Dr. Mary Schorth is widely known and respected by those in the spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) community. She is a Pediatric Pulmonologist at the University of Wisconsin’s American Family Children’s Hospital and is the Director of the Pediatric Pulmonary Center Training Grant. Building strong bonds with families around the country, she has been instrumental in the development and advancement of respiratory care for children with spinal muscular atrophy. According to Dr. Schroth, “if they get good respiratory care early on, they will live a long life.”

American Family Children’s Hospital recently profiled Dr. Schroth’s work with Sophia Doebbert, one of her patients with type 1 SMA. Sophia’s parents credit Dr. Schroth with providing them with the hope and the tools to care for their daughter, who is now eight years old. Click here to view the video.

In addition to treating SMA patients, Dr. Schroth has managed clinical trials, participated in the “Thriving with SMA” panel at the FightSMA Annual Conference, and contributed to the development of the Consensus Statement for Standard of Care in Spinal Muscular Atrophy. She also developed a pediatric multidisciplinary clinic for patients with neuromuscular disease, incorporating pediatric rehabilitation medicine and pediatric orthopedic surgery.