Overview
Dr. Leung obtained her undergraduate degree in biochemical sciences from Harvard University. While attending medical school at Duke University, she completed a year-long research fellowship studying genetic markers of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease at the National Institute on Aging as part of the NIH Clinical Research Training Program. She completed her neurology residency and clinical neurophysiology fellowship at Stanford University Medical Center, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the graduate training program in clinical investigation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Leung joined the Center for Genetic Muscle Disorders at the Kennedy Krieger Institute as a translational research fellow in 2010 and was appointed to the faculty in 2014. Her clinic specializes in electromyography and the diagnosis and treatment of hereditary muscle diseases. Dr. Leung’s research focuses on the development of imaging biomarkers and outcome measures for muscle diseases. She is the principal investigator for a longitudinal cohort study of whole-body MRI in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Dr. Leung is also a site principal investigator for the Ionis-DMPKRx trial, a phase Ib/IIa clinical trial of a novel RNA-based therapy for myotonic muscular dystrophy.
Dr. Leung is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Distal Median Nerve Dysfunction. Her top areas of expertise are Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD), Dysferlinopathy, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2I, and Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 47 peer reviewed articles and participating in 6 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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1741 Ashland Avenue, Room 847, Room 847, Baltimore, MD 21205
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
6 Clinical Trials
Maryland Neurological Center
Luke Kao is a Neurologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Kao is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Distal Median Nerve Dysfunction. His top areas of expertise are Distal Median Nerve Dysfunction, Common Peroneal Nerve Dysfunction, Morton Neuroma, and Neuralgia.
Inova Health Care Services
Suneetha Manem is a Neurologist in Fairfax, Virginia. Dr. Manem is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Distal Median Nerve Dysfunction. Her top areas of expertise are Vasoconstriction, Vertebral Artery Dissection, Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy (ADNFLE), and Partial Seizure. Dr. Manem is currently accepting new patients.
Wellspan Medical Group
Xi Lin is a Neurologist in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Dr. Lin is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Distal Median Nerve Dysfunction. His top areas of expertise are Memory Loss, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Restless Legs Syndrome.
Areas of Expertise
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- Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD)
- Distinguished
- Duchenne Muscular DystrophyDr. Leung isDistinguished. Learn about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
- DysferlinopathyDr. Leung isDistinguished. Learn about Dysferlinopathy.
- Limb-Girdle Muscular DystrophyDr. Leung isDistinguished. Learn about Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy.
- Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2IDr. Leung isDistinguished. Learn about Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2I.
- Myotonic DystrophyDr. Leung isDistinguished. Learn about Myotonic Dystrophy.
- Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2Dr. Leung isDistinguished. Learn about Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2.
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- Coenzyme Q Cytochrome C Reductase Deficiency
- DystrophinopathyDr. Leung isAdvanced. Learn about Dystrophinopathy.
- Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5Dr. Leung isAdvanced. Learn about Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5.
- Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 1A
- Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 1B
- Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2A
- Experienced
- Angelman SyndromeDr. Leung isExperienced. Learn about Angelman Syndrome.
- Becker Muscular DystrophyDr. Leung isExperienced. Learn about Becker Muscular Dystrophy.
- Benign Autosomal Dominant MyopathyDr. Leung isExperienced. Learn about Benign Autosomal Dominant Myopathy.
- Central Core DiseaseDr. Leung isExperienced. Learn about Central Core Disease.
- Centronuclear MyopathyDr. Leung isExperienced. Learn about Centronuclear Myopathy.
- Collagen VI-Related MyopathyDr. Leung isExperienced. Learn about Collagen VI-Related Myopathy.