Julian M. Thomas, MD, is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the University of California, Irvine, and Director of the Peripheral Nerve and Muscle Program at Rady Children's Health– Orange County. He is board certified in Neuromuscular Medicine and in Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology. He cares for children with Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy, myasthenic syndromes, and inflammatory neuropathies such as Guillain-Barré syndrome and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP).
Dr. Thomas leads an active pediatric neuromuscular clinical trials program. As principal investigator, he oversees studies of gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, complement inhibition in Guillain-Barré syndrome, myostatin inibition in infants with spinal muscular atrophy, intrathecal nusinersen delivery through an implanted port, and immunoglobulin dosing in pediatric CIDP. He also serves as co-investigator on national SMA registry and natural history studies. He has presented findings at national and international meetings. He has also published on spinal muscular atrophy, congenital myasthenic syndromes and genetic neurodevelopmental disorders.
Dr. Thomas earned his BA in Molecular and Cell Biology from UC Berkeley and his MD from Harvard Medical School. He completed pediatrics training at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, a child neurology residency at UCSF, and a neuromuscular medicine fellowship at UCLA. He teaches in the UCI Child Neurology Residency and Neuromuscular Fellowship programs.