Yves Lacassie, MD, FACMG

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	Yves Lacassie, MD, FACMG Professor of Pediatrics Division Head, Genetics Director, Genetic Services, Children's Hospital of New Orleans Children's Hospital 200 Henry Clay Avenue New Orleans, LA 70118 Phone: (504) 896-9254 Fax: (504) 896-3997 ylacas@lsuhsc.edu
Degrees	MD - 1967 University of Chile School of Medicine
Bio	Fellow, Pediatrics & Clinical Genetics, University of Chile, 1969-72 Fellow, Medical Genetics, Johns Hopkins University, 1973-75 Fellow, Pediatrics & Clinical Genetics, LSU & Louisiana Birth Defects Center, New Orleans, LA, 1975-1976 Board Certification: Clinical Genetics, 1990 Major Scientific/Professional Societies: American Society of Human Genetics European Society of Human Genetics Ibero-American Society of Human Genetics (President, 1998-2000) Latin-American Society of Genetics (ALAG) Founder Fellow, American College of Medical Genetics Latin-American Pediatrics Research Society Society for Craniofacial Genetics American Dermatoglyphics Association
Research Interests	Dysmorphology, birth defects Nosology of genetic diseases Delineation of new syndromes Cytogenetics & microdeletions Dermatoglyphics
Additional Info	Publications at PubMed

Professor of PediatricsDivision Head, GeneticsDirector, Genetic Services, Children's Hospital of New Orleans