Johanna Hamel, M.D.
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Johanna Hamel, M.D.
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919 Westfall Road, Suite 210
Rochester, NY 14618
About Me
Professional Background
Faculty Appointments
Associate Professor - Department of Neurology, NMD (SMD)
Associate Professor - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (SMD) - Joint
Credentials
Residency & Fellowship
Fellowship, Fellow, University of Rochester School of Medicine GME. 2017 - 2019
Fellowship, Neuromuscular Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2016 - 2017
Residency, Resident, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2013 - 2016
Internship, Internal Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2012 - 2013
Residency, Resident, Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin (Germany). 2010 - 2012
Medical School, Johannes Gutenberg University Of Mainz-Fachbereich Medizin (Germany). 2007 - 2009
Education
MD | Martin Luther Universitaet Halle Wittenberg (Germany). 2009
Awards
Clinical Research Training Fellowship in Muscular Dystrophy. 2017 - 2019
Arnold P. Gold Foundation Award, Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award.
Scholarship for Young Neuroscientists.
Research
Clinical Trials
Lead Researcher: Johanna Hamel
The purpose of this study is to learn about the effects of an “investigational” drug, PGN-EDODM1, and to see how safe and tolerable PGN-EDODM1 is for people with myotonic dystrophy type 1 compared to placebo. The study consists of 2 periods: A Screen...
Lead Researcher: Johanna Hamel
GNE myopathy is a rare genetic muscle disease characterized by progressive muscle atrophy and weakness. The disease is caused by mutations in the gene that encodes the enzyme that initiates and regulates N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac)...
Publications
Journal Articles
Tawil R, Wagner KR, Hamel JI, Leung DG, Statland JM, Wang LH, Genge A, Sacconi S, Lochmüller H, Reyes-Leiva D, Diaz-Manera J, Alonso-Perez J, Muelas N, Vilchez JJ, Pestronk A, Gibson S, Goyal NA, Hayward LJ, Johnson N, LoRusso S, Freimer M, Shieh PB, Subramony SH, van Engelen B, Kools J, Leinhard OD, Widholm P, Morabito C, Moxham CM, Cadavid D, Mellion ML, Odueyungbo A, Tracewell WG, Accorsi A, Ronco L, Gould RJ, Shoskes J, Rojas LA, Jiang JG
The Lancet. Neurology.. 2024 May 23 (5):477-486. Epub 1900 01 01.
Nutter CA, Kidd BM, Carter HA, Hamel JI, Mackie PM, Kumbkarni N, Davenport ML, Tuyn DM, Gopinath A, Creigh PD, Sznajder ?J, Wang ET, Ranum LPW, Khoshbouei H, Day JW, Sampson JB, Prokop S, Swanson MS
Brain : a journal of neurology.. 2023 May 5 Epub 05/05/2023.
Hamel JI, Logigian EL
Neurology.. 2023 March 27 Epub 03/27/2023.
Hamel JI
Continuum : lifelong learning in neurology.. 2022 December 128 (6):1715-1734. Epub 1900 01 01.
Hamel JI, McDermott MP, Hilbert JE, Martens WB, Luebbe E, Tawil R, Moxley RT, Thornton CA
Muscle & nerve.. 2022 July 1 Epub 07/01/2022.
Mackenzie SJ, Hamel J, Thornton CA
The Journal of clinical investigation.. 2022 May 16132 (10)Epub 1900 01 01.
Hamel J, Creigh PD, Dekdebrun J, Eichinger K, Thornton CA
Muscle & nerve.. 2022 April 15 Epub 04/15/2022.
Hamel J, Tawil R
Neurologic clinics.. 2020 August 38 (3):529-540. Epub 1900 01 01.
Hamel J, Lee P, Glenn MD, Burka T, Choi IY, Friedman S, Shaw D, McCalley A, Herbelin L, Dimachkie MM, Lemmers R, van der Maarel SM, Barohn RJ, Tawil R, Statland JM
Muscle & nerve.. 2019 December 29 Epub 12/29/2019.
Hamel J, Johnson N, Tawil R, Martens WB, Dilek N, McDermott MP, Heatwole C
Neurology.. 2019 September 1793 (12):e1180-e1192. Epub 08/13/2019.
Hamel J, Tawil R
Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics.. 2018 October 15 (4):863-871. Epub 1900 01 01.
Hamel J, Logigian EL
Muscle & nerve.. 2018 August 58 (2):178-181. Epub 06/13/2018.
Kvalsund M, Chidumayo T, Hamel J, Herrmann D, Heimburger D, Peltier A, Birbeck G
Journal of the neurological sciences.. 2018 May 15388 :61-69. Epub 02/22/2018.
Hamel J, Ciafaloni E
Neurologic clinics.. 2018 May 36 (2):355-365. Epub 1900 01 01.
Hamel J, Logigian EL
Muscle & nerve.. 2018 January 57 (1):33-39. Epub 06/19/2017.
Gyang TV, Hamel J, Goodman AD, Gross RA, Samkoff L
Neurology.. 2016 May 1086 (19):1843-5. Epub 04/13/2016.
Bahnemann M, Hamel J, De Beukelaer S, Ohl S, Kehrer S, Audebert H, Kraft A, Brandt SA
Journal of neurology.. 2015 February 262 (2):316-25. Epub 11/09/2014.
Hamel J, De Beukelaer S, Kraft A, Ohl S, Audebert HJ, Brandt SA
Frontiers in psychology.. 2013 4 :339. Epub 06/21/2013.
Hamel J, Fiebach JB, Villringer K
Neurology.. 2012 October 979 (15):1622-3. Epub 09/26/2012.
Hamel J, Kraft A, Ohl S, De Beukelaer S, Audebert HJ, Brandt SA
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE.. 2012 September 18 (67):e4427. Epub 09/18/2012.
Hamel J, Burgdorf WH, Bräuninger W
The American Journal of dermatopathology.. 2009 October 31 (7):710-4. Epub 1900 01 01.
Books
Neurological Diseases in Pregnancy (2018)
Chapter: Neuromuscular Diseases: Myasthenia Gravis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Nondystrophic Myotonias, and Muscular Dystrophies
Authors: Hamel, J and Ciafaloni, E.
Publisher: Oxford 2018
MedLink Neurology (2015)
Chapter: Systemic Small Vessel Vasculitis
Authors: Hamel, J and Goodman, A.
Publisher: MedLink Corporation 2015
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