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Molecular and Human Genetics

Houston, Texas

Department of Molecular and Human Genetics
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics
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Clinical Faculty

Clinical Faculty

Carlos A. Bacino, M.D.
Associate Professor; Director, Pediatric Genetics Clinic
Birth defects, chromosomal abnormalities, skeletal dysplasias, congenital heart diseases, Angelman/Prader Willi Syndrome

Arthur L. Beaudet, M.D.
Professor; Chair
Genetic and epigenetic causes of autism; Prader-Willi and Angelman syndrome; genetic diagnosis using array CGH; gene therapy for cystic fibrosis, Crigler-Najjar, and hemophilia

John W. Belmont, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor; Co-Director, Cardiovascular Genetics Clinic
Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Cardiovascular Genetics

Chester Brown, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Birth defects, endocrinopathies and disorders of growth

William J. Craigen, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Director, Metabolic Clinic
Genetic Disorders, Metabolic Disorders

Shweta U. Dhar, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor; Director, Adult Genetics Clinic
Diagnosis and evaluation of adult onset genetic disorders; management of adults with congenital disorders; cardiovascular genetic disorders in the adult

Christine M. Eng, M.D.
Associate Professor

Brett Graham, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Genetic Disorders, Metabolic Disorders

Seema Lalani, M.D.
Assistant Professor
CHARGE syndrome; Use of array-comparative genomic hybridization in identifying molecular etiology of cardiovascular malformations

Brendan Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor; Director, Skeletal Dysplasia Clinic
Skeletal Dysplasias, Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Urea Cycle Disorders

James R. Lupski, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor; Vice Chair
Determine the molecular mechanisms for disease using human genetic approaches to investigate clinical phenotypes

Sharon E. Plon, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor; Director, Adult Cancer Genetics Clinic & Neurofibromatosis Clinic
Cancer Genetics Syndromes, Breast Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility, von Hippel Lindau Syndrome, Neurofibromatosis, Retinoblastoma & Familial Adenomatous Polyposis

Lorraine Potocki, M.D.
Associate Professor; Director, Ben Taub Genetics Clinic
Developmental disorders, Congenital anomalies

Frank J. Probst, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Genetic causes of hearing impairment; mouse models of X-linked diseases; ENU mutagenesis in the mouse

Fernando Scaglia, M.D.
Associate Professor
Inherited Metabolic Disorders

Daryl Scott, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Genetic determinants and environmental modifiers of congenital diaphragmatic hernia, esophageal atresia/tracheoesophageal fistula and p36 deletion syndrome

V. Reid Sutton, M.D.
Associate Professor
Aicardi syndrome, Focal Dermal Hypoplasia (Goltz syndrome), skeletal dysplasias (Osteogenesis Imperfecta), and inborn errors of metabolism

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