Dr. Chester B Whitley MD
Pediatrician
University Of Minnesota Physicians 516 Delaware Street Minneapolis MN, 55455About
Dr. Chester Whitley is a pediatrician practicing in Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Whitley is a doctor who specializes in the health care of children. As a pedicatrician, Dr. Whitley diagnoses and treats infections, injuries, diseases and other disorders in children. Pediatricians typically work with infants, children, teenagers and young adults up to age 21. They practice medical care as well as preventative health care. Dr. Whitley can oversee and manage the physical, mental and emotional health of their patients.
Education and Training
Univ of Mn Med Sch-Minneapolis, Minneapolis Mn 1980
University of Mn Med Sch 1980
Board Certification
Medical GeneticsAmerican Board of Medical GeneticsABMG
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Urinary glycosaminoglycan excretion quantified by an automated semimicro method in specimens conveniently transported from around the globe.
- Biodistribution and toxicity studies of VSVG-pseudotyped lentiviral vector after intravenous administration in mice with the observation of in vivo transduction of bone marrow.
- Construction of a high efficiency retroviral vector for gene therapy of Hunter's syndrome.
- A preliminary report on dopamine system reactivity in PKU: acute effects of haloperidol on neuropsychological, physiological, and neuroendocrine functions.
- Enzyme replacement therapy in mucopolysaccharidosis VI (Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome).
- Excision of Sleeping Beauty transposons: parameters and applications to gene therapy.
- Correction of metabolic, craniofacial, and neurologic abnormalities in MPS I mice
- Improved gene transfer and normalized enzyme levels in primitive hematopoietic progenitors from patients with mucopolysaccharidosis type I using a bioreactor.
- Safety and efficacy of enzyme replacement therapy in combination with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Hurler syndrome.
- Cardiac findings after enzyme replacement therapy for mucopolysaccharidosis type I.
- Age-related functional and histopathological changes of the ear in the MPS I mouse.
- Prolonged expression of a lysosomal enzyme in mouse liver after Sleeping Beauty transposon-mediated gene delivery: implications for non-viral gene therapy of mucopolysaccharidoses.
- Long-term follow-up of endurance and safety outcomes during enzyme replacement therapy for mucopolysaccharidosis VI: Final results of three clinical studies of recombinant human N-acetylgalactosamine 4-sulfatase.
- Systemic correction of storage disease in MPS I NOD/SCID mice using the sleeping beauty transposon system.
- Enzyme replacement therapy for mucopolysaccharidosis VI: evaluation of long-term pulmonary function in patients treated with recombinant human N-acetylgalactosamine 4-sulfatase.
Clinical Trials
Awards
- Best Doctors in America 2007-2010
Professional Memberships
- Member Minnesota Medical Association/Twin Cities
Fellowships
- University of Minnesota
- University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics, Genetics 1983
Dr. Chester B Whitley MD's Practice location
Dr. Chester Whitley, MD
University Of Minnesota Physicians 516 Delaware Street -Minneapolis, MN 55455Get Direction
University Of Minnesota Physicians
516 Delaware Street Se Room 4-100 -Minneapolis, MN 55455Get Direction
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