine
Frankford Hospital, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Residency 1998-1999 Transitional Year
A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Thomas, Philadelphia, PA Jefferson University, Wilmington DE Residency 1999-2001 Pediatrics
Children’s National Medical Center, The George Washington University,
Washington DC
Fellowship 2001-2004 Neurology
National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD Fellowship 2006-2008 Biochemical Genetics

Research Interests
Adeline L. Vanderver, MD, is a child neurologist with special expertise in biochemical genetics. Clinical research interests include undiagnosed neurogenetic disorders and leukodystrophies, with research protocols aimed at providing diagnosis. In addition, she provides molecular diagnosis of Alexander disease, megalencephalic leukodystrophy with subcortical cysts, and eIF2B disorders (vanishing white matter disease), as well as a rapid cerebrospinal fluid test for eIF2B related disorders. She is also exploring abnormal protein production in eIF2B related disorders and the etiology of hypomyelinating (or pelizaeus merzbacher-like disorders) leukodystrophies.

Clinical Interests 
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Publications
View a partial list of Adeline Vanderver's publications through the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.


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