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Anne Comi, MD is a faculty member in the division of Neurology and Developmental Medicine at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and also Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Biographical Sketch:
She is the director of the Sturge-Weber Syndrome Center. She graduated from SUNY Buffalo School of medicine and received her training in Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Buffalo and her Child Neurology training at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Her clinical specialization is in the treatment of the neurological aspects of Sturge-Weber syndrome and in the management of headaches, seizures and developmental delay in children.
Research Summary:
Her clinical research interests are focused on improving the early diagnosis and treatment of brain involvement in Sturge-Weber syndrome in order to prevent brain injury in these infants and young children. Her laboratory research work deals with developing better neuroprotective and neuroregenerative responses to brain injury resulting from impaired blood flow to the brain.
Recent Publications/Presentations:
Comi, AM. Pathophysiology of Sturge-Weber Syndrome. (2003) J. Child Neurol. 18 (8):509 516.
Lin, D.D.M., Barker, P.B., Kraut M.A., Comi, A.M. Early characteristics of Sturge-Weber syndrome on perfusion MR imaging and proton MR spectroscopic imaging. (2003) Am. J Neuroradiol. 24(9):1912-5.
Comi AM, Weisz CJ, Highet BH, Johnston MV, Wilson MA. A new model of stroke and ischemic seizures in the immature mouse. (2004) Pediatric Neurology. 31(4 ):254-257.
Comi AM, Weisz CJC, Highet BH, Skolasky RL, Pardo CA. Sturge-Weber syndrome: Altered blood vessel fibronectin expression and morphology. J. Child Neurology 2005;20(7):572-7.
Kossoff EH, Hatfield LA, Ball KL, Comi AM. Comorbidity of epilepsy and headache in patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome. J. Child Neurol. 2005;20(8):678-82.
Comi AM, Johnston MV, Wilson MA. Strain variability, injury distribution and seizure onset in a mouse model of stroke in the immature brain. (2005) Dev. Neurosc.27 (2-4):127-133. | 