Kenton R. Holden, MD
Professor
Contact Information
holdenk@musc.edu
843.792.3222
Education
BA, University of Virginia, Charlottesville,
VA
MD, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA
Residency, Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore,
MD
Fellowship, Child Neurology, NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Clinical Expertise
Following his tenure on the staff at Johns Hopkins
Hospital as well as in the practice of pediatrics and pediatric neurology,
Dr. Holden was recruited to the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
in Charleston, SC in 1990 as a clinical director to establish an outpatient
clinic program and inpatient consultative service in pediatric neurology. After
this program was successfully established, he stepped aside to pursue new initiatives
in child neurology, which included establishing outreach pediatric neurology
clinics throughout South Carolina. While on sabbatical from MUSC, he joined
the Greenwood Genetic Center (GGC) in 1999 to pursue the goal of combining
clinical genetics and neurology into a neuroscience initiative. In addition,
his efforts are also focused on the infrastructure necessary for research on
neurodevelopmental disabilities in South Carolina and in a developing country
(Honduras). Dr. Holden's vision is that the combined neuroscience initiative
at MUSC and GGC will contribute to the future expansion of applications of
genetic research to patient care, especially with regard to treatment programs
using gene therapy.
Research Interests
Dr. Holden's professional career has been primarily
devoted to the study of neurodevelopmental disabilities presenting from the
prenatal period through young adulthood. He has directed and participated in
multiple clinical outcome studies, as well as authored numerous peer-reviewed
articles on epilepsy, neurodevelopment, pediatrics, and neuroradiology.