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1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL 32610
352-265-8250
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- General Info
- Dr. Barry Byrne is the Associate Chair of Pediatrics and Director of the Powell Gene Therapy Center at the University of Florida. After obtaining a B.S. degree in Chemistry from Denison University, he pursued his medical education, as well as a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology, at the University of Illinois. He completed his pediatric residency, cardiology fellowship training and post-doctoral training in Biological Chemistry at Johns Hopkins University. Joining the University of Florida in 1997, he has served in a variety of clinical, research and educational roles, and is now the Earl and Christy Powell University Chair in Genetics.Dr. Byrne is currently conducting numerous clinical research studies for a variety of rare diseases, with specific attention to developing therapies for inherited muscle disease. As a pediatric cardiologist, his focus is on conditions that lead to skeletal muscle weakness, cardiac dysfunction and respiratory dysfunction. His research team has made significant contributions to the understanding and treatment of Pompe disease, a type of muscular dystrophy resulting from abnormal glycogen accumulation in the muscle. His current research has focused on developing new therapies using the missing cellular protein or the corrective gene to restore muscle function in Pompe, Duchenne muscular dystrophy and other inherited myopathies.
- Extra Phones
Phone: 352-273-6563
Phone: 352-265-0111
Phone: 352-273-7770
Phone: 352-273-8740
Phone: 901-448-7550
Fax: 352-627-4268
Fax: 352-627-4175
Fax: 352-273-7402
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- Categories
- Physicians & Surgeons, Pulmonary Diseases, Physicians & Surgeons, Physicians & Surgeons, Cardiology, Physicians & Surgeons, Otorhinolaryngology (Ear, Nose & Throat), Physicians & Surgeons, Pediatrics
- Location
- Shands at the Univ of Florida
- AKA
Barry J Byrne, MD, PhD
Byrne Barry J MD
Good, Michael L, MD
- Other Links
http://www.plastic.surgery.ufl.edu
http://research.pediatrics.med.ufl.edu/researchers/research-faculty/barry-byrne
https://ufhealth.org/uf-health-pediatric-infusion-center-specialties-clinic
- Other Information
Specialties: Pediatric Cardiology, Otorhinolaryngology, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology