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Katrina (Gwinn-Hardy) Gwinn, MD, Neurology, Bethesda, MD, NIH Clinical Center

KatrinaA(Gwinn-Hardy)GwinnMD

Neurology Bethesda, MD

Movement Disorder

Program Director and Medical Officer

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Summary

  • I am a board-certified Neurologist, and Movement disorders specialist, with a track record of an academic career in human gene discovery (Neurodegenerative diseases). I am a Medical Officer managing grants and contracts for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) at the NIH. I do not currently have a clinical practice. In the past I have worked clinically in both academics and private practice. Projects I have managed and am managing include the NINDS Human DNA and Cell Line Repository, The NINDS Parkinson's Disease Biomarkers Program, and the North American Mitochondrial Disease Consortium, among many others.

Education & Training

  • Mayo Clinic Hospital
    Mayo Clinic Hospital1995 - 1996
  • University of Michigan Health System
    University of Michigan Health SystemResidency, Neurology, 1992 - 1995
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Vanderbilt University Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1991 - 1992
  • Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
    Vanderbilt University School of MedicineClass of 1991
  • Wellesley College
    Wellesley CollegeB.A, Psychobiology, 1978 - 1982

Certifications & Licensure

  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 2001 - 2024
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • NIH NINDS Group Merit Award BioFIND, 2012
  • NIH NINDS Group Merit Award Parkinson’s Disease Biomarkers Program, 2012
  • Hall of Fame for Distinguished Alumni Atherton Alumni Association, 2009
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Who is counseling the pregnant women who smoke?  
    Waddlington WB, Gwinn KA, Riley HD, J Tenn Med Assoc
  • A golden opportunity-motivating smoking cessation in parents.  
    Waddlington WB, Gwinn KA, Riley HD, J Tenn Med Assoc
  • A 73 year old man with gait disturbance and imbalance.  
    Evidente VH, Gwinn KA, Mayo Clin Proc
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Racial differences in the expression of neurodegenerative disease: Machado-Joseph disease in Caucasians and Africans.
    Subramony SH, Hernandez D, Adam A, Smith-Jefferson S, Hussey J, Gwinn-Hardy K, Lynch T, McDaniel O, Hardy J, Farrer M, Singleton A, Mov Disord
  • A family with a tau P301L mutation presenting with parkinsonism.
    Walker RH, Friedman J, Weiner J, Hobler R, Gwinn-Hardy K, Adam A, DeWolfe J, Gibbs R, Baker M, Farrer F, Hutton M, Hardy J, Parkinsonism Rel Dis
  • Neuropathology of two members of a German-American kindred (Family C) with late onset parkinsonism.
    Wszolek K, Gwinn-Hardy K, Muenter D, Pfeiffer F, Rodnitzky L, Uitti J, McComb D, Gasser T, Dickson W, Acta Neuropathol
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Lectures

  • Genetic Lessons and New Approaches in Learning about Parkinson’s Disease(s). 
    Parkinson Disease Foundation Symposium
  • re: confusion and intracranial hemorrhage. 
    Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
  • re: Post-Encephalitic Parkinsonism. 
    National Geographic
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Other

  • Parkinson’s Disease: An embarrassment of riches. 
    Gwinn-Hardy K, Farrer M, Ann Neurol
  • When is ataxia not ataxia? 
    Gwinn-Hardy K, Arch Neurol

Press Mentions

  • Biomarker Breakthrough Could Improve Parkinson’s Treatment
    Biomarker Breakthrough Could Improve Parkinson’s TreatmentAugust 15th, 2016

Hospital Affiliations