- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
- Elevated creatine kinase (HyperCKemia)
- Inclusion body myositis
- Kennedy's disease
- Metabolic myopathy
- Muscle disease
- Muscular channelopathy
- Muscular dystrophy
- Myositis
- Myotonia congenita
- Myotonic dystrophy
- Rhabdomyositis
- Spinal muscular atrophy
Colin Quinn, MD
About me
- Director, Penn Comprehensive ALS Center
- Director, CMJC VAMC ALS Clinic
- Co-Director, Penn Neuromuscular Center for Advanced Therapeutics (PNCAT)
- Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Virginia
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center - Chestnut Hill
Spoken languages
Reviews
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Insurance accepted
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
- Devoted Health Choice Giveback Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Plus Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Core Pennsylvania (HMO)
- Devoted Health Dual Plus Pennsylvania (HMO D-SNP)
- Devoted Health Giveback Pennsylvania (HMO)
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Psychiatry & Neurology, Neuromuscular Medicine
- Neurology, 2011
- American Academy of Neurology, National
- Network of Excellence in ALS (NEALS), International
- Penn Comprehensive ALS Center
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Spencer BE, Irwin DJ, Van Deerlin VM, Suh E, Lee EB, Elman L, Quinn CC, Amado D, Baer M, Grossman M, Wolk DA, McMillan CT. Polygenic associations with clinical and neuropathological trait heterogeneity across TDP-43 proteinopathies , PLoS One, 20: 2025,e0338398
Spencer BE, Xie SX, Ohm DT, Elman L, Quinn CC, Amado DA, Baer M, Lee EB, Van Deerlin VM, Dratch L, Massimo L, Irwin DJ, McMillan CT. Cumulative incidence of motor and cognitive features in the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-frontotemporal degeneration spectrum , Brain Commun, 7: 2025,fcaf405
Schiava M, Parkhurst Y, Henderson M, Polvikoski T, Valtcheva MV, Nishino I, Inoue M, Nishimori Y, Saito Y, Stojkovic T, Villar-Quiles RN, Romero NB, Evangelista T, Malfatti E, Souvannanorath S, Pegoraro E, Riguzzi P, Monforte M, Bortolani S, Torchia E, Sabatelli M, Tasca G, Straub V, Marini-Bettolo C, Guglieri M, Cetin H, Gelpi E, Klotz S, De Bleecker JL, Alonso-Jimenez A, Baets J, De Ridder W, De Jonghe P, Claeys KG, Thal DR, Bevilacqua JA, Luo S, Zhu W, Lin J, Papadimas G, Papadopoulos C, Zamba-Papanicolaou E, Xirou S, Pal E, Rodolico C, Kostera-Pruszczyk A, Kierdaszuk B, Kaminska A, Muelas N, Vilchez JJ, Domínguez-González C, Hernandez-Lain A, Alonso-Perez J, Nedkova-Hristova V, Aledo C, Oldfors A, Badrising UA, Kushlaf H, Lloyd TE, Ikenaga C, Alfano LN, Quinn CC, Walk D, Vorgerd M, Weihl C, Olivé M, Diaz-Manera J; VCP International Study Group. Muscle Biopsy Findings in Valosin-Containing Protein Multisystem Proteinopathy , Neurol Genet, 11: 2025,e200265
Fournier CN, Quinn CC. The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Multidisciplinary Clinic: Broke but Not Broken , Neurology, 104: 2025,e210189
Austin MA, Supple GE, Carrell S, Quinn C, Elman L, Nazarian S. Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter in a Contemporary Cohort of Patients With Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy , JACC Clin Electrophysiol: 2025
Fournier CN, Levine M, Simmons K, García-Santibáñez RC, Rowland A, Quinn CC, Ho DT, Bedlack RS, Glass JD. ALS Motor Observational Telemedicine Objective Rasch-Built Assessment: A Quantitative Scale for the Era of Teleneurology , Neurol Clin Pract: 2025
Kishnani PS, Byrne BJ, Claeys KG, Díaz-Manera J, Dimachkie MM, Kushlaf H, Mozaffar T, Roberts M, Schoser B, Hummel N, Kopiec A, Holdbrook F, Shohet S, Toscano A; PROPEL Study Group. Switching treatment to cipaglucosidase alfa plus miglustat positively affects patient-reported outcome measures in patients with late-onset Pompe disease , J Patient Rep Outcomes, 8: 2024,132
Morganroth J, Bardakjian TM, Dratch L, Quinn CC, Elman LB. Enhancing Clinical Infrastructure for the Delivery of Intrathecal and Genetic Therapies: A Qalsody (Tofersen) Model for Patients With SOD1-ALS , Neurol Clin Pract: 2024
Benatar M, Hansen T, Rom D, Geist MA, Blaettler T, Camu W, Kuzma-Kozakiewicz M, van den Berg LH, Morales RJ, Chio A, Andersen PM, Pradat PF, Lange D, Van Damme P, Mora G, Grudniak M, Elliott M, Petri S, Olney N, Ladha S, Goyal NA, Meyer T, Hanna MG, Quinn C, Genge A, Zinman L, Jabari D, Shoesmith C, Ludolph AC, Neuwirth C, Nations S, Shefner JM, Turner MR, Wuu J, Bennett R, Dang H, Sundgreen C; ORARIALS-01 trial team. Safety and efficacy of arimoclomol in patients with early amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ORARIALS-01): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre, phase 3 trial , Lancet Neurol: 2024
Quinn C, Baer M, Amado DA, Kelley M, Elman L. A single ALS center experience with clinical use of sodium phenylbutyrate-taurursodiol , Muscle Nerve: 2024