Erika Augustine, MD, MS

Dr. Erika Augustine is the Associate Chief Science Officer and Director of the Clinical Trials Unit at Kennedy Krieger Institute. An award-winning physician, mentor, scientist, and leader, she trained and served as Chief Resident in Pediatric Neurology at Boston Children’s Hospital. Subsequently, Augustine returned to the University of Rochester Medical Center for parallel fellowships in movement disorders and experimental therapeutics.

During her time as a fellow, she taught in the Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics at the University of Rochester Medical Center and later became the Robert J. Joynt Associate Professor of Neurology, where she also served as Associate Director of the Center for Health & Technology, Co-Director of the Hereditary Ataxia Clinic, and Co-Director of the University of Rochester Batten Center. Augustine graduated from Harvard University, and completed her MD at the University of Rochester.