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Nadia Merchant, M.D., is a pediatric endocrinologist and geneticist at Children's National Hospital. Dr. Merchant's clinical interests include bone health and the intersection of genetics and endocrinology. She is involved in multiple multidisciplinary clinics as the endocrinologist: The Bone Health Program with Orthopaedics; the Muscular Dystrophy Clinic; the White Matter Clinic specifically for X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy; and the 22q clinic. She is passionate about maximizing a patient's potential.

John Myseros, M.D., came to Children’s National Hospital from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in 2004. As Vice Chief and Professor of Neurosurgery, he cares for all children with neurosurgical diseases, with particular interest in the surgical treatment of tumors of the brain and spinal cord, chiari malformations, spina bifida and tethered cords, as well as vascular malformations and craniosynostosis. He has published on all of these conditions, and is an integral part of the dynamic and cutting-edge neurosurgical department at Children’s National. He is passionate about the care of our patients and their families.

The Children’s National Rare Disease Institute at the Research & Innovation campus provides a new, state-of-the-art home for clinical genetic and specialty services previously available at the main hospital campus. This location offers a wide array of services to make top-quality genetic care more convenient and accessible to families in and around the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.