Meet the Team

Debra Sue Regier, MD

Locations

• Rare Disease Institute at the Research & Innovation Campus
• Main Hospital

Departments

• Rare Disease Institute

Nicholas Ah Mew, MD

Locations

• Rare Disease Institute at the Research & Innovation Campus
• Main Hospital

Departments

• Rare Disease Institute

Seth Ian Berger, MD, PhD

Locations

• Rare Disease Institute at the Research & Innovation Campus
• Main Hospital

Departments

• Rare Disease Institute

Kimberly A. Chapman, MD, PhD

Locations

• Rare Disease Institute at the Research & Innovation Campus
• Main Hospital

Departments

• Prenatal Pediatrics Institute
• Rare Disease Institute

Jamie Lee Fraser, MD, PhD

Locations

• Rare Disease Institute at the Research & Innovation Campus
• Main Hospital

Departments

• Rare Disease Institute
• Leukodystrophy and Myelin Disorders Program
• Prenatal Pediatrics Institute

Christina L. Grant, MD, PhD

Locations

• Rare Disease Institute at the Research & Innovation Campus
• Main Hospital
• Montgomery County

Departments

• Lysosomal Storage Disorders Program
• Rare Disease Institute

Eyby Luz Leon Janampa, MD

Locations

• Rare Disease Institute at the Research & Innovation Campus
• Main Hospital

Departments

• Positive Reevaluation of Urogenital Differences (PROUD) Clinic
• Rare Disease Institute

Amy Feldman Lewanda, MD

Locations

• Rare Disease Institute at the Research & Innovation Campus
• Main Hospital
• Montgomery County

Departments

• Rare Disease Institute

Louise Clare Pyle, MD, PhD

Locations

• Rare Disease Institute at the Research & Innovation Campus
• Main Hospital

Departments

• Rare Disease Institute
• Positive Reevaluation of Urogenital Differences (PROUD) Clinic

Kenneth N. Rosenbaum, MD

Locations

• Rare Disease Institute at the Research & Innovation Campus
• Main Hospital
• Montgomery County

Departments

• Down Syndrome Clinic
• Prenatal Pediatrics Institute
• Neurofibromatosis Institute
• Rare Disease Institute
• Skeletal Dysplasia Clinic

Natasha Elizabeth Shur, MD

Locations

• Rare Disease Institute at the Research & Innovation Campus
• Montgomery County
• Main Hospital
• Northern Virginia

Departments

• Rare Disease Institute

Heather Hain

Locations

• Rare Disease Institute at the Research & Innovation Campus

Languages

• English

Departments

• Rare Disease Institute

Christine Maccia

Languages

• English

Departments

• Rare Disease Institute
• Lysosomal Storage Disorders Program

Bio

• Christine Lynn Maccia, M.S., C.G.C., is a genetic counselor in the Rare Disease Institute. She attended graduate school at the University of South Carolina. Contact her.

Ilana Miller

Languages

• English

Departments

• Rare Disease Institute

Bio

• Ilana Miller, M.S., C.G.C., is a genetic counselor in the Rare Disease Institute. She acquired her B.S. and M.S. degrees at the University of Michigan in 2016 and 2020. She received board certifications from the American Board of Genetic Counseling in 2020. Contact her.

Gabrielle Pomorski

Languages

• English

Departments

• Rare Disease Institute
• Cardiogenetics Program

Bio

• Gabrielle Pomorsky, B.S., M.S., is a genetic counselor at the Rare Disease Institute. She acquired her B.S. in behavioral neuroscience from Grand Valley State University in 2017 and an M.S. in genetic counseling from Wayne State University in 2020. Contact her.

Rhonda Schonberg

Locations

• Main Hospital
• Montgomery County

Languages

• English

Departments

• Rare Disease Institute

Biography

• Rhonda L. Schonberg, M.S., CGC, is a genetic counselor at Children's National and has helped patients and their families here for many years. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the City University of New York and her Master's degree at Sarah Lawrence College.

Kara Simpson

Locations

• Main Hospital

Languages

• English

Departments

• Rare Disease Institute

Biography

• Board Certifications: American Board of Genetic Counseling, Brandeis University, B.S., 2005, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, M.S., 2007

Joyce Turner

Locations

• Main Hospital

Languages

• English

Departments

• Rare Disease Institute

Biography

• Joyce Turner is a genetic counselor with over 18 years of experience. She is certified by the American Board of Genetic Counseling. She also received advanced training in cancer risk assessment from the City of Hope.

  Joyce worked at the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health as a co-investigator and genetic counselor before taking a position at the Children’s National Hospital where she is now Director of the Cancer Genetic Counseling Program, a program which she helped establish. Joyce’s current interests include research on somatic tumor analysis, pharmacogenomics, and cancer screening and prevention. She is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University Medical Center and serves as a supervisor for genetic counseling graduate students.

Erin MacLeod

Locations

• Main Hospital

Languages

• English

Departments

• Rare Disease Institute

Biography

• Erin MacLeod, Ph.D., RD, LD, completed her doctoral training at the University of Wisconsin in 2010 where her dissertation focused on the nutritional management of phenylketonuria. She joined Children’s National Hospital that same year and is the director of metabolic nutrition. Her research interests include nutrition education of metabolic disorders, PKU and urea cycle disorders.

Nina Mickle

Locations

• Rare Disease Institute at the Research & Innovation Campus

Languages

• English

Departments

• Rare Disease Institute

Biography

• Nina Mickle earned her Master of Nutrition from Hunter College in 2018. While completing her coursework, Nina developed a passion for metabolism after volunteering at the Mount Sinai metabolism clinic and seeing the impact metabolic dietitians had on their patients. Following graduation, Nina completed her dietetics training at the NIH Clinical Center in 2019, which included a rotation at Children’s National’s Hospital Genetics and Metabolism Clinic. Nina worked as an inpatient clinical dietitian at Children’s National from 2019-2021, with specific focus on patients with complex care needs. Now, her role as a Metabolic Dietitian at CNRIC feels like coming home.

Danielle Starin

Locations

• Main Hospital

Languages

• English

Departments

• Rare Disease Institute

Biography

• Danielle Starin, RD, completed her nutrition education at the University of Maryland and her dietetic internship at the National Institutes of Health. She joined the Children’s National Rare Disease Institute in 2016. Her clinical interests focus on metabolic disorders. Her research interests focus on dietary treatment of metabolic disorders and associated outcomes.

KeriAnn White Kuperman, PA-C

Locations

• Main Hospital
• Rare Disease Institute at the Research & Innovation Campus

Departments

• Lysosomal Storage Disorders Program
• Rare Disease Institute

Jessica Sara Albert, PhD

Locations

• Main Hospital

Departments

• Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
• Rare Disease Institute