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 Geneticists

Genetic Counselors

Dietician

Genetics Office Staff

  • Sarah Towne
  • Sharice Hickem
  • Frances Moran
     

    Geneticists

    Catharine Harris, MD
    Director (Interim), Division of Medical Genetics
    Professor of Child Health
    Medical School:
    Residency: Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
    Additional Study:  
    Board Certified
    Clinical Interests:  Clinical Genetics for children and Adults, Cytogenetic defects, and Prenatal Diagnosis
    Clinics:
    Research Interests:

    Phone:
    573-882-6991
    email: harriscath@health.missouri.edu 

     

     


     

     

    Jerome Gorski, MD
    Professor of Child Health
    Joy Sylvester and Arthur C. Burns Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics
    Medical School:
    Residency: Pediatrics, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL; Northwestern University
    Additional Study: Medical Genetics Fellowship, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Human Molecular Genetics Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania 
    Board Certified: Pediatrics 1983; Medical Genetics 1984
    Clinical Interests: Birth defects, Medical genetics, Childhood obesity
    Clinics:Developmental delay/Mental retardation; Medical Genetics; Genetics of childhood obesity clinic
    Research Interests: Molecular genetics of birth defects; Molecular genetics of inherited disease; Genetic epidemiology of childhood obesity

    Phone:
    573-882-6991
    email: gorskijl@health.missouri.edu 

     

    Ayman W. El-Hattab, MD
    Professor of Child Health
    Medical School: Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
    Residency: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, New York
    Additional Study: 
    Fellowship Programs in Medical Genetics and Medical Biochemical Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston Texas
    Board Certified
    Clinical Interests
    : Patients with Mitochondrial and Metabolic Disorders
    Clinics
    :
    Research Interests: Mitochondrial and Metabolic Disorders

    Phone:
    573-882-6991
    email: elhattaba@health.missouri.edu 

     



     

     

     

    Judith Miles, M.D.,Ph.D.
    Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology

    William Thompson Endowed Chair in Autism
    Medical School: University of Missouri-Columbia
    Residency: University of Missouri-Columbia 
    Additional Study: Doctorate Degree in Cytogenetics, Indiana University; Medical Genetics Fellowship, University of California at Los Angeles
    Board Certified: Pediatrics, 1980; Clinical genetics and Cytogenetics, 1982
    Clinical Interests: Medical Genetics, Prenatal Diagnosis and Counseling, Autism
    Clinics: Autism
    Research Interests: Genetics of Autism and Clinical Genetics
    Phone: 573-884-1871
    email: MilesJH@missouri.edu
     

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    Richard Hillman, M.D.
    Professor
    Emeritus

    Medical School: Yale University 
    Residency: Yale- New Haven Hospital
    Additional Study: Yale University, Universitat de Valle de Cauca, University of Vienna
    Board Certified: Pediatrics, 1970; Clinical Genetics and Biomedical Genetics, 1982
    Clinical Interests: Medical Genetics, Autism, and Metabolic Genetics
    Research Interests: Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Genetics of Autism, and Clinical Genetics
    Phone: 573-882-6992
    email:
    HillmanR@missouri.edu

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    Genetic Counselors


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    Dawn Peck
    Genetic Counselor; Coordinator, Metabolic Clinic
    Education:   B.S. in Biology, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997
    M.S. in Genetic Counseling, Beaver College - Philadelphia, 2000
    Certification:
      Diplomate, American Board of Genetic Counseling, 2002
    Clinical interests:  Newborn screening, Metabolic Genetics, Medical Genetics
    Clinics:  Pediatric Metabolic, Medical Genetics, Prenatal, Springfield Outreach, Versailles Outreach
    Research interests: Expanded Newborn Screening, Public Health Genetics, Clinical Genetics
    Phone: 573-884-5192
    email: PeckDA@missouri.edu

     

    Kyna Byerly
    Genetic Counselor
    Education: 
    Clinical interests: 
    Clinics: 
    Research interests: 
    Phone: 573-882-3960
    email: byerlyk@health.missouri.edu
       


     

    Sarah Barnett
    Genetic Counselor, Prenatal Services Coordinator
    Education:
    Clinical interests: 
    Clinics:  
    Research interests:
    Phone: 573-884-6735
    email: barnetts@health.missouri.edu

     

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    Dietician

     

    Danielle Staudenmyer
    Genetics Dietician
    Phone: 573-882-5891
    email: staudenmyerd@missouri.edu
       

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Genetics Office Staff

 

Sarah Towne
Administrative Assistant

Phone: 573-882-6992
email: townes@missouri.edu
   

 

Sharice Hickem
Office Support Staff III

Phone: 573-884-7594
email: hickemsn@missouri.edu
   

 

Frances Moran
Administrative Assistant

Phone: 882-8934
email: moranfe@missouri.edu

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Division of Medical Genetics
University of Missouri Health Care
One Hospital Drive
Columbia, Missouri  65212
phone: 573-882-6991
fax: 573-884-3543