Laura A Adang, M.D., PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Neurology
Contact information
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3400 Civic Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3400 Civic Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-1710
Email:
adangl@email.chop.edu
adangl@email.chop.edu
Education:
BS (Interdisciplinary Studies: Neurology - Magna cum laude with Honors)
University of Georgia, 2001.
PhD (Microbiology)
University of Virginia, 2007.
MD
University of Virginia, 2009.
MS (Translational Research )
Penn, 2018.
BS (Interdisciplinary Studies: Neurology - Magna cum laude with Honors)
University of Georgia, 2001.
PhD (Microbiology)
University of Virginia, 2007.
MD
University of Virginia, 2009.
MS (Translational Research )
Penn, 2018.
Post-Graduate Training
Pediatric Residency, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2009-2011.
Child Neurology Residency, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2011-2014.
Multiple Sclerosis and Demyelinating Diseases Fellowship, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2015-2016.
Lysosomal Disease Network (LDN) research fellowship, CHOP, 2017-2018.
Pediatric Residency, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2009-2011.
Child Neurology Residency, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2011-2014.
Multiple Sclerosis and Demyelinating Diseases Fellowship, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2015-2016.
Lysosomal Disease Network (LDN) research fellowship, CHOP, 2017-2018.
Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2014.
Permanent linkAmerican Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2014.
Description of Clinical Expertise
LeukodystrophiesDescription of Research Expertise
Clinical and biologic outcome measures in the leukodystrophiesSelected Publications
Gavazzi F, Vaia Y, Woidill S, Formanowski B, Peixoto de Barcelos I, Sevagamoorthy A, Modesti NB, Charlton L, Cusack SV, Vincent A, D'Aiello R, Jawad A, Galli J, Varesio C, Fazzi E, Orcesi S, Glanzman AM, Lorch S, DeMauro SB, Guez-Barber D, Waldman AT, Vanderver A, Adang LA.: Nonverbal Cognitive Skills in Children With Aicardi Goutières Syndrome. Neurology 103: e209541, Jul 2024.Laura Ann Adang, Samuel Groeschel, Chloe Grzyb, Russell D'Aiello, Francesco Gavazzi, Omar Sherbini, Nowa Bronner, Akshilkumar Patel, Ariel Vincent, Anjana Sevagamoorthy, Sylvia Mutua, Kayla Muirhead, Johanna Schmidt, Amy Pizzino, Emily Yu, Danielle Jin, Florian Eichler, Jamie L Fraser, Lisa Emrick, Keith Van Haren, Jean-Martin Boulanger, Maura Ruzhnikov, Michel Sylvain, Cam-Tu Émilie Nguyen, Ana Potic, Stephanie Keller, Ali Fatemi, Eloise Uebergang, Michele Poe, Pouneh Amir Yazdani, John Bernat, Kristen Lindstrom, Joshua L Bonkowsky, Genevieve Bernard, Chloe A Stutterd, Paul Orchard, Ashish O Gupta, Merete Ljungberg, Sabine Groenborg, Alberto Zambon, Sara Locatelli, Francesca Fumagalli, Saskia Elguen, Christiane Kehrer, Ingeborg Krägeloh-Mann, Justine Shults, Adeline Vanderver, Maria L Escolar: Developmental delay can precede neurologic regression in early onset metachromatic leukodystrophy. Mol Genet Metab 142(4), June 2024.
Laura A Adang, Russell D'Aiello, Asako Takanohashi, Sarah Woidill, Francesco Gavazzi, Edward M Behrens, Kathleen E Sullivan, Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky, Adriana A de Jesus, Ags Workgroup, Adeline Vanderver, Justine Shults : Interferon signaling gene expression as a diagnostic biomarker for monogenic interferonopathies. JCI Insight Page: e178456, June 2024.
Adang L.: Metachromatic leukodystrophy: A story of hope woven from sorrow. Mol Ther 32: 1179, May 2024.
Cusack SV, Gavazzi F, de Barcelos IP, Modesti NB, Woidill S, Formanowski B, DeMauro SB, Lorch S, Vincent A, Jawad AF, Estilow T, Glanzman AM, Vanderver A, Adang LA.: Characterization of Fine Motor and Visual Motor Skills in Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome. J Child Neurol Mar 2024.
Tricoli L, Sase S, Hacker J, Pham V, Smith S, Chappell M, Breda L, Hurwitz S, Tanaka N, Castracani CC, Guerra A, Hou Z, Schlotawa L, Radhakrishnan K, Kurre P, Ahrens-Nicklas R, Adang L, Vanderver A, Rivella S.: Effective Gene Therapy for Metachromatic Leukodystrophy Achieved with Minimal Lentiviral Genomic Integrations. bioRxiv Mar 2024.
Adang LA, Sevagamoorthy A, Sherbini O, Fraser JL, Bonkowsky JL, Gavazzi F, D'Aiello R, Modesti NB, Yu E, Mutua S, Kotes E, Shults J, Vincent A, Emrick LT, Keller S, Van Haren KP, Woidill S, Barcelos I, Pizzino A, Schmidt JL, Eichler F, Fatemi A, Vanderver A.: Longitudinal natural history studies based on real-world data in rare diseases: Opportunity and a novel approach. Mol Genet Metab 142: 108453, Mar 2024.
Laugwitz L, Schoenmakers DH, Adang LA, Beck-Woedl S, Bergner C, Bernard G, Bley A, Boyer A, Calbi V, Dekker H, Eichler F, Eklund E, Fumagalli F, Gavazzi F, Grønborg SW, van Hasselt P, Langeveld M, Lindemans C, Mochel F, Oberg A, Ram D, Saunier-Vivar E, Schöls L, Scholz M, Sevin C, Zerem A, Wolf NI, Groeschel S.: Newborn screening in metachromatic leukodystrophy - European consensus-based recommendations on clinical management. Eur J Paediatr Neurol 49: 141-154, Mar 2024.
Adang LA, Mowafy S, Herbst ZM, Zhou Z, Schlotawa L, Radhakrishnan K, Bentley B, Pham V, Yu E, Pillai NR, Orchard PJ, De Castro M, Vanderver A, Pasquali M, Gelb MH, Ahrens-Nicklas RC.: Biochemical signatures of disease severity in multiple sulfatase deficiency. J Inherit Metab Dis 47(2): 374-386, March 2024.
Gavazzi F, Gonzalez CD, Arnold K, Swantkowski M, Charlton L, Modesti N, Dar AA, Vanderver A, Bennett M, Adang LA.: Nucleotide metabolism, leukodystrophies, and CNS pathology. J Inherit Metab Dis Feb 2024.