Dr. Dastgir completed her medical training at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, her pediatrics training at the University of Connecticut, child neurology fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital, and neuromuscular sub-specialty training at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham Women's Hospital. She then went onto a three-year clinical research fellowship in neuromuscular and neurogenetic disorders of childhood at the National Institutes of Health, where she gained experience in clinical trials and translational research. Disorders treated: Childhood onset motor neuron disorders, myopathies, muscular dystrophies, neuromuscular junction disorders, neuropathies, movement disorders, and hereditary spastic paraplegias. Diagnostic tests performed: Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Studies; Muscle Ultrasound