Professor of Pediatrics (Neurology)

Associate Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid

Director, START Program

A graduate of Brown University and Tufts University School of Medicine, Dr Ment received her training in pediatrics and pediatric neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

Dr Ment evaluates children with Gaucher disease who harbour genotypes concerning type 3 and type 2 Gaucher disease. Dr Ment is the Neurologist for our site in the type 3 Gaucher disease venglustat clinical trial. She also evaluates and cares for patients with developmental delay, epilepsy and neurogenetic disorders.

A former member of the NANDS Council of the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke at NIH and Chair of its Clinical Trial Subcommittee, Dr Ment’s research interests include adaptive mechanisms of the developing brain. She was the principal investigator of two multicenter clinical studies exploring the prevention of injury in preterm neonates, the long-term neurodevelopmental and neuroimaging sequelae of preterm birth and the genetic mechanisms responsible for these changes.

Education and training

● Visiting Fellow - Hammersmith Hospital, London, England (1979)

● Fellow - Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (1979)

● Resident - Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (1976)

● Intern - Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (1974)

● MD - Tufts University (1973)