Sandy Hofmann, M.D., Ph.D.

Biography

Sandra L. Hofmann, M.D., Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in hematology and oncology.

Dr. Hofmann earned her medical degree and a doctoral degree in molecular biology at Washington University in St. Louis, where she also performed her residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in hematology and oncology. She received advanced training in molecular genetics through a postdoctoral fellowship at UT Southwestern.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Hofmann joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 1989.

Dr. Hofmann’s research interests focus on the metabolism of proteins that are modified by lipids. Her laboratory has conducted pioneering work that has led to a greater understanding of a group of hereditary brain disorders known as the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCL, or Batten disease).

She is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Association of American Physicians, the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the American Society for Clinical Investigation, and the American Society of Hematology.