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Jim Collins is an Assistant Professor and Attending Physician at Cincinnati Children's.

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Jim J. Collins, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Child Neurology

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-4222

Fax: 513-636-1888

Email: james.collins@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Congenital muscular dystrophies; merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy

Biography

James Collins MD, PhD obtained specialty training in Neuromuscular disorders at the Institute of Human Genetics, Centre for Life, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, UK, in the last months of his residency training. He was then appointed Assistant Professor at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center where he follows patients in general Neurology and in the Comprehensive Neuromuscular Center.

Education and Training

PhD: Kent State University, Kent, OH 2000.

MD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 2004.

Residency: Pediatric Neurology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 2009.

Certification: Child Neurology, 2009.

Publications

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Collins J and Bönneman CG. Congenital Muscular Dystrophies: Toward Molecular Therapeutic Intervention. Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports. 2010 Mar;10(2):83-91.

Collins J, Tang LY, Dimmock D, Morehart P, Bove K, Wong LJC, Wong B. Progressive myofiber changes of a childhood mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome with a novel Thymidine Kinase 2 gene mutation. Neuromuscul Disord. 2009;19:784-787.