Gerald Pfeffer

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Working Group Member

Assistant Professor, Clinical Neurosciences, Medical Genetics at the University of Calgary

Full Member of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute


NMD4C Working Group(s): Biobanking

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Research Interests: Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Cord / Nerve Injury & Pain

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Biography

Dr. Pfeffer is a clinician-scientist at University of Calgary. He did Neurology specialty training at UBC and Genetics PhD at Newcastle University. His clinical and research work focuses on adult-onset neurogenetic conditions.


Recent Publications

Joel, MM, Pontifex, C, Martens, K, Chhibber, S, de Koning, J, Pfeffer, G et al.. Transcriptome analysis from muscle biopsy tissues in late-onset myopathies identifies potential biomarkers correlating to muscle pathology. Neuromuscul Disord. 2022.32 (8)643-653 PMID:35850946

Jacob, S, Kapadia, R, Soule, T, Luo, H, Schellenberg, KL, Douville, RN et al.. Neuromuscular Complications of SARS-CoV-2 and Other Viral Infections. Front Neurol. 2022.13 914411 PMID:35812094

Pfeffer, G, Lee, G, Pontifex, CS, Fanganiello, RD, Peck, A, Weihl, CC et al.. Multisystem Proteinopathy Due to VCP Mutations: A Review of Clinical Heterogeneity and Genetic Diagnosis. Genes (Basel). 2022.13 (6) PMID:35741724

Henriques, BC, Buchner, A, Hu, X, Wang, Y, Yavorskyy, V, Wallace, K et al.. Correction: Methodology for clinical genotyping of CYP2D6 and CYP2C19. Transl Psychiatry. 2022.12 (1)94 PMID:35260547

Maroilley, T, Wright, NAM, Diao, C, MacLaren, L, Pfeffer, G, Sarna, JR et al.. Case Report: Biallelic Loss of Function ATM due to Pathogenic Synonymous and Novel Deep Intronic Variant c.1803-270T > G Identified by Genome Sequencing in a Child With Ataxia-Telangiectasia. Front Genet. 2022.13 815210 PMID:35145552

Korb, M, Peck, A, Alfano, LN, Berger, KI, James, MK, Ghoshal, N et al.. Development of a standard of care for patients with valosin-containing protein associated multisystem proteinopathy. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2022.17 (1)23 PMID:35093159

Ilamathi, HS, Ouellet, M, Sabouny, R, Desrochers-Goyette, J, Lines, MA, Pfeffer, G et al.. A new automated tool to quantify nucleoid distribution within mitochondrial networks. Sci Rep. 2021.11 (1)22755 PMID:34815439

Carvalho Henriques, B, Buchner, A, Hu, X, Wang, Y, Yavorskyy, V, Wallace, K et al.. Methodology for clinical genotyping of CYP2D6 and CYP2C19. Transl Psychiatry. 2021.11 (1)596 PMID:34811360

Leckie, JN, Joel, MM, Martens, K, King, A, King, M, Korngut, LW et al.. Highly Elevated Prevalence of Spinobulbar Muscular Atrophy in Indigenous Communities in Canada Due to a Founder Effect. Neurol Genet. 2021.7 (4)e607 PMID:34250227

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