Hattiesburg physician co-authors article in international scientific publication

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Local physician co-authors article in international scientific publication

June 4, 2009

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200990602016

HATTIESBURG – Robinett, MD, a pediatric neurologist at Wesley Medical

Center, recently co-authored an article in the international scientific journal

of Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology.

The article, " Neuromuscular Hip Dysplasia in Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type

1A, " is featured in the journal's May 2009 issue.

" Charcot-Marie-Tooth is one of the most common inherited neurological

disorders, " Robinett says. " CMT typically begins with weakness and pain in the

lower extremities which can cause difficulty walking. " About 60 percent of all

CMT patients suffer from Type 1A.

Dr. Robinett, a native of New Orleans, received her medical degree from the

University of Mississippi School of Medicine. She completed her pediatric

residency at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem,

North Carolina and then finished her pediatric neurology fellowship at the

University of Washington Pediatric Residency Program in Seattle. She is a member

of the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society.

Dr. Robinett treats neurological conditions in patients who range in age from

newborns to 21 years old. She is currently the only physician practicing in

Hattiesburg who has received specialized training in treating neurological

conditions in children under the age of two.

For more information about CMT or to make an appointment with Dr. Robinett,

please contact her office at 296-3050.