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Medical Genetics - Faculty and Staff

Deborah Meyers PhD

Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health; Medicine

          B.A.              1971 Ithaca College
          Ph.D.            1976
Indiana University
          Fellowship      1976-1978:
University of North Carolina

          Co-Director, Center for Human Genomics
          Section Head, Medical Genetics, 
                              Department of Pediatrics

Research Interests: Gene mapping in common complex diseases as well as in Mendelian disorders, ascertainment and characterization of relevant families, DNA genotyping, linkage and association analyses, positional cloning and in analytical methods.

 

 

Tamison Jewett, M.D.

Associate Professor, Section on Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics
          M.D.             University of Arizona College of Medicine, 1984
          Residency      University of Arizona Affiliated Hospitals, 1985-1987
          Fellowship      University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 1987-1989
                              - Clinical Genetics

          Board Certified by the American College of Medical Genetics
           - specialty Clinical Genetics
          Board Certified by the
American College of Pediatrics

Research Interests: Connective tissue disorders, Down syndrome, and prenatal exposures, evaluation of children prenatally exposed to varicella virus.

 

 

Vandana Shashi, M.D.

Associate Professor, Section on Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics
          M.B.B.S.         University of Mysore, India, 1982
          M.D.              University of Mangalore, India, 1986
          Residency      Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1990-1992
          Fellowship      University of Virginia, 1992-1995
                              - Clinical Geneticist

Board Certified by the American College of Medical Genetics
          - specialty Clinical Genetics
          Board Certified by the
American College of Pediatrics

Research Interests: DiGeorge syndrome

 

 

Mark J. Pettenati, Ph.D., FACMG

Professor, Section on Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics
Associate Professor, Pathology; Surgical Sciences-Ophthalmology, Regenerative Medicine

          B.S.              St. Bonaventure University, 1978
          Ph.D.            West Virginia University, 1983
          Fellowship      Indiana University School of Medicine, 1983-1985
                              - Clinical Cytogeneticist

          Fellowship      University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
                              - Clinical Cytogeneticist - leukemia

          Board Certified by the American College of Medical Genetics
                    - specialty Clinical Cytogenetics

Director, Cytogenetics and Molecular Cytogenetics Laboratory
Director, Maternal Serum Screening Program
Director, Specialty Pediatrics Laboratory

Research Interests: High-resolution chromosome analysis of clinical genetic syndromes as related to gene mapping.  Application of molecular cytogenetics for diagnosis in clinical genetic cases, leukemia, solid tumors and in gene mapping, ordering and rearrangement. Development and application of molecular cytogenetics for laboratory testing in forensic science.

 


Patrick Koty Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Section on Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics
           B.S.            
University of Pittsburgh
           M.S.            
University of Pittsburgh
           Ph.D.           
University of Pittsburgh
           Fellowship    
University of Pittsburgh
                              - Clinical Molecular Geneticist

          Board Certified by the American College of Medical Genetics
                    - specialty Molecular Genetics 
          Board Certified by the American
College of Medical Genetics
                    - specialty Clinical Cytogenetics

Director, Molecular Genetics
Co-Director, Cytogenetics and Molecular Cytogenetics Laboratory

Research Interests: breast cancer

 

 

Timothy Howard PhD

Assistant Professor, Section on Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics
          B.S.               
Wake Forest University
          M.S.              
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
          Ph.D.             
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
          Fellowship      John Hopkins School of Medicine
                              University of
Maryland, Baltimore

Research Interests: Research focused on the genetics of asthma, allergy, and vascular diseases.

 

 

Medical Genetic - Genetic Counselors
(336) 713-7529

Peggy Berry, M.S.

B.S.   
University of Pittsburgh
M.S.   
University of Pittsburgh
           Board Certified by the American Board of Medical Genetics

 

Jean St. John, M.S.

B.S.    Virginia Tech
M.S.   
University of Pittsburgh
           Board Certified by the American Board of Medical Genetics

 

 

Lori Terry, M.S.

B.S.    North Carolina State University
M.S.   
University of South Carolina
           Board Certified by the American Board of Medical Genetics

 

Katie Rutledge, M.S.

B.A.    Duke University
M.S.   Northwestern University
           
Board Eligible by the American Board of Medical Genetics

 

 

Medical Genetics - Laboratory Supervisory Staff

Cytogenetics

Supervisor:

Will Stewart

Molecular Cytogenetics

Supervisor:

Bethy Jackle

DNA Diagnostics

Supervisor:

 Sharon Olson

MSAFP

Supervisor:

Olga Class

Specialty Lab

Supervisor:

  David Stafford

           MSAFP Program                                     Supervisor:  Bonnie Cochran

 

 

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