Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BA, College of the University of Chicago, 1995
• MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1999

Training

• Internship and Residency, Los Angeles County/Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1999 - 2002
• Chief Residency, Los Angeles County/Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 2002 - 2003
• Fellowship, UCLA Intercampus Medical Genetics Training Program, 2003 - 2006

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2000CA, Medical Board of California
• 2000 - 2020CA, California medical license
• 2002Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)
• 2002 - PresAmerican Board of Pediatrics
• 2005Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics (Clinical Genetics)
• 2005 - PresAmerican Board of Medical Genetics, Clinical Genetics
• 2011Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics (Medical Biochemical Genetics)
• 2011 - PresAmerican Board of Medical Genetics, Medical Biochemical Genetics
• 2018 - 2020MO, Missouri medical license

Honors

• Alpha Omega Alpha Student Essay Competition, Honorable Mention, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 1996
• Primary Care Fellowship, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 1996
• David Imagawa Memorial Fellowship Travel Award, Harbor-UCLA, Torrance, CA, 2001
• Federation of Pediatric Organizations Women in Pediatrics Task Force, 2003 - 2006
• NIH National Research Service Award Fellowship, UCLA Intercampus Genetics Training Program, Los Angeles, CA, 2005 - 2006
• Liu Young Investigator Award Finalist, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA, Torrance, CA, 2007
• Organizing Committee, Challenges in Research in CNS Manifestations of Inborn Errors of Metabolism Workshop, jointly sponsored by NIH ORDR, NIH NINDS, and FDA CDER, 2009 - 2009
• CTSI Maternal Child and Adolescent Health Award, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
• Richard B. Weitzman Memorial Award for Meritorious Research, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA, Torrance, CA, 2011
• Young Investigator Award, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA, Torrance, CA, 2011
• Centennial Professor Endowed Chair, 2019

Recent Publications view all (60)

Publication Co-Authors

Jonathan Cooper

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Patricia Dickson

1. Eisengart JB, Pierpont EI, Kaizer AM, Rudser KD, King KE, Pasquali M, Polgreen LE, Dickson PI, Le SQ, Miller WP, Tolar J, Orchard PJ, Lund TC. Intrathecal enzyme replacement for Hurler syndrome: biomarker association with neurocognitive outcomes. Genet Med. 2019. PMID:31019279 
2. Clarke D, Pearse Y, Kan SH, Le SQ, Sanghez V, Cooper JD, Dickson PI, Iacovino M. Genetically Corrected iPSC-Derived Neural Stem Cell Grafts Deliver Enzyme Replacement to Affect CNS Disease in Sanfilippo B Mice. Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev. 2018;10:113-127. PMCID:PMC6076361  PMID:30101150 
3. Jones L, Wells K, Lin HJ, Wang C, Alo AK, Williams P, Jones F, Dickson PI, Han S, Pardo D, Norris K, Jones A, Wright A, Young K, Rotter JI. Community Partnership in Precision Medicine: Themes from a Community Engagement Conference. Ethn Dis. 2018;28(Suppl 2):503-510. PMCID:PMC6128349  PMID:30202204 
4. Marcogliese PC, Shashi V, Spillmann RC, Stong N, Rosenfeld JA, Koenig MK, Martínez-Agosto JA, Herzog M, Chen AH, Dickson PI, Lin HJ, Vera MU, Salamon N, Graham JM Jr, Ortiz D, Infante E, Steyaert W, Dermaut B, Poppe B, Chung HL, Zuo Z, Lee PT, Kanca O, Xia F, Yang Y, Smith EC, Jasien J, Kansagra S, Spiridigliozzi G, El-Dairi M, Lark R, Riley K, Koeberl DD, Golden-Grant K, Program for Undiagnosed Diseases (UD-PrOZA)., Undiagnosed Diseases Network., Yamamoto S, Wangler MF, Mirzaa G, Hemelsoet D, Lee B, Nelson SF, Goldstein DB, Bellen HJ, Pena LDM. IRF2BPL Is Associated with Neurological Phenotypes. Am J Hum Genet. 2018;103(3):456. PMCID:PMC6128320  PMID:30193138 
5. Le SQ, Kan SH, Clarke D, Sanghez V, Egeland M, Vondrak KN, Doherty TM, Vera MU, Iacovino M, Cooper JD, Sands MS, Dickson PI. A Humoral Immune Response Alters the Distribution of Enzyme Replacement Therapy in Murine Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I. Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev. 2018;8:42-51. PMCID:PMC5684429  PMID:29159202 
6. Middleton DM, Li JY, Chen SD, White LE, Dickson P, Ellinwood NM, Provenzale JM. Diffusion tensor imaging findings suggestive of white matter alterations in a canine model of mucopolysaccharidosis type I. Neuroradiol J. 2018;31(1):90-94. PMCID:PMC5789994  PMID:28695759 
7. Holley RJ, Ellison SM, Fil D, O'Leary C, McDermott J, Senthivel N, Langford-Smith AWW, Wilkinson FL, D'Souza Z, Parker H, Liao A, Rowlston S, Gleitz HFE, Kan SH, Dickson PI, Bigger BW. Macrophage enzyme and reduced inflammation drive brain correction of mucopolysaccharidosis IIIB by stem cell gene therapy. Brain. 2018;141(1):99-116. PMID:29186350 
8. Scarpa M, Orchard PJ, Schulz A, Dickson PI, Haskins ME, Escolar ML, Giugliani R. Treatment of brain disease in the mucopolysaccharidoses. Mol Genet Metab. 2017;122S:25-34. PMID:29153844 
9. Middleton DM, Li JY, Chen SD, White LE, Dickson PI, Matthew Ellinwood N, Provenzale JM. Quantitative diffusion tensor imaging analysis does not distinguish pediatric canines with mucopolysaccharidosis I from control canines. Neuroradiol J. 2017;30(5):454-460. PMCID:PMC5602339  PMID:28703635 
10. Middleton DM, Li JY, Lee HJ, Chen S, Dickson PI, Ellinwood NM, White LE, Provenzale JM. Diffusion tensor imaging tensor shape analysis for assessment of regional white matter differences. Neuroradiol J. 2017;30(4):324-329. PMCID:PMC5524281  PMID:28631949 
11. Li JY, Middleton DM, Chen S, White L, Ellinwood NM, Dickson P, Vite C, Bradbury A, Provenzale JM. Novel region of interest interrogation technique for diffusion tensor imaging analysis in the canine brain. Neuroradiol J. 2017;30(4):339-346. PMCID:PMC5524282  PMID:28627967 
12. Polgreen LE, Kunin-Batson A, Rudser K, Vehe RK, Utz JJ, Whitley CB, Dickson P. Pilot study of the safety and effect of adalimumab on pain, physical function, and musculoskeletal disease in mucopolysaccharidosis types I and II. Mol Genet Metab Rep. 2017;10:75-80. PMCID:PMC5238608  PMID:28119823 
13. Nestrasil I, Shapiro E, Svatkova A, Dickson P, Chen A, Wakumoto A, Ahmed A, Stehel E, McNeil S, Gravance C, Maher E. Intrathecal enzyme replacement therapy reverses cognitive decline in mucopolysaccharidosis type I. Am J Med Genet A. 2017;173(3):780-783. PMCID:PMC5367919  PMID:28211988 
14. Raymond GV, Pasquali M, Polgreen LE, Dickson PI, Miller WP, Orchard PJ, Lund TC. Elevated cerebral spinal fluid biomarkers in children with mucopolysaccharidosis I-H. Sci Rep. 2016;6:38305. PMCID:PMC5133554  PMID:27910891 
15. Kan SH, Le SQ, Bui QD, Benedict B, Cushman J, Sands MS, Dickson PI. Behavioral deficits and cholinergic pathway abnormalities in male Sanfilippo B mice. Behav Brain Res. 2016;312:265-71. PMCID:PMC4970944  PMID:27340089 
16. Polgreen LE, Vehe RK, Rudser K, Kunin-Batson A, Utz JJ, Dickson P, Shapiro E, Whitley CB. Elevated TNF-α is associated with pain and physical disability in mucopolysaccharidosis types I, II, and VI. Mol Genet Metab. 2016;117(4):427-30. PMCID:PMC4851859  PMID:26873528 
17. Khalid O, Vera MU, Gordts PL, Ellinwood NM, Schwartz PH, Dickson PI, Esko JD, Wang RY. Immune-Mediated Inflammation May Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Cardiovascular Disease in Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I. PLoS One. 2016;11(3):e0150850. PMCID:PMC4795702  PMID:26986213 
18. Kishnani PS, Dickson PI, Muldowney L, Lee JJ, Rosenberg A, Abichandani R, Bluestone JA, Burton BK, Dewey M, Freitas A, Gavin D, Griebel D, Hogan M, Holland S, Tanpaiboon P, Turka LA, Utz JJ, Wang YM, Whitley CB, Kazi ZB, Pariser AR. Immune response to enzyme replacement therapies in lysosomal storage diseases and the role of immune tolerance induction. Mol Genet Metab. 2016;117(2):66-83. PMID:26597321 
19. Choi J, Dickson P, Calabrese E, Chen S, White L, Ellingwood M, Provenzale JM. Predicting degree of myelination based on diffusion tensor imagining of canines with mucopolysaccharidosis type I. Neuroradiol J. 2015;28(6):562-73. PMCID:PMC4757141  PMID:26475483 
20. Dickson PI, Kaitila I, Harmatz P, Mlikotic A, Chen AH, Victoroff A, Passage MB, Madden J, Le SQ, Naylor DE, Mucopolysaccharidosis I Intrathecal Research Collaborative.. Data from subjects receiving intrathecal laronidase for cervical spinal stenosis due to mucopolysaccharidosis type I. Data Brief. 2015;5:71-6. PMCID:PMC4573094  PMID:26484358 
21. Provenzale JM, Nestrasil I, Chen S, Kan SH, Le SQ, Jens JK, Snella EM, Vondrak KN, Yee JK, Vite CH, Elashoff D, Duan L, Wang RY, Ellinwood NM, Guzman MA, Shapiro EG, Dickson PI. Diffusion tensor imaging and myelin composition analysis reveal abnormal myelination in corpus callosum of canine mucopolysaccharidosis I. Exp Neurol. 2015;273:1-10. PMCID:PMC4644459  PMID:26222335 
22. Dickson PI, Kaitila I, Harmatz P, Mlikotic A, Chen AH, Victoroff A, Passage MB, Madden J, Le SQ, Naylor DE, Mucopolysaccharidosis I Intrathecal Research Collaborative.. Safety of laronidase delivered into the spinal canal for treatment of cervical stenosis in mucopolysaccharidosis I. Mol Genet Metab. 2015;116(1-2):69-74. PMCID:PMC4572891  PMID:26260077 
23. Dickson PI, Tolar J. The individual (single patient) IND for inborn errors of metabolism. Mol Genet Metab. 2015;116(1-2):1-3. PMID:25456747 
24. Maarup TJ, Chen AH, Porter FD, Farhat NY, Ory DS, Sidhu R, Jiang X, Dickson PI. Intrathecal 2-hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin in a single patient with Niemann-Pick C1. Mol Genet Metab. 2015;116(1-2):75-9. PMCID:PMC4633280  PMID:26189084 
25. Mendez DC, Stover AE, Rangel AD, Brick DJ, Nethercott HE, Torres MA, Khalid O, Wong AM, Cooper JD, Jester JV, Monuki ES, McGuire C, Le SQ, Kan SH, Dickson PI, Schwartz PH. A novel, long-lived, and highly engraftable immunodeficient mouse model of mucopolysaccharidosis type I. Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev. 2015;2:14068. PMCID:PMC4449030  PMID:26052536 
26. Shah A, Miller CJ, Nast CC, Adams MD, Truitt B, Tayek JA, Tong L, Mehtani P, Monteon F, Sedor JR, Clinkenbeard EL, White K, Mehrotra R, LaPage J, Dickson P, Adler SG, Iyengar SK. Severe vascular calcification and tumoral calcinosis in a family with hyperphosphatemia: a fibroblast growth factor 23 mutation identified by exome sequencing. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2014;29(12):2235-43. PMCID:PMC4240183  PMID:25378588 
27. Calias P, Banks WA, Begley D, Scarpa M, Dickson P. Intrathecal delivery of protein therapeutics to the brain: a critical reassessment. Pharmacol Ther. 2014;144(2):114-22. PMID:24854599 
28. Kan SH, Aoyagi-Scharber M, Le SQ, Vincelette J, Ohmi K, Bullens S, Wendt DJ, Christianson TM, Tiger PM, Brown JR, Lawrence R, Yip BK, Holtzinger J, Bagri A, Crippen-Harmon D, Vondrak KN, Chen Z, Hague CM, Woloszynek JC, Cheung DS, Webster KA, Adintori EG, Lo MJ, Wong W, Fitzpatrick PA, LeBowitz JH, Crawford BE, Bunting S, Dickson PI, Neufeld EF. Delivery of an enzyme-IGFII fusion protein to the mouse brain is therapeutic for mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIB. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014;111(41):14870-5. PMCID:PMC4205671  PMID:25267636 
29. Wang RY, Aminian A, McEntee MF, Kan SH, Simonaro CM, Lamanna WC, Lawrence R, Ellinwood NM, Guerra C, Le SQ, Dickson PI, Esko JD. Intra-articular enzyme replacement therapy with rhIDUA is safe, well-tolerated, and reduces articular GAG storage in the canine model of mucopolysaccharidosis type I. Mol Genet Metab. 2014;112(4):286-93. PMCID:PMC4122635  PMID:24951454 
30. Kan SH, Troitskaya LA, Sinow CS, Haitz K, Todd AK, Di Stefano A, Le SQ, Dickson PI, Tippin BL. Insulin-like growth factor II peptide fusion enables uptake and lysosomal delivery of α-N-acetylglucosaminidase to mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIB fibroblasts. Biochem J. 2014;458(2):281-9. PMCID:PMC3993987  PMID:24266751 
31. Lawrence R, Brown JR, Lorey F, Dickson PI, Crawford BE, Esko JD. Glycan-based biomarkers for mucopolysaccharidoses. Mol Genet Metab. 2014;111(2):73-83. PMCID:PMC3769472  PMID:23958290 
32. Vera M, Le S, Kan SH, Garban H, Naylor D, Mlikotic A, Kaitila I, Harmatz P, Chen A, Dickson P. Immune response to intrathecal enzyme replacement therapy in mucopolysaccharidosis I patients. Pediatr Res. 2013;74(6):712-20. PMCID:PMC3855632  PMID:24002329 
33. Vite CH, Nestrasil I, Mlikotic A, Jens JK, Snella EM, Gross W, Shapiro EG, Kovac V, Provenzale JM, Chen S, Le SQ, Kan SH, Banakar S, Wang RY, Haskins ME, Ellinwood NM, Dickson PI. Features of brain MRI in dogs with treated and untreated mucopolysaccharidosis type I. Comp Med. 2013;63(2):163-73. PMCID:PMC3625057  PMID:23582423 
34. Vera M, Lester T, Zhao B, Tiger P, Clarke S, Tippin BL, Passage MB, Le SQ, Femenia J, Lemontt JF, Kakkis ED, Dickson PI. Mannose 6-phosphate conjugation is not sufficient to allow induction of immune tolerance to phenylalanine ammonia-lyase in dogs. JIMD Rep. 2013;8:63-72. PMCID:PMC3565636  PMID:23430522 
35. Dickson PI. Delivering drugs to the central nervous system: an overview. Drug Deliv Transl Res. 2012;2(3):145-51. PMID:25786863 
36. Dickson PI, Ellinwood NM, Brown JR, Witt RG, Le SQ, Passage MB, Vera MU, Crawford BE. Specific antibody titer alters the effectiveness of intrathecal enzyme replacement therapy in canine mucopolysaccharidosis I. Mol Genet Metab. 2012;106(1):68-72. PMCID:PMC3336016  PMID:22402327 
37. Tippin BL, Troitskaya L, Kan SH, Todd AK, Le SQ, Dickson PI. Biochemical characterization of fluorescent-labeled recombinant human alpha-L-iduronidase in vitro. Biotechnol Appl Biochem. 2011;58(6):391-6. PMCID:PMC3293367  PMID:22172101 
38. Chen A, Vogler C, McEntee M, Hanson S, Ellinwood NM, Jens J, Snella E, Passage M, Le S, Guerra C, Dickson P. Glycosaminoglycan storage in neuroanatomical regions of mucopolysaccharidosis I dogs following intrathecal recombinant human iduronidase. APMIS. 2011;119(8):513-21. PMCID:PMC3137268  PMID:21749451 
39. Newkirk KM, Atkins RM, Dickson PI, Rohrbach BW, McEntee MF. Ocular lesions in canine mucopolysaccharidosis I and response to enzyme replacement therapy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2011;52(8):5130-5. PMID:21436264 
40. Dickson PI, Chen AH. Intrathecal enzyme replacement therapy for mucopolysaccharidosis I: translating success in animal models to patients. Curr Pharm Biotechnol. 2011;12(6):946-55. PMID:21506913 
41. Lyons JA, Dickson PI, Wall JS, Passage MB, Ellinwood NM, Kakkis ED, McEntee MF. Arterial pathology in canine mucopolysaccharidosis-I and response to therapy. Lab Invest. 2011;91(5):665-74. PMCID:PMC3084338  PMID:21383673 
42. Dickson PI, Pariser AR, Groft SC, Ishihara RW, McNeil DE, Tagle D, Griebel DJ, Kaler SG, Mink JW, Shapiro EG, Bjoraker KJ, Krivitzky L, Provenzale JM, Gropman A, Orchard P, Raymond G, Cohen BH, Steiner RD, Goldkind SF, Nelson RM, Kakkis E, Patterson MC. Research challenges in central nervous system manifestations of inborn errors of metabolism. Mol Genet Metab. 2011;102(3):326-38. PMCID:PMC3040279  PMID:21176882 
43. Wu SJ, Tetteh B, Dickson P. Index of suspicion, case 3: Hyperimmunoglobulin D syndrome Pediatr Rev. 2011;32:299-305. 
44. Dierenfeld AD, McEntee MF, Vogler CA, Vite CH, Chen AH, Passage M, Le S, Shah S, Jens JK, Snella EM, Kline KL, Parkes JD, Ware WA, Moran LE, Fales-Williams AJ, Wengert JA, Whitley RD, Betts DM, Boal AM, Riedesel EA, Gross W, Ellinwood NM, Dickson PI. Replacing the enzyme alpha-L-iduronidase at birth ameliorates symptoms in the brain and periphery of dogs with mucopolysaccharidosis type I. Sci Transl Med. 2010;2(60):60ra89. PMCID:PMC3075726  PMID:21123810 
45. Dickson PI, Hanson S, McEntee MF, Vite CH, Vogler CA, Mlikotic A, Chen AH, Ponder KP, Haskins ME, Tippin BL, Le SQ, Passage MB, Guerra C, Dierenfeld A, Jens J, Snella E, Kan SH, Ellinwood NM. Early versus late treatment of spinal cord compression with long-term intrathecal enzyme replacement therapy in canine mucopolysaccharidosis type I. Mol Genet Metab. 2010;101(2-3):115-22. PMCID:PMC2950221  PMID:20655780 
46. Ezra N, Tetteh B, Diament M, Jonas AJ, Dickson P. Hereditary multiple exostoses with spine involvement in a 4-year-old boy. Am J Med Genet A. 2010;152A(5):1264-7. PMID:20425833 
47. Chen A, Dickson P. Intrathecal enzyme replacement therapy to treat spinal cord compression in mucopolysaccharidosis: Overview and rationale. J Pediatr Rehabil Med. 2010;3(1):7-11. PMID:21791827 
48. Passage MB, Krieger AW, Peinovich MC, Lester T, Le SQ, Dickson PI, Kakkis ED. Continuous infusion of enzyme replacement therapy is inferior to weekly infusions in MPS I dogs. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2009;32 Suppl 1:S253-8. PMCID:PMC2889197  PMID:19562502 
49. Carlstrom LP, Jens JK, Dobyns ME, Passage M, Dickson PI, Ellinwood NM. Inadvertent propagation of factor VII deficiency in a canine mucopolysaccharidosis type I research breeding colony. Comp Med. 2009;59(4):378-82. PMCID:PMC2779214  PMID:19712579 
50. Dickson PI. Novel treatments and future perspectives: outcomes of intrathecal drug delivery. Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2009;47 Suppl 1:S124-7. PMID:20040323 
51. Muñoz-Rojas MV, Costa R, Fagondes Canani S, Jardim L, Vedolin L, Kakkis E, Dickson P, Vieira T, John AB, Raymundo M, Giugliani R.. Intrathecal enzyme replacement therapy in a patient with mucopolysaccharidosis type I and symptomatic spinal cord compression Am J Med Genet A. 2008;epub. 
52. Dickson P, Peinovich M, McEntee M, Lester T, Le S, Krieger A, Manuel H, Jabagat C, Passage M, Kakkis E. Immune tolerance improves the efficacy of enzyme replacement therapy in the canine model of mucopolysaccharidosis I. J Clin Invest. 2008;118:2868-76 with introduction by K. Ponder at pp. 2686-89. 
53. Dickson P, McEntee M, Vogler C, Le S, Levy B, Peinovich M, Hanson S, Passage M, Kakkis E. Intrathecal enzyme replacement therapy: Successful treatment of brain disease via the cerebrospinal fluid. Mol Genet Metab. 2007;91:61-68. 
54. Tiranti V, Briem E, Lamantea E, Mineri R, Papaleo E, Degioia L, Forlani F, Rinaldo P, Dickson P, Abu-Libdeh B, Cindro-Heberle L, Owaidha M, Jack RM, Christensen E, Burlina A, Zeviani M. ETHE1 mutations are specific to Ethylmalonic Encephalopathy. J Med Genet. 2006;43:340-6. 
55. Belichenko PV, Dickson P, Passage M, Jungles S, Mobley WC, Kakkis E. Penetration, diffusion and uptake of recombinant human α-L-iduronidase after intraventricular injection into the rat brain. 86:141-149, 2005 Mol Genet Metab. 2005;86:141-149. 
56. Dickson PI, Briones NY, Baylen BG, Jonas AJ, French SW, Lin HJ. Costello syndrome with pancreatic islet cell hyperplasia. Am J Med Genet A. 2004;130A(4):402-5. PMID:15384101 
57. Joyce JJ, Dickson PI, Qi N, Noble JE, Raj JU, Baylen BG. Normal right and left ventricular mass development during early infancy. Am J Cardiol. 2004;93(6):797-801. PMID:15019899 
58. Kakkis E, McEntee M, Vogler C, Le S, Levy B, Belichenko P, Mobley W, Dickson P, Hanson S, Passage M. Intrathecal enzyme replacement therapy reduces lysosomal storage in the brain and meninges of the canine model of MPS I. ol Genet Metab. 2004;83:163-174. 
59. Joyce JJ, Dickson PI, Qi N, Noble JE, Raj JU, Baylen BG. Normal right and left ventricular mass development during early infancy. Am J Cardiology. 2004;93:797-801. 
60. Dayan P, Ahmad F, Urtecho J, Novick M, Dixon P (sic), Levine D, Miller S. Test characteristics of the respiratory syncytial virus enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay in febrile infants < or = 60 days of age. Clinics in Pediatrics. 2002;41:415-8.