Anne Comi

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Anne Comi

| other_names = Anne Marie Spalding Comi

| fields = Pediatric neurology, Sturge–Weber syndrome, vascular malformation

| workplaces = Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Kennedy Krieger Institute

| alma_mater = College of the Holy Cross (BA)
University of Buffalo (MD)

}}

Anne Marie Spalding Comi is an American pediatric neurologist specialized in the treatment of Sturge–Weber syndrome. She is a professor of neurology and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and director of the Hunter Nelson Sturge-Weber Center at the Kennedy Krieger Institute.

Life

Comi graduated from College of the Holy Cross in 1989 and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.{{Cite web |title=Student Members (1974–2022) |url=https://www.holycross.edu/phi-beta-kappa/holy-cross-chapter/student-members-1974-2015 |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=College of the Holy Cross |language=en}} She earned a M.D. at the University of Buffalo School of Medicine in 1993.{{Cite web |title=Anne Marie Spalding Comi, M.D., Professor of Neurology |url=https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/details/anne-comi |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=Johns Hopkins Medicine |language=en}} She completed a residency in neurology at the Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo in 1996 and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1999. She specializes in the treatment of Sturge–Weber syndrome and disorders due to vascular malformation.{{Cite news |last=Emery |first=Chris |date=2007-09-30 |title=Doctor focuses on rare illness |pages=A10 |work=The Baltimore Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118189004/doctor-focuses-on-rare-illness/ |access-date=2023-02-08}}{{Cite web |title=Anne Comi, MD |url=https://www.kennedykrieger.org/patient-care/faculty-staff/anne-comi |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=www.kennedykrieger.org |language=en}}

Comi has served as the director of the Hunter Nelson Sturge-Weber Center at the Kennedy Krieger Institute since 2002. She is a professor of neurology and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

In 2013, Comi and her research team identified a somatic mutation on the GNAQ gene as the cause of Sturge-Weber Syndrome, a discovery that significantly advanced the understanding of the disease and potential treatments. {{Cite web |title=Identification of the Gene Causing Sturge-Weber Syndrome |url=https://www.childneurologysociety.org/research-focus/identification-of-the-gene-causing-sturge-weber-syndrome/ |access-date=March 25, 2025 |website=Child Neurology Society}}