Biography

  • Scientific Director, Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
  • Assistant Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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Education and Background

  • Fellowship in Clinical Cytogenetics, University of Chicago
  • Research Post-Doctoral Fellowship. Karolinska Institute
  • PhD, Washington University

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