Dr. Christopher Walsh and Dr. Bernard Chang are two of the three doctors that reviewed Corey’s MRI for free and gave new diagnosis results. They are wonderful to work with and gave me information I really needed to know for Corey’s care.
Christopher Walsh, MD, PhD
Chief, Genetics Department, Children’s Hospital
Chief, Division of Neurogenetics at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School.
Bernard Chang, MD
Neurologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School.
(contacted through the Walsh Lab)
To participate in one of their studies or free MRI Review:
http://www.walshlab.org
617-919-4795
walshresearch@childrens.harvard.edu (optimal initial contact)
Contact Information
WALSH LABORATORY
walshlab.org
Standard Mailing Address:
Dr. Christopher Walsh, MD, PhD
Attn: Brenda Barry, CGC, Research Coordinator
300 Longwood Avenue, CHB-Genetics
CLS 15070-Walsh Lab
Boston, MA 02115
Different address for FedEx, UPS and other courier services: 3 Blackfan Street | CHB-Genetics | CLS 15070-Walsh Lab | Boston, MA 02115
Christopher A. Walsh Laboratory
Our laboratory is interested in cellular and genetic mechanisms of development of the cerebral cortex, the largest structure of the mammalian brain. The cortex represents a folded sheet of neurons that forms a wrapping around the outside of the brain. The cortex is a good system for studying neuronal development, since there are known mutations that systematically disrupt its development.
Abnormal development of the cerebral cortex in humans results in epilepsy, autism, mental retardation, dyslexia, and other learning disorders, and perhaps some psychiatric conditions as well. Several projects are directed at trying to understand the basic biology of the cortex by studying the mutations that disturb its development.
Autism
Bilateral Frontoparietal Polymicrogyria
Double Cortex Syndrome
Interhemispheric Cyst/Agenesis of Corpus Callosum
Joubert Syndrome
Lissencephaly with Cerebellar Hypoplasia
Microcephaly
Perisylvian Polymicrogyria
Periventricular Heterotopia
Schizencephaly
Walker Warburg Syndrome
Nonsyndromic Mental Retardation
Mental Illness
Effects of Brain Malformations on Learning and Function
Epilepsy and Focal Malformations of Brain Development
