Naiga Cottingham, MD
Locations: Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care, CHOP at Penn Medicine Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
About Naiga Cottingham, MD
Naiga Cottingham, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and an attending physician in the Division of Human Genetics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). She completed a Medical Biochemical Genetics Fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where she previously completed her combined residency in Pediatrics and Medical Genetics. Dr. Cottingham’s clinical focus and commitment is to improve the diagnostic and management pathways for children with rare and complex genetic disorders.
Titles
Attending Physician
Assistant Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Awards and Honors
2019, Hobart Amory Hare Honor Society Member, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
2016, Baxter Family Scholarship Recipient, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Editorial and Academic Positions
2024-present, Reviewer for Journal of Molecular Genetics and Metabolism
Education & training
Medical Degree
MD - Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Residency
Pediatrics and Medical Genetics - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Kravis Children's Hospital, New York, NY
Fellowship
Pediatrics and Medical Genetics - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Kravis Children's Hospital, New York, NY
Medical Biochemical Genetics - Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Publications
Publications
2020
Makhamreh MM, Cottingham N, Ferreira CR, Berger S, Al Kouatly HB.: Non Immune Hydrops Fetalis and Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation. J Inherit Metab Dis. 43(2): 223-233, Mar 2020 Notes: doi: 10.1002/jimd.12162. Epub 2019 Nov 8.
2017
Decker RS, Um H, Dyment NA, Cottingham N, Usami Y, Enomoto-Iwamoto M,Kronenberg MS, Maye P, Rowe DW, Koyama E, Pacifici M.: Cell origin, volume and arrangement are drivers of articular cartilage formation, morphogenesis and response to injury in mouse limbs. Dev Biol. 426(1): 56-58, Jun 2017 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2017.04.006. Epub 2017 Apr 21.
2016
Decker RS, Um H, Dyment NA, Cottingham N, Koyama E, Kronenberg MS, Maye P,Rowe DW, Pacifici M.: Specific Synovial Joint Progenitor Cell Populations UniquelyContribute To Articular Cartilage Growth And Repair. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 24(1): S16, Apr 2016.
Abstracts (includes Posters and Scientific Presentations)
2023
Cottingham N, Kaufman O, Saland JM, Benchimol C, Brewer ED, Malatesta Muncher R,Scaglia F, Ganesh J.: Renal Transplantation in Patients with Single MitochondrialDNA deletions. UMDF Mitochondrial Medicine 2023 Symposium, Charlotte, NC June-July 2023 Notes: Poster.
Cottingham N, Kaufman O, Saland JM, Benchimol C, Brewer ED, Malatesta Muncher R, Scaglia F, Ganesh J.: Renal Transplantation in Patients with Single MitochondrialDNA deletions. GGS Department Retreat in New York, NY Nov 2023 Notes: Poster.
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
2016
Bechtold TE, Saunders C, Decker RS, Um H, Cottingham N, Salhab I, Kurio N, Billings PC, Pacifici M, Nah H, and Koyama E: Osteophyte Formation and Matrix Mineralization in a TMJ Osteoarthritis Mouse Model Are Associated with Ectopic Hedgehog Signaling. Matrix Biol. Page: 339-354, May-July 2016 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.matbio.2016.03.001. Epub 2016 Mar 3.