Mia MacCollin, M.D. Mia MacCollin, M.D. MGH Appointment: Assistant Professor of Neurology
HMS Appointment: A
ssistant Professor of Neurology
MGH Address: Neurogenetics, MGH East
MGH Phone Number: 617-726-5725
Patient Office Phone Number: 617-724-7856
Patient Office Location: ACC 8
E-Mail Address: maccollin@helix.mgh.harvard.edu
Fax Number: 617-724-9620
Undergraduate Education: Cornell University
Graduate And/Or Medical School: Washington University
Residencies And Fellowships: Pediatrics: Babies Hospital,NY, NY Neurology: Neurological Institute, NY, NY Neurogenetics: Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Neurogenetics Unit, Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA
Foreign Language Spoken:
Certification By An American Specialty Board: Neurology, Pediatrics
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Research Interests: Neurogenetics
Clinical Interests: Neurofibromatosis
Representative Publications:
MacCollin M, Kwiatkowski D. Molecular genetic aspects of the phakomatoses: tuberous sclerosis complex and neurofibromatosis 1. Current Opin Neurol. 14(2):163-9 (2001).
MacCollin M, Gutmann DH, Korf B, Finkelstein R. Establishing priorities in neurofibromatosis research: a workshop summary. Genet Med 3:212-7 (2001).
Blakley P, Louis DN, Short MP, MacCollin M. A clinical study of patients with multiple isolated neurofibromas. J Med Genet,38:485-8 (2001)
Bashour AM, Meng JJ, Wallace I, MacCollin M, Ratner N. Cytoskeletal defects in human schwannoma cells are reversed by the NF2 gene product, merlin. Mol Cell Biol. 22(4):1150-7 (2002).
Heinrich B, Hartmann C, Stemmer-Rachamimov AO, Louis DN, MacCollin M. Multiple meningiomas: investigating the molecular basis of sporadic and familial forms. Int J Onc, 103:483-8 (2003)
Kluwe L, Mautner V, Heinrich B, Dezube R, Jacoby LB, MacCollin M. Molecular study of frequency of mosaicism in neurofibromatosis 2 patients with bilateral vestibular schwannomas. J Med Genet 40:109-14 (2003)
Kaufman, DL, Heinrich B, Willett C, Perry A, Finseth F, Sobel R, MacCollin M. Somatic instability of the NF2 gene in schwannomatosis. Arch Neurol 60:1317-20 (2003)
MacCollin M, Willet C, Heinrich B, Jacoby LB, Ascerino JS, Perry A, Louis DN. Familial schwannomatosis: exclusion of the NF2 locus as the germline event. Neurology 60:1968-74 (2003)
Nunes F, MacCollin M. Neurofibromatosis 2 in the pediatric population. J Child Neurology, 18:718-24 (2003).