Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology

• Newborn Medicine
• Developmental Biology and Genetics
• Scott Saunders Research Lab

Education

• B.S., University of Minnesota (Biochemistry) Minneapolis, Mn., 1983
• M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, Ca., 1990
• Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, Ca., 1990

Training

• Intern in Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, Ma., 1990-1991
• Resident in Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, Ma., 1991-1993
• Research Fellow in Newborn Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, Ma., 1992-1993
• Postdoc Fellow, Brain & Cognitive Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993-1995
• Clinical Fellow in Newborn Medicine, Joint Program in Neonatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Ma., 1993-1996

Licensure and Board Certification

• American Board of Pediatrics, Certificate, 1993
• Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Subboard, Board Eligible, 1996
• Missouri License Registration

Honors

• Spoehrer Scholar Award, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, 1999
• Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, 1997
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for Physicians, 1994
• Wyeth Pediatrics Neonatology Research Grant, 1994
• Reynolds Rich Smith Fellowship in Development and Function of the Central Nervous System, 1994
• Medical Student Research Award, Society for Pediatric Research, 1989
• Summa Cum Laude, Biochemistry, 1983
• Phi Beta Kappa, 1983
• Alumni Scholarship, College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, 1982

Selected Publications

1. Paine-Saunders S, Viviano BL, Zupicich J, Skarnes WC, Saunders S. : Glypican-3 controls cellular responses to Bmp4 in limb patterning and skeletal development.. Dev Biol 2000; 225:179-187.

2. Paine-Saunders S, Viviano BL, Economides AN, Saunders S: Heparan sulfate proteoglycans retain noggin at the cell surface: a potential mechanism for shaping BMP gradients.. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:2089-2096. First published on November 12,2001; 10.1074/jbc.M109151200; www.jbc.org

3. Viviano BL, Paine-Saunders S, Gasiunas N, Gallagher JT, Saunders S.: Domain-specific modification of heparan sulfate by Qsulf1 modulates the binding of the bone morphogenetic protein antagonist Noggin.. J Cell Biol 2004; 279:5604-5611. First published on November 17,2003; 10.1074/jbc.M310691200; www.jbc.org

4. Viviano BL, Silverstein L, Pflederer C, Paine-Saunders S, Mills K, Saunders S.: Altered hematopoiesis in Glypican-3-deficient mice results in decreased osteoclast differentiation and a delay in endochondral ossification.. Dev Biol 2005; 282:152-162. First published April 5, 2005; 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.03.003; www.sciencedirect.com

5. Vachharajani A, Bethin K, Mouillet J-F, Sadovsky Y, and Saunders S.: The rare occurrence of absent adrenals in a term infant: A case report and review of literature.. Am J Perintol 2005; In Press.