Clinical Genetics

Wendy Chung, MD, PhD Academic Title(s): Herbert Irving Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 851-5313 Fax: (212) 851-5306 Patient Appointments: (212) 305-6731 Email: wkc15@columbia.edu

Education:

• Cornell University, B.A., 1990
  
• Rockefeller University, Ph.D., 1996
  
• Cornell University, M.D., 1998

• Intern and resident in Pediatrics, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1998-2000
• Fellow, Clinical Genetics, Division of Clinical Genetics in Pediatrics, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 2000-2002
• Fellow, Molecular Genetics, Division of Clinical Genetics in Pediatrics, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 2002-2003

Awards and Honors:

• American Academy of Pediatrics Young Investigator Award
• Charles W. Bohmfalk Award for Distinguished Contributions to Teaching in the Clinical Years.
• Medical Achievement Award, Bonei Olam
• Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching, Columbia University

Interests/Specialties:

• Genetic basis of obesity and diabetes
• Metabolic and endocrine genetic disease
• Congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathies, and inherited arrhythmias
• Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
• Breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility
• Cancer syndromes including von Hippel Lindau Disease
• Spinal muscular atrophy

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Kwame Anyane-Yeboa, MD Academic Title(s): Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-6731 Fax: (212) 305-9058 Email: Ka8@columbia.edu

Education:

• Prempeh College, Advance level certification, 1967
  
• University of Ghana Medical School, MB, ChB.,1972

• Rotating Intern, Korlebu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana,1972-1974.
• Pediatric Resident, Harlem Harlem Hospital Center, 1974-1977
• Fellow, Clinical Genetics, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, 1977-1980

Awards and Honors:

• Awarded an Honorary Doctors degree, University of Ghana, 2004

Interests/Specialties:

• Infants and children with congenital malformations
• Autism
• Mental retardation in children and adults
• Congenital malformation in pregnancy

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Maryam Banikazemi, MD Academic Title(s): Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-2710 Fax: (212) 305-9058 Patient Appointments: (212) 305-6731 Email: mb3186@columbia.edu

Education:

• Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, MD, 1991

Postgraduate Training:

• Fellowship, Biochemical Genetics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, 1999-2000
• Fellowship, Medical Genetics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, 1997-1999
• Residency, Pediatrics, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL, 1995-1997
• Internship, Pediatrics, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL, 1994-1995
• Research Fellowship, Molecular Genetics, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 1992-1994
• Credits , Molecular Genetics, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, 1992

Interests/Specialties:

• Biochemical Genetics,
• Inborn errors of metabolism
• Lysosomal storage disorders

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Alejandro D. Iglesias, MD Academic Title(s): Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 212-851-5377 Appointments: (212) 305-2710/6731 Fax: (212) 851-5306 / (212) 305-9058 Email: ai2269@columbia.edu

Education:

• School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1985

Postgraduate Training:

• Intern, Pediatrics, Hospital de Pediatría Pedro Elizalde, Buenos Aires Argentina, 1986-1987
• Resident, Pediatrics, Hospital de Pediatría Pedro Elizalde, Buenos Aires Argentina, 1987-1990
• Chief Resident, Pediatrics, Hospital de Pediatría Pedro Elizalde, Buenos Aires Argentina, 1990-1991
• Fellow, Clinical Genetics, Hospital de Pediatría Juan Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1991-1993
• Fellow, Clinical and Biochemical Genetics, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, 1995-1998
• Resident, Pediatrics, Jacobi Medical Center, New York, 1998-2000

Interests/Specialties:

• Inborn Errors of Intermediate Metabolism
• Phenylketonuria
• Neurogenetics
• Errors of embryonic development

Alfred Slonim, MD Academic Title(s): Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-5717 Fax: (212) 304-5699 Email: as2718@columbia.edu

Education:

• MBBS (M.D.) University of Melbourne, Australia, 1958

• Junior resident (intern), Box Hill Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 1959
• Pediatric resident, Asaf Harofeh Hospital, Israel, 1960
• Pediatric resident, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 1961-1962
• Research fellow in Pulmonology, Pediatric Research Center, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 1963-1965
• Senior resident, Internal Medicine Department, Tel Hashomer Hospital, Israel, 1966-1968
• Research fellow in endocrinology, Department of Cancer Research and Basic Sciences, Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel, 1969

Interests/Specialties:

• Inborn errors of metabolism
• Metabolic disease of muscle and liver
• Crohn's Disease
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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Lynn Bush, PhD, MA Academic Title(s): Adjunct Associate Research Scientist in Pediatrics, Pediatric Clinical Genetics Contact Information: Tel: (203) 984-5813 Fax: (203) 222-9093 Email: lwb25@columbia.edu

Education:

• Hunter College, CUNY, B.A., 1980
• Teachers College, Columbia U, M.A., 1981
• Columbia University, PhD, 1989
• Columbia University, MS Candidate 2012

Postgraduate Training:

• Internship, Clinical psychology, Montefiore-Einstein, 1984-1985
• Fellowship, Infant/child psychiatry, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, 1985-1989
• Fellowship, Infant/child psychiatry and Pediatric liaison, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, 1989-1981
• Postgraduate Series in Neuroscience, Columbia University Medical Center, Winters 2005-2009

Interests/Specialties:

• Psychological & ethical implications of genomics
• Newborn and prenatal screening
• Inborn errors of metabolism
• Neurogenetic disorders in children

Affiliated Faculty

Jack Maidman, MD: Prenatal Clinical Geneticist

Ronald Wapner, MD: Prenatal Clinical Geneticist

Dorothy Warburton, PhD: Cytogeneticist

Brynn Levy, PhD: Cytogeneticist

Vaidehi Jobanputra, PhD: Cytogeneticist

Vundavalli Murty, PhD: Cancer Cytogeneticist

Mahesh Mansukhani, MD: Molecular Pathologist