Combined Pediatric-Medical Genetics and Genomics
The Detroit Medical Center (DMC) and Wayne State University (WSU) offer a combined pediatrics and medical genetics and genomics four-year residency program. This integrated approach allows the resident eligibility to apply for the board-certifying examination in both pediatrics and clinical genetics at the completion of his/her training. The combined program permits the resident to complete both residencies in four years, one less than if the resident did separate residency programs. It also allows the trainee to utilize their pediatric and genetics training in an immediate integrated fashion.
The Children’s Hospital of Michigan is a freestanding children’s hospital with over 40 pediatric specialties and sub-specialties, situated in the heart of Midtown Detroit, an area that has undergone a remarkable urban renaissance. Pediatric training, as well as general genetics and metabolic genetics rotations, occur in this institution.
During medical genetics and genomics training, residents will complete rotations across a broad range of medical genetics services as required by the ACGME. Their rotations take place at Children’s Hospital of Michigan and other on-campus DMC hospitals, all only minutes away and connected by an underground tunnel system. Rotations in cancer genetics, general genetics, reproductive genetics, laboratory genetics, metabolic genetics, and pediatric genetics will provide the trainee opportunities to obtain a comprehensive and thorough genetics and genomics education.
The pediatric residency program and the genetics & genomics residency program are well-established training programs. Residents will experience pediatric and genetics rotations with both categorical and combined residents.
Program contacts:
Gerald “Jerry” Feldman, MD, PhD
Program Director, Medical Genetics and Genomics Residencies and Fellowship
E-mail: gfeldman@med.wayne.edu
Michelle Cichon, MS, CGC
Program Manager, Medical Genetics and Genomics Residencies and Fellowship
E-mail: mcichon@med.wayne.edu
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics
540 E. Canfield
3311 Scott Hall
Detroit, MI 48201
Phone: 313-577-3982
Fax: 313-577-9137
Combined Pediatric-Medical Genetics and Genomics
The pediatric education curriculum can be found here.
In addition to the individualized teaching one receives in his/her genetics rotations, didactic learning opportunities abound, including the Medical Genetics and Genomics Journal Club, a graduate level course in Advanced Medical Genetics, and weekly Medical Genetics Grand Rounds. Residents also work alongside residents from other specialties, medical students, and genetic counseling students allowing interaction for teaching and learning from other healthcare professionals.
Having six months of research/electives available, residents also have the opportunity to perform clinical or basic research, with both clinical and basic science faculty. For those with a non-research focus, tailored electives can be created to meet the future career goals of individual residents. For instance, for a resident interested in mitochondrial diseases, the program worked with the neurology program to develop a specialized neurogenetics elective with a focus on mitochondrial conditions.
Rotations are four-week blocks for a total of 13 blocks. During the intern year, the resident will be in non-genetic pediatric rotations to build a solid foundation in taking care of the pediatric population. During years two-four, the rotations will be split between pediatric rotations and genetics rotations. The six electives are available to develop a program that fits the resident’s future career goals.
The below is a sample four-year block schedule
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block 1 | In-pt Ward | ER | Nephrology | In-pt Sup |
| Block 2 | In-pt Ward | Cardiology | ER | In-pt Sup |
| Block 3 | In-pt ward | NICU | Elective | In-pt Sup |
| Block 4 | Infectious Disease | General Genetics Consults | General Genetics Consults | Elective |
| Block 5 | Hem-Onc | General Genetics Clinic | General Genetics Clinic | Metabolic Clinic |
| Block 6 | Community Peds | Metabolic Clinic | Cytogenetics Lab | Elective |
| Block 7 | ER | Elective | PICU | General Genetics Consults |
| Block 8 | Amb Clinic | GI/Pulm | Adolescent | General Genetics Clinic |
| Block 9 | Newborn | PICU | Elective | Elective |
| Block 10 | NICU | Cancer Genetics | Molecular Lab | Cancer Genetics |
| Block 11 | Behavioral | Reproductive Genetics | Biochemical Lab | Reproductive Genetics |
| Block 12 | Neurology | General Genetics Consults | General Genetics Consults | General Genetics Consults |
| Block 13 | Vacation | Vacation | Vacation | Vacation |
In addition to the above rotations, residents have a half-day per week of general pediatric continuity clinic for the first two years of training. During years three and four, the resident participates in a continuity clinic caring for pediatric patients with known genetic conditions.
Individuals applying to this program must have successfully graduated from an approved or recognized School of Medicine or Osteopathy.
Individuals must pass Steps 1 and 2 of the USMLE and apply, through ERAS, to the Combined Pediatrics-Medical Genetics and Genomics Residency Program at Children's Hospital of Michigan (Program #7652544012).
To apply to the combined program, one must meet eligibility requirements for both the Pediatric Residency Program and the Medical Genetics and Genomics Residency Program.
Graduates from an approved or recognized medical school outside of the United States, Canada, or Puerto Rico must present a valid ECFMG Certificate from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) as an additional condition of eligibility.
All individuals with a doctoral degree earned outside of the US, Canada or Puerto Rico must have their international credentials reviewed by the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG) Credentials Committee for equivalency of their doctoral degree prior to entering medical genetics training in an Accreditation Council Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited medical genetics and genomics residency program. For more information see the ABMGG website.
All graduates of our combined Pediatric-Medical Genetics & Genomics Residency will be expected to sit for the Certification Examination in Clinical Genetics through ABMGG and for the Certification Examination in Pediatrics through the American Board of Pediatrics at the completion of their training.
Application materials must be submitted through ERAS to the Combined Pediatric-Medical Genetics and Genomics Residency Program at Children's Hospital of Michigan ACGME: 7652544012
We participate in the NRMP Combined Pediatrics-Medical Genetics and Genomics Match.
Future residents can learn more about GME benefits here.
- Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Pediatric rotations including the general genetics and metabolic genetics clinics. In addition, genetic consults occur in the hospital. - DMC Harper University Hospital and DMC Hutzel Women’s Hospital
Adult genetics consults and newborn nursery consults - Karmanos Cancer Institute
Cancer Genetics Rotations - Henry Ford Hospital
Reproductive and Cancer Genetics Rotations - Kresge Campus (Hutzel Building and Hutzel Professional Building)
Cytogenetics, Molecular Genetics, and Biochemical Genetics Laboratories
- Gerald Feldman, MD, PhD
Clinical Geneticist and Clinical Metabolic/Molecular Geneticist
Program Director, Combined Pediatric-Medical Genetics & Genomics Residency
Clinical and Biochemical Geneticist
Children's Hospital of Michigan Metabolic Clinic
Graduate School
Human Genetics, Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Medical School
Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Graduate Medical Education Program(s)
Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals, Houston, TX
Clinical Genetics and Clinical Biochemical/Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine Institute for Molecular Genetics, Houston, TX -
Salah Ebrahim, MD
Technical Director
Detroit Medical Center Cytogenetics Laboratory
Medical School
University of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Fellowship
Clinical Cytogenetics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY -
Leigh Anne Flore, MD
Clinical Geneticist
Children’s Hospital of Michigan General Genetics Clinic
Medical School
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI
Graduate Medical Education Program(s)
Pediatrics, Pennsylvania State University, Children’s Hospital, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Medical Genetics, Boston University, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA -
Emilie Lalonde, PhD
Technical Director
Detroit Medical Center-Molecular Genetics and Cytogenetic Laboratories
Graduate School
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Fellowship
Clinical Cytogenetics and Genomics and Clinical Molecular Genetics and Genomics
University of Philadelphia and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA -
April Lehman, MD
Clinical Geneticist
Children’s Hospital of Michigan General Genetics Clinic
Medical School
The Ohio State University School of Medicine, Columbus, OH
Graduate Medical Education Program(s)
Combined Pediatrics- Medical Genetics & Genomics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH -
Jacqueline Leja, MD
Assistant Program Director, Combined Pediatric-Medical Genetics & Genomics Residency
Pediatrician
Medical School
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
Graduate Medical Education Program(s)
Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI -
Vinod Misra, MD, PhD
Clinical Geneticist
Children’s Hospital of Michigan General Genetics Clinic
Graduate School
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY
Medical School
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY
Graduate Medical Education Program(s)
Pediatrics, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Medical Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI -
Kara Pappas, MD
Clinical and Biochemical Geneticist
Children’s Hospital of Michigan, General and Metabolic Genetics Clinics
Medical School
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
Graduate Medical Education Program(s)
Pediatrics, LAC-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Medical Genetics, Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Medical Biochemical Genetics, Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI -
Sowkya Rangarajan, MD
Pediatric Hospitalist/Pediatrician
Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Medical School
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Graduate Medical Education Program(s)
Combined Internal Medical-Pediatrics, Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI -
Jacquelyn Roberson, MD
Clinical Geneticist
Henry Ford Hospital- Cancer and Reproductive Genetics Clinics
Medical School
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI,
Graduate Medical Education Program(s)
Pediatrics, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Medical Genetics, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI -
Nancie Petrucelli, MS
Senior Cancer Genetic Counselor
Karmanos Cancer Institute
Graduate School
Genetic Counseling, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH -
David Stockton, MD
Clinical Geneticist
Children’s Hospital of Michigan General Genetics Clinic
Medical School
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
Graduate Medical Education Program(s)
Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center; Ann Arbor, MI
Medical Genetics Department of Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of
Medicine; Houston, TX -
Erin Wakeling, PhD
Technical Director
Detroit Medical Center Molecular Genetics Laboratory
Graduate School
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Fellowship
Clinical Molecular Genetics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI -
Lidong Zhai, PhD
Technical Director
Detroit Medical Center Biochemical Genetics Laboratory
Graduate School
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Fellowship
Clinical Biochemical Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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Daniel Pomerantz, MD (PGY-4)
Medical School
Vanderbilt School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
Contact: dpomeran@dmc.org -
Shagun Kaur, MD (PGY-4)
Medical School
Dayanand Medical College, India
Contact: skaur2@dmc.org -
Michael Finkel, DO (PGY-1)
Medical School
Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Detroit, MI
Contact: mfinkel@dmc.org -
Mariane Tomiyoshi Asato, MD (PGY-1)
Medical School
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) Faculdade de Medicina, Brazil
Contact: mtomiyosh@dmc.org
Graduates from our program typically choose to do a medical biochemical genetics fellowship; however, there are some who do not. All are employed in various locations across the United States including institutions such as Emory University, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, University of Iowa, Children’s Hospital of Minnesota, and Kaiser Permanente Northwest.