Jamie Caroline Fong

Jamie Caroline Fong, MS, CGC

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jamie.fong@bcm.edu

Assistant Professor: Molecular & Human Genetics - Clinic Program
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston

BA from University of California - Berkeley: 12/2000 - Berkeley, California United States; Molecular and Cell Biology

MS from Sarah Lawrence College: 05/2008 - Bronxville, New York United States; Genetic Counseling

Minikel EV, Vallabh SM, Orseth MC, Brandel JP, Haik S, Laplanche JL, Zerr I, Parchi P, Capellari S, Safar J, Kenny J, Fong JC, et al "Age of onset in genetic prion disease and the design of preventative clinical trials." Neurology. 2019 Jul;93(2):e125-34. Pubmed PMID: 31171647
Olney NT, Alquezar C, Ramos EM, Nana AL, Fong JC, Karydas AM, Taylor JB, Stephens ML, Argouarch AR, Van Berlo VA, Dokuru DR, Scherr EH, Jicha GA, Dillon WP, Desikan RS, DeMay M, Seeley WW, Coppola G, Miller BL, Kao AW "Linking tuberous sclerosis complex, excessive mTOR signaling, and age-related neurodegeneration: a new association between TSC1 mutation and frontotemporal dementia." Acta Neuropath. 2017 Nov;134(5):813-6. Pubmed PMID: 28828560
Takada LT, Kim MO, Cleveland RW, Wong K, Forner SA, Gala II, Fong JC, Geschwind MD "Genetic prion disease: experience of a rapidly progressive dementia center in the United States and a review of the literature." Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2017 Jan;174(1):36-69. Pubmed PMID: 27943639
Fong JC, Rojas JC, Bang J, Legati A, Rankin KP, Forner S, Miller ZA, Karydas AM, Coppola G, Grouse CK, Ralph J, Miller BL, Geschwind MD "Genetic prion disease caused by PRNP Q160X mutation presenting with an orbitofrontal syndrome, cyclic diarrhea, and peripheral neuropathy." J Alzheimers Dis. 2017 Nov;55(1):249-58. Pubmed PMID: 27716661

Lee SE, Khazenzon AM, Trujillo AJ, Guo CC, Yokoyama JS, Sha SJ, Takada LT, Karydas AM, Block NR, Coppola G, Pribadi M, Geschwind DH, Rademakers R, Fong JC, Weiner MW, Boxer AL, Kramer JH, Rosen HJ, Miller BL, Seeley WW "Altered network connectivity in frontotemporal dementia with C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion." Brain. 2014 Nov;137(11):3047-60. Pubmed PMID: 25273996
Sha SJ, Takada LT, Rankin KP, Yokoyama JS, Rutherford NJ, Fong JC, Khan B, Karydas A, Baker MC, DeJesus-Hernandez M, Pribadi M, Coppola G, Geschwind DH, Rademakers R, Lee SE, Seeley W, Miller BL, Boxer AL "Frontotemporal dementia due to C9ORF72 mutations: clinical and imaging features." Neurology. 2012 Sep;79(10):1002-11. Pubmed PMID: 22875087
Fong JC, Karydas AM, Goldman JS "Genetic counseling for FTD/ALS caused by the C9ORF72 hexanucleotide expansion." Alzheimers Res Ther. 2012 Sep;4(4) Pubmed PMID: 22808918
Steele NZ, Bright AR, Lee SE, Fong JC, Bonham LW, Karydas A, Karbassi ID, Pribadi M, Meservey MA, Gallen MC, Ramos EM, Liaquat K, Hoffman CC, Krasner MR, Dodge W, L Miller B, Coppola G, Rankin KP, Yokoyama JS, Higgins JJ "Frequency of frontotemporal dementia gene variants in C9ORF72, MAPT, and GRN in academic versus commercial laboratory cohorts." Adv Genomics Genet. 2018;8:23-33. Pubmed PMID: 31031559

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