
Position
Health Sciences Professor and Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor of Human Genetics
EDUCATION
- Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, BS, 1979, History
- Chicago Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, MD, 1984, Medicine
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, Residency, 1984-1988, OB/GYN
- Harbor-UCLA, California, Fellowship, 1991-1993, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- UCLA Intercampus Medical Genetics, California, Fellowship, 1993-1997, Medical Genetics
RESEARCH AREA
Identifying the disease genes and biologic mechanisms that lead to the inherited osteochondrodysplasia, a group of more than 350 distinct genetic disorders
GRANTS
- The Skeletal Dysplasias-5 PO1 HD22657-19 -NIH/NICHD
- Identifying genes for recessive chondrodysplasias using ancestral identity by descent-1 R01 DE019567-01 NIH
HONORS/AWARDS/INVENTIONS
- Leo Rigler Award for Outstanding House Officer, 1988
- Cigna Award For Outstanding Senior House Officer, 1988
- NIH Reproductive Scientist Development Award 1995 - 1997
- Scientific Advisory Committee of the CSMC GCRC - 2002¬¬ - 7/2008
- Society for Perinatal Research 2002 - present
- Director of the CSMC GCRC Perinatal Clinical Research Center - 2002 ¬- 7/2008
- Golden Apple Teaching Award (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) - 2002
- Golden Apple Teaching Award (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) - 2004
- AAGOF Travel Award - 2004
- Winnick Family Clinical Scholar's Award - 2006-2008
PUBMED PUBLICATIONS
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