Chaya Murali, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Email

murali@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor: Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine

Pediatric Geneticist: Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Addresses

Lee Lab (Lab): One Baylor Plaza
MS-225
Houston, TX, 77005
United States

Education

MD from Baylor College of Medicine: 05/2014 - Houston

Residency at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: 06/2018 - Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States; Pediatrics and Medical Genetics

Certifications

American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics

American Board of Pediatrics

Professional Statement

Throughout my training and education, I have taken a special interest in the psychosocial burdens of genetic disease and ways that providers can mitigate these burdens. During medical school, I worked in outreach, executing a series of writing workshops for children and adults affected by genetic diagnoses. Since then, I have moved on to academic investigations of the psychosocial burden of genetic diagnoses. My research has included analysis of the utility of certain patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in osteogenesis imperfecta; assessment of psychosocial functioning in the rare disease TANGO2; and analysis of sequencing data and seeing patients for the Undiagnosed Disease Network.
My research continues to focus on quality of life in patients and families affected by genetic conditions, and the ways in which clinicians and researchers can measure and improve quality of life. My clinical practice focuses on general pediatric genetics, and I am receiving specialized training in skeletal dysplasias.
Outside of medicine, I also write personal essays. I have had essays published in several literary magazines, and my writing informs my desire to hear patients' stories.

Selected Publications

Isolated vocal cord paralysis in two siblings with compound heterozygous variants in MUSK: Expanding the phenotypic spectrum " ;
Pubmed PMID: 30719842.
Muenke syndrome: Medical and surgical comorbidities and long-term management " ;
Pubmed PMID: 31111620.
Reflections on Caring: The White Bike " ;
Pubmed PMID: 27230808.
Robinow syndrome: a diagnosis at the fingertips " ;
Pubmed PMID: 29864040.
Murali CN, Cuthbertson D, Slater B, Nguyen D, Turner A, Harris G, Sutton VR, Lee B, Members of the BBD Consortium, Nagamani SCS. " Pediatric Outcomes Data Collection Instrument is a Useful Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Physical Function in Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta " ;
Pubmed PMID: 31772349.

Memberships

American College of Medical Genetics

Skills

Creative writing