Susan T. Iannaccone, MD, FAAN, is the Jimmy Elizabeth Westcott Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Neurology, Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Director of Child Neurology at Children’s Medical Center Dallas. Dr. Iannaccone has been Principal Investigator for AmSMART, American Spinal Muscular Atrophy Randomized Trials, since 2000, with funding from the National Institutes of Health. AmSMART has grown from 5 clinical centers to 15 and has now completed two clinic trials for SMA patients. However, the most important contribution of AmSMART may be the development and validation of outcome measures in the pediatric SMA population. This group has worked with the International Cooperative Committee toward a consensus on outcome measures for pediatric SMA and expects, in cooperation with Dr James Varni, to have the Neuromuscular Module for the PedsQLTM available for general use in 2008.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Neuromuscular diseases
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
C. Ramaciotti, S. T. Iannaccone, W. A. Scott, "Myocardial cell damage in Duchenne muscular dystrophy." Pediatric Cardiology, 24::03-506, 2003, 2003
Iannaccone ST, "Modern management of SMA" Journal of Child Neurology, In Press 2007
Young HK, Lowe A, Fitzgerald DA, Seton C, Waters KA, Kenny E, Hynan LS, Iannaccone ST, North KN, Ryan MM, "Outcome of noninvasive ventilation in children with neuromuscular disease" Neurology, 68:198-201, 2007
Iannaccone ST, "Muscle Memory, Editorial" Journal of Pediatrics, 150:456-7, 2007
Birnkrant DJ, Panitch HB, Benditt JO, Boitano LJ, Carter ER, Cwik VA, Finder JD, Iannaccone ST, Jacobson LE, Kohn GL, Motoyama EK, Moxley RT, SchrothMK, Sharma GD, Sussman MD, "ACCP Consensus statement on the respiratory and related management of patients with Dunchenne muscular dystrophy undergoing sedation or anesthesia." Chest, In press 2007
Lehtokari VL, Pelin K, Sandbacka M, Ranta S, Donner K, Muntoni F, Sewry C, Angelini C, Bushby K, Ban den Bergh P, Iannaccone S, Laing NG, Wallgren-Pattersson C, "Identification of 45 novel mutations in the nebulin gene associated with autosomal recessive nemaline myopathy" Human Mutation, 27(9):946-956, September 2006
SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS
Scott WWA and Iannaccone ST, "Intensive Care Management, including Cardiorespiratory Care" Neuromuscular Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence, A Clinician’s Approach, Chapter 37, Elsevier Scie:1237-1250, 2003
onnolly AM and Iannaccone ST, "Anterior Horn Cell and Cranial Motor Neuron Disease" Pediatric Neurology, Principles and Practice, Volume 2, Fourth Edition,:1859-1885, Mosby Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2006
Iannaccone ST, Burghes A, "Spinal muscular atrophies" Neuromuscular Disorders/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, Volume 88 2002
Rosenerg RN and Iannaccone ST, "Genetic Neurological Disease" Comprehensive Neurology, Rosenberg RN and Pleasure 2003
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