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Jacinda B Sampson
Clinical Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Member, Cardiovascular Institute
Member, Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance
Fellowship: University of Utah School of Medicine (2006) UT
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology (2005)
Residency: University of Utah School of Medicine (2004) UT
Internship: University of Utah School of Medicine (2001) UT
Medical Education: University of Alabama at Birmingham (2000) AL
Fellowship, University of Utah School of Medicine, Neurogenetics (2006)
Residency, University of Utah School of Medicine, Neurology (2004)
Internship, University of Utah School of Medicine, Internal Medicine (2001)
PhD, University of Alabama, Biochemistry (1999)
MD, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Medical Degree (2000)
Dr. Jacinda Sampson received her MD and a PhD in biochemistry from University of Alabama at Birmingham, and completed her neurology residency and neurogenetics fellowship at the University of Utah. She served at Columbia University Medical Center prior to joining Stanford University Medical Center in 2015. Her areas of interest include myotonic dystrophies, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and neurogenetic disorders such as neurofibromatosis, hereditary spastic paraparesis, spinocerebellar ataxia, among others. She is interested in clinical trials for treatment of neurogenetic disorders, and in the clinical application of next-generation genomic sequencing to genetic testing.