BasilT.DarrasMD
Child Neurology • Boston, MAProfessor of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
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Office
300 Longwood Ave
Fegan 11
Boston, MA 02115Phone+1 617-355-8235Fax+1 617-730-0279- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
Yale-New Haven HospitalPost-Doctoral Fellowship, Human Genetics, 1985 - 1988
Tufts Medical CenterFellowship, Child Neurology, 1982 - 1985
Nassau University Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1979 - 1982
University of AthensClass of 1977
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 1982 - 2025- American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics Clinical Genetics
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
- Boston Magazine Castle Connolly, 2008-2013
- Boston Herald Castle Connolly, 2005
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Clinical Trials
- Finding the Optimum Regimen for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Start of enrollment: 2013 Jan 01
- Prospective, Longitudinal Study of the Natural History and Functional Status of Patients With Myotubular Myopathy (MTM) Start of enrollment: 2014 Feb 01
- A Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Nusinersen (ISIS 396443) in Infants With Spinal Muscular Atrophy Start of enrollment: 2014 Aug 19
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Survival among patients receiving eteplirsen for up to 8 years for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy and contextualization with natural history controls.Joel Iff, Nicolae Done, Edward Tuttle, Yi Zhong, Fangzhou Wei, Basil T Darras, Craig M McDonald, Eugenio Mercuri, Francesco Muntoni> ;Muscle & Nerve. 2024 Mar 14
- Disease Trajectories in the Revised Hammersmith Scale in a Cohort of Untreated Patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy types 2 and 3.Wolfe, A., Stimpson, G., Ramsey, D., Coratti, G., Dunaway Young, S., Mayhew, A., Pane, M., Rohwer, A., Muni Lofra, R., Duong, T., O'Reilly, E., Milev, E., Civitello, M...> ;Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases. 2024 Feb 27
- 2 citationsChallenges and opportunities in spinal muscular atrophy therapeutics.Yeo, C., Tizzano, E., Darras, B.> ;The Lancet. Neurology. 2024 Feb 1
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Other
- Phosphofructokinase deficiency (glycogen storage disease VII, Tarui disease)Darras BT, Craigen WJ
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/phosphofructokinase-deficiency-glycogen-storage-disease-vii-tarui-d
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-10-01 - Phosphoglycerate kinase deficiency and phosphoglycerate mutase deficiencyDarras BT, Craigen WJ
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/phosphoglycerate-kinase-deficiency-and-phosphoglycerate-mutase-defi
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-10-23 - Phosphorylase b kinase deficiencyDarras BT, Craigen WJ
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/phosphorylase-b-kinase-deficiency
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-03-25 - Join now to see all
Press Mentions
- Biogen Announces New Updates Across Its SMA Research Program at 2022 MDA ConferenceMarch 14th, 2022
Genentech’s Evrysdi Continues to Improve Motor Function and Survival in Babies with Type 1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)April 15th, 2021
PTC Therapeutics to Host A Conference Call to Review Part 2 of the SUNFISH Clinical Trial Data at the SMA Europe ConferenceFebruary 3rd, 2020- Join now to see all
Grant Support
- Ninds Next: Children'S Hospital Boston Clinical Research SiteNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2011
- Electrical Impedance Myography And Quantitative Ultrasound In Duchenne Muscular DNational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases2011
- Clinical Study Of Spinal Muscular AtrophyNational Center For Research Resources2006–2007
- Dichloroacetate In Mitochondrial DiseaseNational Center For Research Resources2004–2006
- Molecular Studies Of Sodium Channels In Skeletal MuscleNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke1989–1993
Other Languages
- Greek
Hospital Affiliations
Boston Children's HospitalBoston, Massachusetts
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston, Massachusetts
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