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6080 N Central Expressway, Dallas, TX
Suite 100
Dallas, TX 75206Phone+1 214-827-3610- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Raphael Schiffmann MD, MHSc, FAAN is an expert on neurometabolic diseases. He has a medical degree from the University of Liège, Belgium and a degree of Master of Health Sciences in Clinical Research from Duke University. He is a Board certified in Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Schiffmann was a lead researcher at the United States National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland for over 17 years (1991-2007) and then the Director of the Institute of Metabolic Disease at the Baylor Scott & White Research Institute in Dallas, Texas, 2008-2019. Dr. Schiffmann is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Christian University and a Clinical Professor, Texas A&M University Medical School College of Medicine. He is also a Senior Vice President for Clinical Research at 4D Molecular Therapeutics. Dr. Schiffmann has been performing pre-clinical and clinical research on lysosomal storage diseases since 1991 with a special focus on the natural history, pathogenesis and therapy of Fabry disease, Gaucher disease and the leukodystrophies. One of his particular interests and area of expertise address patients with undiagnosed neurological diseases. Dr. Schiffmann has published 276 peer-reviewed research articles and over 15 book chapters.
Bibliography:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZRmqVIgAAAAJ&hl=en
Education & Training
- Duke UniversityMaster, Health Science in Clinical Research, 1998 - 2000
- Developmental and Metabolic Neurology Branch, NINDS, NIHSenior Staff Fellow, 1994 - 2000
- Tufts Medical CenterFellowship, Child Neurology, 1986 - 1988
- Boston University Medical CenterFellowship, Child Neurology, 1985 - 1986
- Boston City HospitalAdult neurology training, Neurological, 1985 - 1986
- Shaare ZedekPediatric Residency, Medical, 1981 - 1985
- University HospitalInternship, 1979 - 1980
- Universite de L'Etat a Liege Faculty of MedicineClass of 1980
Certifications & Licensure
- TX State Medical License 2008 - 2025
- VA State Medical License 1992 - 2016
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- NINDS Merit Award 2000
- Naturalized U.S. Citizen 2000
- Adjustment of immigration status as Alien with Extraordinary Ability in the Sciences 1995
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Clinical Trials
- Triheptanoin Treatment Trial for Patients With Adult Polyglucosan Body Disease Start of enrollment: 2009 Jun 01
- Expanded Access Trial of Plant Expressed Recombinant Glucocerebrosidase (prGCD) in Patients With Gaucher Disease
- Fabry Screening Study Start of enrollment: 2009 Jan 29
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- GDF15 is a dynamic biomarker of the integrated stress response in the central nervous system.Asundi, J., Zhang, C., Donnelly-Roberts, D., Solorio, J., Challagundla, M., Connelly, C., Boch, C., Chen, J., Richter, M., Maneshi, M., Swensen, A., Lebon, L., Schiffm...> ;CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. 2024 Feb 1
- Comparison of efficacy between subcutaneous and intravenous application of moss-aGal in the mouse model of Fabry disease.Paulina Dabrowska-Schlepp, Andreas Busch, Jin-Song Shen, Rachel Y Cheong, Lone Bruhn Madsen, Daniel Mascher, Raphael Schiffmann, Andreas Schaaf> ;JIMD Reports. 2023 Nov 1
- Hypomyelination caused by a novel homozygous pathogenic variant in FOLR1: complete clinical and radiological recovery with oral folinic acid therapy and review of the ...Ana Potic, Stefanie Perrier, Tijana Radovic, Svetlana Gavrilovic, Jelena Ostojic, Luan T Tran, Isabelle Thiffault, Tomi Pastinen, Raphael Schiffmann, Geneviève Bernard> ;Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 2023 Jul 13
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Journal Articles
- Health-Related Quality of Life for Patients with Genetically Determined LeukoencephalopathyAdeline Vanderver, Raphael Schiffmann, Pediatric Neurology
- Childhood ataxia with central nervous system hypomyelination.Schiffmann R, Moller JR, Trapp BD, Shih HH, Farrer RG, Katz DA, Alger JR, Parker CC, Hauer, PE, Kaneski CR, Quarles RD, Brady RO, Barton NW, Ann Neurol
- Correction of enzyme deficiency in hematopoietic cells of Gaucher patients using a clinically acceptable retroviral supernatant transduction protocol.Xu L, Stahl SK, Dave HPG, Schiffmann R, Correll PH, Kessler S, Karlsson S, Exp Hematol
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Increased Doppler parameters consistent with arterial recanalisation following enzyme replacement therapy in Fabry disease.Moore DF, Altarescu GM, Herscovitch, P, Schiffmann R, Neurology
- Quarles R H. Schiffmann R. Two novel dysmylinating disorders with abnormal myelin protein fractions.Wong K. Weibel T D. Weiss M D. Kaneski C. Mixon T H. Abu-Asab M. Tsokos M, Brain Pathology
- Regional Cerebral Hyper-Perfusion and Nitric Oxide Pathway Dysregulation in Fabry Disease Reversed by Enzyme Replacement Therapy.Moore DF, Scott LJC, Gladwin MT, Altarescu A, Kaneski C, Pease-Fye MS, Ferri R, Brady RO, Herscovitch P, Schiffmann R, Ann Neurol
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Lectures
- Phase 2 Clinical Trials of the Pharmacological Chaperone AT1001 for the Treatment of Fabry Disease platform.American College of Medical Genetics Annual Meeting
- The Leukodystrophies.Pediatric Neurology Grand Rounds, Medical City, Dallas, Texas
- Biomarkers in Fabry Disease.Biomarkers in Fabry Nephropathy, Official Satellite of the World Congress of Nephrology, Bergamo
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Other
- Real-time peripheral arterial flow and wall properties derived by pulse waveform analysis and B-mode ultrasound imaging.Moore DF, Pursley R, Altarescu G, Schiffmann R, Dimitriadis E, Proceedings of the fourteenth IEEE symposium on computer-based medical system
- Mucolipidosis IV (July 2010) in: GeneReviews at GeneTests: Medical Genetics Information Resource [database online].Schiffmann R, Slaugenhaupt SA, Smith J, Goldin,E
http://www.genetests.org
University of Washington, Seattle - Correlation between interleukin 6 promoter gene polymorphism and stroke in patients with Fabry disease.Altarescu G, Moore DF, Schiffmann R
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Authored Content
- Health-Related Quality of Life for Patients with Genetically Determined LeukoencephalopathyMay 2018
Press Mentions
- Gene Therapy for Fabry Disease Targets the HeartApril 3rd, 2023
- 4D Molecular Therapeutics Inc. (FDMT) Reports Interim Results from 4D-310 Phase 1/2 TrialFebruary 9th, 2022
- First Patient Dosed in Phase 1/2 Trial of 4DMT’S Gene Therapy 4D-310April 16th, 2021
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Professional Memberships
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Hospital Affiliations
- Children's Medical Center DallasDallas, Texas
- NIH Clinical CenterBethesda, Maryland
- Baylor University Medical CenterDallas, Texas
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