Harvey S Singer, MD
Pediatric Neurology
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Harvey S Singer
Primary Academic Title
Professor Emeritus of Neurology
Background
Dr. Harvey Singer focuses on general child neurology with a principal interest in caring for children with movement disorders.
Dr. Singer's research focuses on clinical problems, such as pediatric movement disorders, Tourette syndrome and motor stereotypies. He also focuses on therapeutic trials for movement disorders and the identification of genetic biomarkers, and studies of their underlying pathophysiology.
Dr. Harvey Singer received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University Medical School. He completed his internship in pediatrics at the University of Illinois Research and Educational Hospital. He completed his residency in pediatrics at Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital followed by a residency in child neurology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Dr. Singer has been the recipient of numerous federal and private grants. and authored numerous articles, chapters, and two books, including Movement Disorders in Childhood (Singer, Mink, Gilbert, and Jankovic) in 2010.
Centers and Institutes
Clinical Trial Keywords
Motor stereotypy disorder: genetics; Motor stereotypy disorder: electrophysiology; Motor stereotypy disorder: neuroimaging; Tourette syndrome: genetics; Tourette syndrome: Positron emission tomography; Tourette syndrome: Glutamate modulators in the treatment of tics
Additional Academic Titles
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Immune mechanisms in autism, Neuroimmunology of movement disorders, Pediatric movement disorders (Tourette syndrome, stereotypies, other)
Research Summary
Dr. Singer's clinical research interests include movement disorders, especially Tourette syndrome, proposed autoimmune disorders, and stereotypic movements.
His translational research-oriented laboratory focuses on autoimmune mechanisms in autism, PANDAS, the neurobiology of tics, and the mechanism of stereotypic movements in animal models. He has been the recipient of numerous federal and private grants.
Memberships
- Greater Washington Tourette Syndrome Chapter, Medical Advisory Board
- National Incontinentia Pigmenti Association, Scientific Advisory Council
Locations
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-5000
- fax: 410-955-5001
Expertise
Education
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Residency, Neurology, 1975MetroHealth Medical Center
Residency, Pediatrics, 1970Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Medical Education, MD, 1966Board Certifications
Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1977Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics, 1971Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)