7-year-old Ellie McGinn Teaches Johns Hopkins Medical Students About Mitochondrial Disease

Ellie McGinn has a rare genetic disease that affects the powerhouses of her cells, called mitochondria. As part of a class on mitochondrial disorders, Ellie and her father shared their experiences with the disease with Johns Hopkins medical students. Ellie is being treated by doctors at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins’ McKusick-Nathans Institute for Genetic Medicine (IGM). Learn more about the IGM here: Or see more of Ellie’s story at http:/