Ingo Helbig

Ingo Helbig, MD

Director, Clinical Research


Dr Helbig is the Director of Clinical Research at ENDD, an attending Pediatric Neurologist in the Division of Neurology and the Director of Genomic Science at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), and an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

Dr Helbig co-headed the EuroEPINOMICS-RES Consortium, the European counterpart of the NIH-funded Epi4K consortium involved in collaborative genomic studies to identify genes for human epilepsies. He was part of the Genetics Commission of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and the Epilepsiome Task Force of the ILAE Genetics Commission, which aims to increase genetic literacy in the epilepsy community. He is an expert in clinical genetics and clinical care for several monogenic neurodevelopmental disorders. His work has led to greater understanding of how genetic changes lead to severe epilepsies including STXBP1, SYNGAP1, GRIN2A, CHD2, KCNA2, HCN1, and DNM1. Recently, his focus has shifted to development of clinical outcome measures and biomarkers for clinical trials.

He received an MD at Ruprechts-Karl University Heidelberg, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany. He completed a fellowship in Pediatric Epileptology at the Epilepsy Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia, and did residencies in Pediatrics and Neuropediatrics at the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and Child Neurology at CHOP.

Lab Members

Bintou Bane, BA

Clinical Resource Coordinator

Torrey Chisari, BA

Clinical Research Coordinator

Kristin Girardi Cunningham, MS, OTR/L, BCP

Clinical Specialist and Senior Occupational Therapist

Rency Dhaduk, BS

Genetic Counseling Assistant

Peter Galer, MSc

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Caryln Glatts, MD

Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician

Alexander Gonzalez, MBA, MS

Sr. Manager, Research Data Integration

Alicia Harrison, MS

Genetic Counselor

Michael Kaufman, MS

Data Scientist

Hillary Kruger, MD

Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician

Jillian McKee, MD, PhD

Attending Neurologist

Ian McSalley, MS

Bioinformatics Scientist

Johanna Mercurio, BS, BSFCS

Clinical Research Coordinator

JoeyLynn Nolan, RRT, NPS, AEC

Clinical Study Coordinator

Julie Orlando, DPT, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Vivek Padmanabhan, MS

Data Integration Analyst

Samuel Pierce, PT, PhD, NCS

Physical Therapist

Sarah Tefft, MSN, CRNP

Nurse Practitioner

Priya Vaidiswaran, MS, MRA

NHS Regulatory Expert

Charlene Woo, OTR/L

Occupational Therapist

Julie Xian, BA

Data Researcher

Stephanie Zbikowski, MACCCSLP, CNDT

Speech Language Pathologist