Diana Castro, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department Pediatrics | Neurology & Neurotherapeutics
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Education
- Medical School
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (2002)
- Residency
- SUNY Downstate Medical Center (2008), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- UT Southwestern/Children's Medical Center (2011), Child Neurology
- Fellowship
- UT Southwestern/Children's Medical Center (2012), Neuromuscular Disease
Research Interest
- Acquired and Hereditary Neuropathy
- Congenital Myopathies and Muscular Dystrophies
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Publications
Featured Publications
- Morin Stain Detects Aluminum-Containing Macrophages in Macrophagic Myofasciitis and Vaccination Granuloma With High Sensitivity and Specificity.
- Chkheidze R, Burns DK, White CL, Castro D, Fuller J, Cai C J. Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol. 2017 Mar
- Baseline results of the NeuroNEXT spinal muscular atrophy infant biomarker study.
- Kolb SJ, Coffey CS, Yankey JW, Krosschell K, Arnold WD, Rutkove SB, Swoboda KJ, Reyna SP, Sakonju A, Darras BT, Shell R, Kuntz N, Castro D, Iannaccone ST, Parsons J, Connolly AM, Chiriboga CA, McDonald C, Burnette WB, Werner K, Thangarajh M, Shieh PB, Finanger E, Cudkowicz ME, McGovern MM, McNeil DE, Finkel R, Kaye E, Kingsley A, Renusch SR, McGovern VL, Wang X, Zaworski PG, Prior TW, Burghes AH, Bartlett A, Kissel JT Ann Clin Transl Neurol 2016 Feb 3 2 132-45
- Atypical Presentation for Friedreich Ataxia in a Child.
- Caron E, Burns D, Castro D, Iannaccone ST J Clin Neuromuscul Dis 2015 Sep 17 1 13-7
- Spinal muscular atrophy: therapeutic strategies.
- Castro D, Iannaccone ST Curr Treat Options Neurol 2014 Nov 16 11 316
- Congenital muscular dystrophies and congenital myopathies.
- Iannaccone ST, Castro D Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2013 Dec 19 6 Muscle Disease 1509-34
- Juvenile myasthenia gravis: a twenty-year experience.
- Castro D, Derisavifard S, Anderson M, Greene M, Iannaccone S J Clin Neuromuscul Dis 2013 Mar 14 3 95-102
Books
Featured Books
Juvenile Myasthenia Gravis: From Diagnosis to Treatment. In Novel Challenges in Myasthenia Gravis
Mineo T, Castro D. (2015). Nova Science Publishers
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- American Association of Neuromuscular Electrodiagnostic Medicine (2013)
- GBS/CIDP International Foundation (2013)
- World Muscle Society (2013)
- Peripheral Nerve Society (2012)
- American Academy of Neurology (2010)