, M.D., Ph.D., M.D., Ph.D.MGH Appointment: Assistant Neurologist
HMS Appointment: Assistant Professor of Neurology
MGH Address: Edwards Research, Room 413A
MGH Phone Number: 724-3531
Patient Office Phone Number: 726-5533
Patient Office Location: WAC 835
E-Mail Address: scannon@partners.org
Fax Number: 726-5256
Undergraduate Education: Washington University, B.S., M.S., Mechanical engineering
Graduate And/Or Medical School:Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, MD
Johns Hopkins University, PhD
Research Interests: Myotonia, periodic paralysis.
Representative Publications:
1. Hayward LJ, Brown RH, Cannon SC. Inactivation Defects Caused by Myotonia- Associated Mutations in the Sodium Channel III-IV Linker. J Gen Physiol. 107: 559-576, 1996.
2. Hayward LJ, Brown RH, Cannon SC. Slow Inactivation Differs Amond Mutant Sodium Channels Associated with Myotonia and Periodic Paralysis. Biophys J. 72:1204-1219, 1997.
3. Cannon SC. Ion Channel Defects in the Hereditary Myotonias and Periodic Paralysis. In: Molecular Neurology, Martin JB (ed.), 257-277. Scientific American, Inc., NY, 1998.