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Clinical Professor of Neurosciences
University of California, San Diego
Chamindra G. Laverty, M.D., is a board-certified neurologist with neuromuscular certification that specializes in the management and treatment of hereditary and acquired neuromuscular disease. As a Clinical Professor of Neurosciences at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, Dr. Laverty is the principal investigator for 17 interventional and natural history clinical trials in various muscular dystrophies and neuropathies. She is the Director of both the pediatric and adult Multidisciplinary Neuromuscular clinics. Her special interest is bringing disease modifying therapy including gene replacement therapy, cell therapy and anti-sense oligonucleotides, to her complex patients. In collaboration with colleagues, Dr. Laverty has described several new muscle diseases.
Dr. Laverty is the program director for the ACGME-accredited Neuromuscular Medicine Fellowship at UCSD, training the next generation of neuromuscular specialists. She received accreditation and launched the Fellowship in 2019.
She completed her neurology residency training and Neuromuscular fellowship training at the University of California, Los Angeles, after earning her medical degree from Drexel University, College of Medicine.
