Christopher Spurney, MD

Professor
Primary Department
Pediatrics
Affiliation
Children's National Hospital
Research Interests

Research focuses on the cardiomyopathy associated with muscular dystrophies. He performs preclinical research focusing on cardiac drug development in the dystrophin deficient mdx mouse model. His clinical research in the Children's National Heart Institute focuses on imaging outcome measures using both echocardiography and MR imaging and serum biomarkers in DMD related cardiomyopathy.

Keywords

muscular dystrophies, cardiac drug development, dystrophin deficient mdx, echocardiography, MR imaging, serum biomarkers, cardiomyopathy,