- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Congenital myopathy
- Muscle disease
- Muscular dystrophy
James J. Dowling, MD, PhD
Neurology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurology
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Director, Penn Neurogenetics Therapy Center
- Professor of Genetics
- Ruth Wagner Van Meter & J. Ray Van Meter Professor of Neurology
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Chicago
- Residency: University of Chicago Medical Center
- Residency: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Fellowship: University of Michigan
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- 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, Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology
- American Neurological Association, International
- Canadian Association of Child Neurology, International
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), International
- Canadian Paediatric Neuromuscular Group (CPNG), International
- Canadian Rare Disease Network (CRDN), National
- Child Neurology Society, International
- Congenital Myopathies Gene Curation Expert Panel, ClinGen, National
- Genome sequencing for Newborn Screening Task Force, Ontario, CA, Local
- Holland-Bloorview Hospital, Local
- Medical Staff Association (the Hospital for Sick Children), Local
- MTM and CNM International Registry, International
- Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) USA, International
- Muscular Dystrophy Canada, National
- National Institutes of Health, National
- NMD4C (CIHR funded neuromuscular network), Canada, National
- Ontario Medical Association, International
- Prinses Beatrix Spierfonds, Netherlands, International
- RYR1 Foundation, USA, International
- Society for Pediatric Research, National
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation, Local
- TREAT NMD, National
- World Muscle Society, International