Russell J. Butterfield, MD, PHD
- Neurology
- English
Russell Butterfield, M.D., Ph.D.'s clinical interests include all types of neurogenetic and neuromuscular disorders with an emphasis on muscular dystrophies of childhood onset. His research interests are in understanding genetic aspects of these disorders. His current efforts are in characterization of genetic modifiers of severity in several types of muscular dystrophy including Duchenne muscular dystrophy, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and collagen VI-related muscular dystrophy.
Pediatric Care
Specialty
- Neurology
Where I Provide Care
Shriners Children's Salt Lake City
Pediatric specialty care for children throughout Utah and beyond
More About Me
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology , Psychiatry and Neurology, Pediatric Neurology
Graduate School|University of Illinois @ Champaign Urbana|Urbana|IL||10/31/2001
Medical Education|University of Illinois|Chicago|IL|United States of America|05/05/2004
Residency|University of Utah|Salt Lake|UT||06/30/2009
University of Utah
Associate Professor
- 2009-Present: Certified, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Special Qualification in Child Neurology)
- 2009-Present: Eligible, American Board of Pediatrics
- Associate Professor, Neurology and Pediatrics, University of Utah
- Neuromuscular Fellowship, University of Utah
- Ph.D., Mammalian Genetics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Immunogenetics
- Pediatrics and Pediatric Neurology Residencies, University of Utah
- Reviewer, Neurology
- Reviewer, American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting
- Reviewer, BMC Medical Genetics
- Reviewer, Epilepsy Research
- Reviewer, Neurology Genetics
- 2010, World Muscle Society Fellowship Award
- 2009, Neurobiology of Disease in Children, Young Investigator Award
- 2005-2009, Primary Children's Medical Center Foundation Scholar
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