Mustafa Sahin, MD, PhD

Director, Translational Neuroscience Center, Boston Children’s Hospital Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Mustafa Sahin is currently the director of the Translational Neuroscience Center at Boston Children’s Hospital and Rosamund Stone Zander Chair professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Sahin serves as an expert for the Department of Neurology for Boston Children’s Hospital Precision Medicine Service. Work in his lab has identified the mechanisms by which tuberous sclerosis leads to miswiring of neurons in the brain and potential therapies for this disorder. Current research focuses on translating these preclinical findings into the clinic and developing treatments for epilepsy and autism associated with activation of the mTOR pathway. He directs two national consortia to study biomarkers and comparative pathobiology of TSC and related neurodevelopmental disorders.