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Samuel Mackenzie, MD, PhD

Medical Reviewer

Samuel Mackenzie, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Child Neurology, Neuromuscular Disease, and Neuroscience at University of Rochester Medical Center. He completed his undergraduate studies at Cornell University before earning a master's degree in exercise science at the University of Delaware and his MD and PhD degrees at SUNY Upstate Medical University. He completed residency in child neurology at the University of Michigan and fellowship in neuromuscular medicine at The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children's Hospital.

Dr. Mackenzie's research interests broadly involve developing...

Affiliations

Castle Connolly

Expertise

Pediatrics, neurology, and exercise science

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature, Cornell University
  • Master of Science in Exercise Science, University of Delaware
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience, SUNY Upstate Medical University
  • Doctor of Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University

Awards and Accreditation

  • Castle Connolly Rising Star
  • NINDS National Research Service Award, 2011–2013
  • SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, 2015
  • Pediatric House Officer Teaching Award, 2015 and 2017
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • American Academy of Neurology
  • Child Neurology Society
  • American Medical Association
  • Michigan State Medical Society

Press Coverage

Research:

Powell, A. R., Ames, E. G., Knierbein, E. N., Hannibal, M. C., & Mackenzie, S. J. (2021). Symptom Prevalence and Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in Patients With TANGO2-Related Metabolic Encephalopathy and Arrhythmias (TRMEA). Pediatric neurology, 119, 34–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2021.02.011

Mackenzie, S. J., Lin, C. C., Todd, P. K., Burke, J. F., & Callaghan, B. C. (2020). Genetic testing utilization for patients with neurologic disease and the limitations of claims data. Neurology. Genetics, 6(2), e405. https://doi.org/10.1212/NXG.0000000000000405

Mackenzie, S. J., Yi, J. L., Singla, A., Russell, T. M., Osterhout, D. J., & Calancie, B. (2018). Cauda equina repair in the rat: Part 3. Axonal regeneration across Schwann cell-Seeded collagen foam. Muscle & nerve, 57(1), E78–E84. https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.25751

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