Taylor Beecroft, MS, CGC

Genetic Counselor

Positions

Genetic Counselor: Pediatric Cardiology
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital (Clinic): 6651 Main St.
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
beecroft@bcm.edu

Education

MS from The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences: 05/2018 - 77030, Texas, United States; Genetic Counseling

BS from Arizona State University: 05/2013 - Tempe, Arizona, United States; Genetics, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Certifications

Certified Genetic Counselor: American Board of Genetic Counseling

Professional Interests

Aortopathy
Inherited Arrhythmias
Marfan syndrome
Loeys-Dietz syndrome
Vascular Ehlers Danlos syndrome
Williams syndrome

Professional Statement

I am the lead genetic counselor for the Cardiovascular Genetics Program at Texas Children's Hospital, and a faculty Instructor within the Division of Cardiology at Baylor College of Medicine. I am passionate about access to genetic testing for early and accurate diagnosis of heritable cardiac disease.

Selected Publications

Sara Stephens et al.. " Vertebral Tortuosity Is Associated With Increased Rate of Cardiovascular Events in Vascular Ehlers‐Danlos Syndrome " Journal of the American Heart Association. 2023 Sep 30;
Pubmed PMID: 37776192.
K. Van Keuren-Jensen, I. Malencia, A. Courtright, L. Ghaffari, A. Starr, R. Metpally, T. Beecroft, E. Carlson, J. Keifer, P. Pockros, and J. Rakela. " MicroRNA changes in liver tissue associated with fibrosis progression in patients with hepatitis C " Liver Int.. 2016 Mar ;
Pubmed PMID: 26189820.
A. Yeri, A. Courtright, R. Reiman, E. Carlson, T. Beecroft, A. Janss, A. Siniard, R. Richholt, C. Balak, J. Rozowsky, R. Kitchen, E. Hutchins, J. Winarta, R. McCoy, M. Anastasi, S. Kim, M. Huetelman, and K. Van Keuren-Jensen. " Total Extracellular Small RNA Profiles from Plasma, Saliva, and Urine of Healthy Subjects " Sci Rep.. 2017 Mar 17;
Pubmed PMID: 28303895.
Weyland CN, Salciccioli KB, Beecroft T, Soludczyk EN, Morris SA. " Evaluating Variation in the Cardiac Management of Children with Hereditary Thoracic Aortic Disease in the United States " Pediatric Cardiology. 2023 Sep 27;
Pubmed PMID: 37755470.
Lindsay R Freud et al.. " Prenatal vs postnatal diagnosis of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: cardiac and noncardiac outcomes through 1 year of age " American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2023 Sep 16;
Pubmed PMID: 37717890.
Stephens SB, Russo M, Shalhub S, Beecroft T, Weigand J, Milewicz DM, Morris SA. " Evaluating perinatal and neonatal outcomes among children with vascular Ehlers–Danlos syndrome " Genetics in Medicine. 2022 Oct 24;
Pubmed PMID: 35984436.
Hutchins E, Reiman R, Winarta J, Beecroft T, Richholt R, De Both M, Shahbander K, Carlson E, Janss A, Siniard A, Balak C, Bruhns R, Whitsett TG, McCoy R, Anastasi M, Allen A, Churas B, Huentelman M, Van Keuren-Jensen K. " Extracellular circular RNA profiles in plasma and urine of healthy, male college athletes. " Nature Scientific Data. 2021 Oct 28;
Pubmed PMID: 34711851.
Kalani MYS, Alsop E, Meechoovet B, Beecroft T, Agrawal K, Whitsett TG, Huentelman MJ, Spetzler RF, Nakaji P, Kim S, Van Keuren-Jensen K. " Extracellular microRNAs in blood differentiate between ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke subtypes. " Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 2020 Jan 24;
Pubmed PMID: 32128071.

Memberships

National Society of Genetic Counselors: Member (05/2018)