Faculty

Xilma R Ortiz-Gonzalez, MD PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Department: Neurology

Graduate Group Affiliations

Contact information

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Neurology & Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-590-1719
Fax: 215-590-1771

Publications

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Education:
BS (Chemistry)
University of Puerto Rico, Cayey, 1997.
PhD (Neuroscience)
University of Minnesota, 2004.
MD (Medicine)
University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, 2006.

Links
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TBCK Research page
Ortiz-Gonzalez Lab page
Dr Ortiz-Gonzalez CHOP Profile
TBCK Boricua paper news coverage
Media Coverage of neurogenetic disorders in Puerto Rican children

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Description of Research Expertise

Research Interests: The Ortiz-Gonzalez lab is interested in pediatric neurodegenerative disorders and how these rare genetic disorders inform our knowledge of neurobiology and pathways critical for maintaining brain health. We focus on the role mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegenerative phenotypes.

Key words: Mitochondria, induced pluripotent stem cells, neurodegeneration

Research techniques: model novel human disease genes, patient-derived IPSC models, zebrafish model, mitochondrial function assays, confocal live imaging

Selected Publications

Marco Flores-Mendez, Laura Ohl, Thomas Roule, Yijing Zhou, Jesus A Tintos-Hernández, Kelsey Walsh, Xilma R Ortiz-González, Naiara Akizu: IMPDH2 filaments protect from neurodegeneration in AMPD2 deficiency. EMBO reports 25(9): 3990-4012. September 2024.

Cuccurullo C, Cerulli Irelli E, Ugga L, Riva A, D'Amico A, Cabet S, Lesca G, Bilo L, Zara F, Iliescu C, Barca D, Fung F, Helbig K, Ortiz-Gonzalez X, Schelhaas HJ, Willemsen MH, van der Linden I, Canafoglia L, Courage C, Gommaraschi S, Gonzalez-Alegre P, Bardakjian T, Syrbe S, Schuler E, Lemke JR, Vari S, Roende G, Bak M, Huq M, Powis Z, Johannesen KM, Hammer TB, Møller RS, Rabin R, Pappas J, Zupanc ML, Zadeh N, Cohen J, Naidu S, Krey I, Saneto R, Thies J, Licchetta L, Tinuper P, Bisulli F, Minardi R, Bayat A, Villeneuve N, Molinari F, Salimi Dafsari H, Moller B, Le Roux M, Houdayer C, Vecchi M, Mammi I, Fiorini E, Proietti J, Ferri S, Cantalupo G, Battaglia DI, Gambardella ML, Contaldo I, Brogna C, Trivisano M, De Dominicis A, Bova SM, Gardella E, Striano P, Coppola A.: Clinical features and genotype-phenotype correlations in epilepsy patients with de novo DYNC1H1 variants. Epilepsia 65(9): 2728-2750, Jul 2024.

Shieh JT, Tintos-Hernandez JA, Murali CN, Penon-Portmann M, Flores-Mendez M, Santana A, Bulos JA, Du K, Dupuis L, Damseh N, Mendoza-Londoño R, Berera C, Lee JC, Phillips JJ, Alves CAPF, Dmochowski IJ, Ortiz-González XR.: Heterozygous Nonsense Variants in the Ferritin Heavy Chain Gene FTH1 Cause a Neuroferritinopathy. HGG Adv 4(4): doi: 10.1016/j.xhgg.2023.100236, September 2023.

Jesus A Tintos-Hernandez, Charis Ma, Holly Dubbs, Cesar A Alves, Francesca Bartolini and Xilma R Ortiz-Gonzalez: A novel TUBB2A variant associated with pediatric neurodegeneration links microtubule stability to mitochondrial function Euromit 2023- International Meeting on Mitochondrial Pathology June 2023.

Brimble E, Reyes KG, Kuhathaas K, Devinsky O, Ruzhnikov MRZ, Ortiz-Gonzalez XR, Scheffer I, Bahi-Buisson N, Olson H; FOXG1 Research Foundation.: Expanding genotype-phenotype correlations in FOXG1 syndrome: results from a patient registry. Orphanet J Rare Dis 18: 149, June 2023.

Marco Flores-Mendez, Jesus A. Tintos-Hernández, Xilma R. Ortiz-González: Mitochondrial dysfunction due to mRNA transport defects as a mechanism of neurodegeneration? Unraveling the role of TBCK in a human neuronal model. Euromit 2023- International Meeting on Mitochondrial Pathology June 2023.

Jacqueline Aker: Understanding Rare Epilepsies from the Inside Out- Feature story featuring Dr Ortiz-Gonzalez. Epilepsy Foundation Quarterly Magazine. Epilepsy Foundation, April 2023 Notes: https://www.epilepsy.com/sites/default/files/2023-04/Foundation_Quarterly_Spring_2023_4.pdf.

RAMOS-RODRIGUEZ, L and ORTIZ-GONZALEZ X: Role of metabolic defects in axonal degeneration of WIPI4 deficient iPSC induced-neurons SFN 2023 Annual Meeting SFN 2023 Annual Meeting PSTR199.23, 2023.

M. FLORES-MENDEZ, J. A. TINTOS-HERNÁNDEZ, L. RAMOS-RODRÍGUEZ, and X. R. ORTIZ-GONZÁLEZ: Tbck, a regulator of the endolysosomal pathway. SFN 2023 Annual Meeting PSTR450.01, 2023.

Kayumi S, Pérez-Jurado LA, Palomares M, Rangu S, Sheppard SE, Chung WK, Kruer MC, Kharbanda M, Amor DJ, McGillivray G, Cohen JS, García-Miñaúr S, van Eyk CL, Harper K, Jolly LA, Webber DL, Barnett CP, Santos-Simarro F, Pacio-Míguez M, Pozo AD, Bakhtiari S, Deardorff M, Dubbs HA, Izumi K, Grand K, Gray C, Mark PR, Bhoj EJ, Li D, Ortiz-Gonzalez XR, Keena B, Zackai EH, Goldberg EM, Perez de Nanclares G, Pereda A, Llano-Rivas I, Arroyo I, Fernández-Cuesta MÁ, Thauvin-Robinet C, Faivre L, Garde A, Mazel B, Bruel AL, Tress ML, Brilstra E, Fine AS, Crompton KE, Stegmann APA, Sinnema M, Stevens SCJ, Nicolai J, Lesca G, Lion-François L, Haye D, Chatron N, Piton A, Nizon M, Cogne B, Srivastava S, Bassetti J, Muss C, Gripp KW, Procopio RA, Millan F, Morrow MM, Assaf M, Moreno-De-Luca A, Joss S, Hamilton MJ, Bertoli M, Foulds N, McKee S, MacLennan AH, Gecz J, Corbett MA.: Genomic and phenotypic characterization of 404 individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders caused by CTNNB1 variants. Genet Med 24(11): doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2022.08.006, November 2022.