Genetics and
Genomic Medicine | Medical
Genetics Residency Program
Description
Application Process
Application
Contact Information
Washington University Graduate Medical Education Policies
The Medical
Genetics Residency Program in the Washington University School of
Medicine/Barnes-Jewish Hospital/St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Consortium is an integrated and progressive educational experience
that provides the formal instruction and clinical experience
necessary to develop an academic career in medical genetics.
Clinical
Experience
During the
first eighteen months of the residency program, residents will
receive a rigorous clinical education in genetics. This
experience is divided into eight rotations:
·
Genetics Service
·
Cancer Experience
·
Prenatal Genetics
·
Biochemical
Laboratory
·
Cytogenetics
Laboratory
·
Molecular Laboratory
·
Genome
Sequencing
Center
·
Electives
Residents
have the opportunity to attend a variety of clinics:
·
Adult Genetics and
Cancer Clinic
·
Adult Marfan Clinic
·
Cleft Lip and Palate
Clinic
·
Down Syndrome Clinic
·
Metabolism Clinic
·
Neurofibromatosis
Clinic
·
Neurogenetics Clinic
·
Pediatric Genetics
Clinic
·
Pediatric Marfan
Clinic
·
PKU Clinic
·
Prenatal Genetics
Clinic
Research Experience
During the
second eighteen months of the residency program, residents will
participate in a basic or clinical research project of their choice.
At the beginning of the second year of the residency (six months
before the resident begins the research component of the education),
residents work with the Program Director and Director of the
Division of Genetics and Genomic Medicine to identify a mentor for
the research project. The Division of Genetics and Genomic
Medicine currently has over 2,000 square feet of research space
within the McDonnell Pediatric Research
Building. These
laboratories are equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for
molecular, cellular, and biochemical investigation. Basic
physician-scientists and researchers in the Department of Pediatrics
have access to confocal, microarray, and mouse genetic cores.
Furthermore, clinical research within the Department of Pediatrics
is coordinated by the Patient Oriented Research Unit. Clinical
studies are supported by an NIH-funded Clinical Research
Center and biostatistics
and epidemiology resources. During their research experience,
genetics residents have the opportunity to work with researchers in
any of the basic science or clinical laboratories at the Washington
University School of Medicine.
Conferences and Seminars
Genetics Case Conference (Mondays
at 12-1:30PM)
Pediatric Case Conference (Tuesdays at 12-12:45PM)
Genetics Seminar Series (Thursdays at 12-1PM)
Pediatric Grand Rounds (Fridays at 9:15-10:15AM)
Genetic Residency Seminar Series (Fridays at 12-1PM)
In addition,
residents have the opportunity to attend laboratory conferences
during their laboratory rotations.
Medical Genetics Curriculum
Summary
One Resident Per Year
|
Educational Experience
|
Duration
|
|
Genetics Service
(Inpatients on the
Genetics Service, consultations and 3-4 half-day clinics per
week)
|
33 weeks in first year
4 weeks in second year
|
|
Cancer Genetics Experience
(1 half-day outpatient
clinic 2-3 times per month during the Genetics Service
Rotation)
|
33 weeks
4 weeks in second year
|
|
Prenatal Genetics Rotation
(Clinics & conferences)
|
4 weeks
|
|
Biochemical Laboratory
Rotation
|
4 weeks
|
|
Cytogenetics Laboratory
Rotation
|
4 weeks
|
|
Molecular Laboratory
Rotation
|
4 weeks
|
|
Genome Sequencing Center
Rotation
|
4 weeks
|
|
Elective
|
4 weeks in first year
12 weeks in second year
|
|
Vacation
|
15 days every twelve
months
|
|
Sick Leave
|
15 days every twelve
months
|
|
Research Experience
|
18 months (second half of
residency)
|
|
Basic Genetics Coursework
|
During second year of
residency
|
As an
academically based program, physicians who complete our program are
expected to engage in the scholarly pursuit of expanding the
knowledge of human genetics. Graduates will be equipped with
the essential skills to be leaders in the field of genetics, whether
at the bedside, at the bench, or as a clinical researcher.
Finally, acquisition of these abilities and skills will provide the
basis for board eligibility in Clinical Genetics by the American
Board of Medical Genetics.
Applications for the
Medical Genetics Residency Program are accepted at any time.
We recommend that you submit an application at least 18
months prior to your expected start date.
Selected applicants will be invited to visit St. Louis to meet our faculty and residents and to see St.
Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University.
Only applicants who have previously completed a US
ACGME-accredited primary residency, preferably in Pediatrics,
Internal Medicine, Obstetrics, or Neurology, should apply.
You may
download the application form from this site or request
one from
Dr. Tyler E. Reimschisel, Department of Pediatrics,
Division of Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Washington University
School of Medicine, St. Louis Children's Hospital, One Children's
Place, Campus Box 8116, St. Louis, MO 63110.
For more information
on the Medical Genetics Residency Program, please contact:
Tyler E. Reimschisel, MD
Campus Box 8116
One Children’s Place
St. Louis, MO
63110
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