
Francesco Gavazzi, MD, PhD
Department: Neurology
Contact information
3615 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
MD (Medicine)
Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy, 2012.
PhD (Biomedical and Translational Sciences)
Universita' degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy, 2022.
MD (Medicine)
Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy, 2012.
PhD (Biomedical and Translational Sciences)
Universita' degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy, 2022.
Post-Graduate Training
Resident in Pediatric Neurosychiatry, Universita' degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy, 2013-2018.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Child Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA, 2018-2021.
Permanent linkResident in Pediatric Neurosychiatry, Universita' degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy, 2013-2018.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Child Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA, 2018-2021.
Selected Publications
Emma R. Kotes, Sarah Woidill, Russell D'Aiello, Amina Khan, Jacob McCann, Mark Ramos, Francesco Gavazzi, Stephanie Keller, Keith Van Haren, Ali Fatemi, Florian Eichler, Joshua Bonkowsky, Jamie Fraser, Lisa Emrick, Omar Sherbini, Ashley Hackett, Jeilo Gauna, Dandre Amos, Jordan Goodman, Amena Smith Fine, Amanda Nagy, Seungil Lee, Nicole Page, Johanna Schmidt, Amy Pizzino, Kayla Muirhead, Mariko Bennett, Amy Waldman, Justine Shults, Laura Adang, Robert Grundmeier, Adeline Vanderve: Clinically Important Endpoints in Individuals With Leukodystrophy: A Multisite Study. Annals of the Child Neurology Society July 2025.Peter Hong, Francesco Gavazzi,Anjana Sevagamoorthy, Isha Deshpande, Elizabeth Ballance, Jamie Bradford, Jessica Costagliola, Elizabeth Cross, Stacy Cusack, Allan M. Glanzman, Ann Harrington, Tracy Kornafel, Emma McKenzie, Samuel R. Pierce, Sarah Woidill, Adeline Vanderver : Gross Motor Function and Adaptive Abilities in TUBB4A-Related Leukodystrophy United Leukodystrophy Foundation 2025 Meeting June 2025.
Miriam Lerner, Francesco Gavazzi, Sarah Woidill, Russel D'Aiello, Elizabeth Ballance, Jamie Bradford, Lindsay Busarello, Jessica Costagliola, Elizabeth Cross, Stacy Cusack, Michelle Fitzgerald, Ann Tokay Harrington, Tracy Kornafe, Emma McKenzie, Adeline Vanderver: Functional abilities in a POLR3-related leukodystrophy cohort: a step towards clinical trial readiness. United Leukodystrophy Foundation (ULF) 2025 Scientific Conference June 2025.
Giulia S Porcari, Miriam Lerner, Sarah Woidill, Lara Trentino, Camila Bergueiro Martins De Oliveria, Anjana Segavamoorthy, Francesco Gavazzi, Johanna Schmidt, Adeline Vanderver : Developmental Trajectories in GCJ2-related Hypomyelinating Leukodystrophy. United Leukodystrophy Foundation (ULF) 2025 Scientific Conference June 2025.
Gavazzi F, Martin A, Sevagamoorthy A, Vaia Y, Vincent A, Woidill S, D'Aiello R, DeMauro SB, Lorch SA, Vanderver A, Adang LA: Experiences and hope in caregivers of children with Aicardi Goutières Syndrome (AGS). J Child Neurol May 2025.
Gavazzi F, Yu E, Tashnim Z, Woidill S, Sevagamoorthy A, Arnold K, Ammann-Schnell L, Groeschel S, Krägeloh-Mann I, Breitling V, Schlotawa L, Ahrens-Nicklas R, Adang LA: Exploration into lived experiences of Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency (MSD) affected individuals and their families. J Child Neurol May 2025.
Gavazzi F, Kornafel T, Balance E, Pierce SR, Joung J, Gallison K, et al: Assessment of Gross Motor Function in Alexander Disease (AxD). American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting April 2025.
Gavazzi F, Charsar B, Hamilton E, Erler JA, Patel V, Woidill S, Sevagamoorthy A, Helman G, Schmidt J, Pizzino A, Muirhead K, Takanohashi A, Bonkowsky JL, Meyerhoffer K, Simons C, Doi H, Satoko M, Matsumoto N, Delgado MR, Sanchez-Castillo M, Wang J, de Carvalho DR, Tournev I, Chamova T, Jordanova A, Clegg NJ, Nicita F, Bertini E, Teng M, Williams D, Tonduti D, Houlden H, Stellingwerff M, Wassmer E, Garcia-Cazorla A, Bernard G, Mirchi A, Toutounchi H, Wolf NI, van der Knaap MS, Shults J, Adang LA, Vanderver AL.: The natural history of variable subtypes in pediatric-onset TUBB4A-related leukodystrophy. Mol Genet Metab. 144(3), Mar 2025.
Mutua S, Sevagamoorthy A, Woidill S, Orchard PJ, Gavazzi F, MacFarland SP, Russo P, Vanderver A, Adang LA. Characterization of gallbladder disease in metachromatic leukodystrophy across the lifespan.: Characterization of gallbladder disease in metachromatic leukodystrophy across the lifespan. Mol Genet Metab 144(1), Jan 2025.
Kotes E, Woidill S, D'Aiello R, Khan A, McCann J, Ramos M, Gavazzi F, Keller S, Van Haren K, Fatemi A, Eichler F, Hackett A, Gauna J, Amos D, Goodman J, Lee S, Page N, Schmidt J, Pizzino A, Muirhead K, Sherbini O, GLIA-CTN Workgroup, Adang L, chilts J, Grundmeier R, Vanderver A: Clinically Important Endpoints in Children with Leukodystrophy: A Multisite Study. Annals of Child Neurology Society 2025.