Dr. Brandsema has been an Attending Physician in Neuromuscular/General Neurology and Electromyography at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia since July 2013.  He completed medical school at Dalhousie in Nova Scotia, Canada, Pediatric Neurology residency at Toronto SickKids, and the Partners Neuromuscular Fellowship at Harvard. He has broad clinical and research interests in neuromuscular diseases, with a particular focus in clinical trials of novel therapies for childhood neuromuscular disorders. Outside of the hospital, he is a classically-trained singer and musician, a budding Phillies fan, and helps his partner breed champion Lakeland Terriers.