Education:
1990 - 1993 Fellowship, Clinical Genetics and Cytogenetics, Interinstitute Genetics Program, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC and National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
1987 - 1990 Pediatric Residency, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
1987 M.D., Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA
1978 M.S. in Human Genetics, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
1976 B.A. in Biology, with concentration in Genetics, Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences, Ithaca, NY
Certification And Licensure:
American Board of Pediatrics, 1990, recertified 1997 and 2004, #045388
American Board of Medical Genetics:
Clinical Genetics, 1993, recertified 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010 #93238
Clinical Cytogenetics, 1993, recertified 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010 #93238
Genetic Counseling, 1982, #1388 (permanent certificate)
Board of Medical Examiners, State of North Carolina, 1993, license #0093-00571 (expires 7/18/2012)
Board of Medical Examiners, District of Columbia, 1989, license #18141 (inactive)
National Board of Medical Examiners, 1988, certificate #337614
Professional Experience – Employment History
2004 – present Chief, Division of Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2001 – present Research Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2001 – present Director, Medical Genetics Residency Training Program, Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2000 - present Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics and Metabolism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1996 - present Medical Director, Cytogenetics Laboratory, UNC Hospitals
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1993 - 2000 Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics and Metabolism,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1993 - present Medical Staff, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC
1990 - 1993 Medical Staff, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC
1978 - 1983 Genetic Counselor, Department of Clinical Genetics, Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, DC
Professional Service
American Board of Medical Genetics, Board of Directors, 2006 – present
Executive Board (President) 2012
Executive Board (President-Elect) 2011
Executive Board (Treasurer) 2008-2010
Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education, Residency Review Committee for Medical Genetics, 2006 – present
NIH Study Section: ZRG1 ETTN-H(51) Improving Interventions for Communication Disorders, NIDCD, 2009.
American College of Medical Genetics, Education Committee member, 1998 – 2006
American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Genetics and Birth Defects, Executive Committee, 2006 - present
American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Genetics and Birth Defects, Nominating Committee, 2002 – 2004
American Board of Genetic Counseling, site visitor, 2001
Medical Advisory Board, CHERUBS, The Association for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, 1998 - present.
The Hastings Center, Project on Prenatal Testing for Genetic Disability, funded by the ELSI division of the National Human Genome Research Institute, grant 5R01HG01168-02. 1996 – 1998
