Yves Lacassie, MD, FACMG
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics
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, 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
Nosology of genetic diseases
Delineation of new syndromes
Cytogenetics & microdeletions
Dermatoglyphics