Jamie Fraser, MD, PhD, FACMG

Dr. Fraser earned her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, GA, and holds an MD and PhD from The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. She completed post-graduate training in Pediatrics at Children’s National Medical Center and in Clinical Genetics and Genomics at the National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health. She then completed her Medical Biochemical Genetics fellowship at the National Human Genome Research Institute. She joined the faculty as an Attending Physician at the Rare Disease Institute, Division of Genetics and Metabolism, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, in 2016 and holds a faculty appointment as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She has served as the Director of the Myelin Disorders Program at Children's National since joining the faculty, and she also serves as the Director of Prenatal Genetics in the Zickler Family Prenatal Pediatrics Institute at Children’s National. Dr. Fraser’s clinical interests focus on improving the quality of life for individuals with neurometabolic disorders through timely diagnosis, symptom mitigation and management, and support through the natural history of disease progression. Her research focuses on understanding the underlying disease mechanisms in ultra-rare leukodystrophies, establishing clinical trial readiness for these disorders, and identifying new therapeutic interventions.
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Type of financial relationship:There are no financial relationships to disclose.Date added:02/12/2025Date updated:02/12/2025