Headshot of Michael Sidorov.

Michael Sidorov

Principal investigator
Center for Neuroscience Research at Children’s National Hospital

Michael Sidorov is a principal investigator at the Center for Neuroscience Research at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C.

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