Michael C. Kruer, MD

Michael C. Kruer, MD portrait
  • Associate Research Professor, Research Series, Child Health, Division Of Neurology
  • Associate Research Professor, Research Series, Neurology
  • Associate Research Professor, Research Series, Translational Neurosciences
  • mkruer@phoenixchildrens.com
    • Primary Address
    • Office
    • Phoenix Children's Hospital
    • 1919 East Thomas Road
    • Phoenix, AZ, United States 85016

Biography

Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship 2011, Molecular Neurogenetics, Oregon Health & Science University
  • Fellowship 2011, Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, Oregon Health & Science University
  • Residency 2007, Pediatrics, Phoenix Children's and Maricopa Medical Center
  • MD 2004, College of Medicine, University of Arizona

Biography

Michael Kruer, MD, is a pediatric movement disorders neurologist, developmental pediatrician and molecular geneticist. He is an Associate Professor of Child Health, Genetics, Neurology and Cellular & Molecular Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix. He also serves as director of the Cerebral Palsy & Pediatric Movement Disorders Program at Phoenix Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Kruer’s lab is dedicated to understanding how genetic mutations lead to both common (cerebral palsy and Tourette Syndrome) and rare movement disorders in children and how genetics can serve as a springboard to improvements in both diagnosis and intervention. Increasingly, work in the lab is focused on basic mechanisms of health and disease, including cellular metabolism (particularly coenzyme A distribution), stress-response pathways (autophagy and eIF2α), and Rho GTPase-mediated neuronal development. Dr. Kruer is the current chair of the Cerebral Palsy Genomics Consortium, an international collaboration focused on genomic discovery in cerebral palsy as a major neurodevelopmental disorder.

Professional Memberships

Child Neurology Society
American Society of Human Genetics
Movement Disorders Society
American Academy of Cerebral Palsy & Developmental Medicine
American Academy of Neurology
Society for Neuroscience