Mark Batshaw

Biography

Mark Batshaw, M.D., is Chief Academic Officer and Physician-in-Chief of the Children’s National Health System, where he also serves as Director of the Children’s Research Institute. He is also Chairman of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dr. Batshaw’s research focus is on inborn errors of urea synthesis, in which he is considered an international authority in the development and testing of innovative therapies. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania and attended medical school at the University of Chicago. He also completed his residency in pediatrics at the Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, and his post-doctoral fellowship in neurodevelopmental pediatrics at the Kennedy Institute of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Research Interest

Pediatrics