Ameya Shirish Walimbe, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.E.

Instructor

Email

ameya.walimbe@bcm.edu

Positions

Instructor: Pediatrics
Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Neurosciences
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Education

PhD from University of Iowa, Howard Hughes Medical Institute: 05/2021 - Iowa City, Iowa, United States; Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

MD from University of Iowa: 05/2021 - Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Residency at Baylor College of Medicine: 06/2026 - Houston, Texas, United States

Honors & Awards

Houston Methodist NeuralCODR T32 Fellowship: Houston Methodist Research Institute (07/2026 - 06/2028)

Gateway to Mitochondrial Medicine Award: United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (06/2026)

Fleming Travel Scholarship: United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (06/2026)

Selected Publications

Qinyu Zhu, David Venzke, Ameya S. Walimbe, Mary E. Anderson, Qiuyu Fu, Lisa N. Kinch, Wei Wang, Xing Chen, Nick V. Grishin, Niu Huang, Liping Yu, Jack E. Dixon, Kevin P. Campbell, Junyu Xiao. " Structure of protein O-mannose kinase reveals a unique active site architecture " Elife. 2016 Nov 23; 5
Pubmed PMID: 27879205.
Ameya S. Walimbe, Hidehiko Okuma..., Liping Yu, Junyu Xiao, Jack E. Dixon, Francesco Muntoni, Kevin P. Campbell. " POMK regulates dystroglycan function via LARGE1-mediated elongation of matriglycan " Elife. 2020 Sep 25; 9 (9)
Pubmed PMID: 32975514.
Hidehiko Okuma, Jeffrey M Hord, Ishita Chandel, David Venzke, Mary E Anderson, Ameya S Walimbe, Soumya Joseph, Zeita Gastel, Yuji Hara, Fumiaki Saito, Kiichiro Matsumura, Kevin P Campbell. " N-terminal domain on dystroglycan enables LARGE1 to extend matriglycan on α-dystroglycan and prevents muscular dystrophy " Elife. 2023 Feb 1;
Pubmed PMID: 36723429.
Barak G, Demmler-Harrison G, Rossetti L, Tubman VN, Walimbe AS, Asaithambi R. " Progressive Thrombocytopenia, Splenomegaly, and Abnormal Tone in an Infant With Growth Faltering. " Pediatrics. 2024 Jul 1;
Pubmed PMID: 38864107.
Walimbe AS, Machol K, Kralik SF, Mizerik EA, Gofin Y, Bekheirnia MR, Gijavanekar C, Elsea SH, Emrick LT, Scaglia F. " Expanded clinical phenotype and untargeted metabolomics analysis in RARS2-related mitochondrial disorder: a case report. " Am J Med Genet Part A. 2024 Mar 4;
Pubmed PMID: 38438854.
Walimbe AS, Waskow E, Mackay L, Miller M, Gijavanekar C, Difalco CR, Elsea SH, Scaglia F. " Expanded Clinical Phenotype and the Role of Untargeted Metabolomics Analysis in Confirming the Diagnosis of Sodium-Dependent Multivitamin Transporter Deficiency. " Am J Med Genet Part A. 2025 Jun ;
Pubmed PMID: 39898461.
Walimbe AS, Muntoni F, Campbell KP. " Clinical presentations and pathophysiological mechanisms of dystroglycanopathy: advancing therapeutic strategies. " Lancet Neurol. 2026 Jul ;
Pubmed PMID: 42309089.
Audra N Iness*, Ameya S Walimbe*, Emily R Strouphauer 1, Michio Hirano, Alejandro D Iglesias, Valentina Emmanuele, Caitlin C Griffin, Sheldon L Kaplan, William A Gomes, Karen K Moeller, Stephen F Kralik, Fernando Scaglia. " Immune Modulatory Therapy for Severe Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in a Patient With Mitochondrial Complex I Deficiency: A Case Report " Am J Med Genet Part A. 2026 ;
Pubmed PMID: 42499220.

Memberships

American Society of Human Genetics

Child Neurology Society

American Academy of Neurology

Mitochondrial Medicine Society

American Academy of Pediatrics