Carsten G. Bönnemann

Dr. Carsten Bönnemann is a pediatric neurologist specializing in neuromuscular disorders and neurogenetics. He graduated from medical school in Freiburg, Germany. He completed pediatric training in Hamburg and in Goettingen, and training in child neurology at MGH/Harvard Medical School in Boston. His neuromuscular training continued at Children’s Hospital Boston, where he also conducted research in Dr Kunkel’s lab working on gene identification in the muscular dystrophies. In 2002 he joined the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania where he was Co-Director of the Neuromuscular Program and Director of the Neurogenetics Clinic.

Since 2010 Dr. Bönnemann is a Senior Investigator in the Neurogenetics Branch and Chief of the Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/National Institutes of Health. The clinical focus of the section at NIH ranges from the clinical characterization and management of known and new disorders to translational aspects leading to clinical trials. Research in the lab is concerned with the molecular genetics and cell biology of muscular dystrophies and early onset myopathies in order to develop molecular-based treatments. More basic research focuses on the role of the extracellular matrix in muscle maintenance and regeneration. Before his position at the NIH he was at He was a Pew Fellow in the Biomedical Sciences and received the Derek Denny-Brown Neurological Scholar Award from the American Neurological Association.