Nicola Longo, MD, PhD

Medical Advisor

Dr. Longo is a Professor and Vice Chair of Human Genetics and the Chief of the Division of Clinical Genetics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Dr. Longo earned his M.D. and Ph.D. in Molecular Biology at the University of Parma School of Medicine in Italy. He received residency and fellowship training in pediatrics, medical genetics, and clinical biochemical genetics at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He was then at the University of Utah from  2001 to 2024 where he served as Professor of Pediatrics and  Chief of the Division of Medical Genetics. He is an expert in inherited metabolic diseases and is intimately involved in the treatment of patients with these diseases at UCLA Health. His basic and clinic research covers disorders of fatty acid oxidation and carnitine metabolism and the development of novel treatments for metabolic disorders including phenylketonuria, homocystinuria, organic acidemias, urea cycle disorders, and lysosomal storage disorders.