Thornton Beverley Alexander Mason
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
Sleep Medicine Fellowship Director, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Medical Director, 9 South Neurology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Neurology
Contact information
Division of Neurology
Colket Translational Research Bldg., 10th Floor
3501 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Colket Translational Research Bldg., 10th Floor
3501 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-1719
Email:
masont@email.chop.edu
masont@email.chop.edu
Education:
B.A. (Biology)
University of Virginia , 1986.
MD (Medicine)
Medical College of Virginia, 1990.
PhD (Neurobiology)
Columbia University, 2000.
M.S.C.E. (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2006.
Permanent linkB.A. (Biology)
University of Virginia , 1986.
MD (Medicine)
Medical College of Virginia, 1990.
PhD (Neurobiology)
Columbia University, 2000.
M.S.C.E. (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2006.
Description of Itmat Expertise
Pediatric sleep medicine;pediatric neurology
Selected Publications
Mason TBA, De Vivo DC: Myopathies of systemic disease. Neuromuscular Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence, a Clinician’s Approach. Philadelphia: Butterworth Heinemann. Jones HR Jr., De Vivo DC, and Darras BT (eds.). 2003.Mindell JA, Mason TBA: Sleep problems and disorders. Comprehensive Pediatrics. St. Louis; Harcourt. Osborn L, DeWitt T, and First L (eds.). 2005.
Ward T, Mason TBA. : Sleep disorders in children. Nurs Clin North Am 37: 693-706, 2002.
Wolpowitz D, Mason TBA, Dietrich P, Mendelsohn M, Talmage D, Role LR. : Cysteine-rich domain isoforms of the Neuregulin-1 gene are required for maintenance of peripheral synapses. Neuron 25: 1-20, 2000.
Mason TBA, De Vivo DC: Floppy infant syndrome. Merritt's Textbook of Neurology, 10th edition. New York; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Roland LP (eds.). 2000.
Mason T, Wolpowitz D, Role L. : CRD-NRG-1 in murine tongue synaptogenesis. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 25: 231, 1999.
Mason TBA, De Vivo DC: The hypotonic infant. Motor Disorders.Philadelphia; Lippincott-Raven Younger DS (eds.). 1999.
Wolpowitz D, Mason T, Role L: CRD-NRG in mouse peripheral nervous system development. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 24: 1785, 1998.
Mason TBA, Chiriboga CA, Feldstein NA, Kartha K, Khandji AG: A massive intracranial arachnoid cyst in a developmentally normal infant: case report and review of the literature. Pediatr Neurol 16: 59-62, 1997.
Mason TBA, Chiriboga CA, Cargan AL, Hauger SB, La Russa PL, Glick RS, Carmel PW, Khandji AG, De Vivo DC: Post-inflammatory hydrocephalus and intracranial mass lesion from Candida in an immunocompetent child. J Child Neurol 11: 336-341, 1996.