Hilary Vernon, MD PhD is a Professor of Genetic Medicine and Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her research interests include understanding intermediary metabolism in mitochondrial disorders including Barth syndrome. Dr. Vernon is the director of the Mitochondrial Medicine Center at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Barth Syndrome Interdisciplinary Clinic at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. She serves on the Scientific and Medical Advisory Boards of the Barth Syndrome Foundation and the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation. Dr. Vernon received her MD and PhD from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. She completed residencies in Genetics and Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University, and a fellowship in Clinical Laboratory Biochemical Genetics at Johns Hopkins University. She is board certified in Pediatrics, Clinical Genetics, and Clinical Laboratory Biochemical Genetics.