Background
Neurologist Payam Mohassel specializes in myopathies, muscular dystrophies and other hereditary neuromuscular disorders. Dr. Mohassel obtained his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he remained for a medical internship, residency training in neurology and clinical fellowship training in neuromuscular medicine. He then joined the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke neurogenetics branch as a clinical research fellow.
Dr. Mohassel’s research focuses on translational studies on neuromuscular disorders, and it spans gene discovery efforts, mechanistic studies to identify therapeutic targets and early phase interventional clinical trials.