Trainees
2009 Residents (from left to right): Neil Hanchard, M.D., Amelia Kirby, M.D., Mir Reza Bekheirnia, M.D., and Michael Wangler, M.D.
Two-year Residents:
Year 1
Mir Reza Bekheirnia, M.D.
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Primary Residency: Internal Medicine (University of Colorado)
Neil Hanchard, M.D.
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Primary Residency: Pediatrics (Mayo)
Michael Wangler, M.D.
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Primary Residency: Pediatrics (BCM)
Year 2
Ayman El-Hattab, M.D.
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Primary Residency: Pediatrics (SUNY Downstate Medical Center)
Mentor: Craigen
Gary Fruhman, M.D.
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Primary Residency: OB/GYN (Long Island Jewish Hospitals)
Amarilis Sanchez-Valle, M.D.
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Primary Residency: Pediatrics (University of Texas – Houston)
Mentor: Van den Veyver
Four-year Residents:
Timothy Moss, M.D., Ph.D. (PGY2)
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Christian Schaaf, M.D. (PGY4)
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Mentor: Zoghbi
Research Interests: Molecular pathophysiology and treatment strategies for neurogenetic diseases, signalling cascades, cancer genetics.
Wojciech Wiszniewski, M.D. (PGY3)
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Combined Medical Genetics/Pediatrics Residents:
Amelia Kirby, M.D.
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Medical Biochemical Genetics Fellow:
Oleg Shchelochkov
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Primary Residency: Pediatrics
Mentor: Brendan Lee
Research Interests: Clinical and molecular aspects of ureagenesis disorders, genomic medicine, bioinformatics, developmental biology
Diagnostic Laboratory Training Programs:
2009 Diagnostic Laboratory Trainees (from left to right): Bekim Sadikovic, Ganka Douglas, Ph.D., Manjula Maheshwari, and Amy Breman, Ph.D.
Clinical Biochemical Genetics
Bethany Ruggiero, Ph.D.
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Clinical Cytogenetics
Amy Breman, Ph.D.
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Clinical Molecular Genetics
Ganka Douglas, Ph.D.
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Qing (Jack) Ji
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Megan Landsverk
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Manjula Maheshwari
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Bekim Sadikovic
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