| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
Uta Lichter-Konecki, MD
 |
Children's National Medical Center
Faculty, Genetics
Principal Investigator, Children's Research Institute
Center for Clinical and Community Research (CCCR) & Center for Neuroscience Research (CNR)
George Washington University
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
|
Contact Information
Children's National Medical Center
Center for Clinical and Community Research (CCCR)
111 Michigan Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20010-2970
202-476-2187
ulichter@cnmc.org
Education & Training
| Institution & Location |
Degree |
Year(s) |
Field of Study |
| Ruprecht-Karls-University, School of Medicine, Heidelberg |
MD |
1977-1984 |
Medicine |
| University Clinics, Mannheim, Univ. of Heidelberg |
Internship |
1983-1984 |
Medicine |
Research Interests
Uta Lichter-Konecki, MD, PhD, is director of the Metabolism Program at Children’s National Medical Center. Dr. Lichter-Konecki joined the staff of Children’s in 2003. She earned her medical degree at the University of Heidelberg and her doctorate in medicine in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Heidelberg with a neuropediatrics and pediatric oncology related theme. She subsequently completed a 6 year residency and 3 year fellowship in the same department. During that time she specialized scientifically and clinically in inborn errors of metabolism. She became board certified in Pediatrics in 1993 and in 1995 she habilitated in Pediatrics and became a member of the medical faculty of the University of Heidelberg with the right to teach. When her family moved to the United States she first continued her research, on leave from the University of Heidelberg, at the Marshfield Medical Research Foundation and then became a fellow in the Metropolitan Washington DC Medical Genetics Training program at the National Human Genome Research Institute. She became board certified in clinical genetics in 2002 and in biochemical genetics in 2005. A pediatrician, clinical, and biochemical geneticist by training, Dr. Lichter's main interest has always been the pathophysiology of the brain damage observed in patients with inborn errors of metabolism. Other research interests have been lysosomal membrane proteins and renal Fanconi syndrome. Dr. Lichter is currently the site director of the Longitudinal Study of Urea Cycle Disorders at Children’s and has initiated a study regarding the effect of hypothermia treatment in hyperammonemic encephalopathy. Her translational research is focused on changes in astrocyte function during hyperammonemic encephalopathy. Dr. Lichter has published over 40 peer reviewed articles and chapters.
Clinical Interests
Click here for more information about the doctor’s clinical practice, including how to make an appointment.
Publications
View a partial list of publications for Uta Lichter-Konecki, MD through the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.
Back to Top
|
|
|
|
|
|
