EdithJacobsonChernoffMD

Medical Genetics

Associate Professor - Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago Medicine

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Dr. Edith Chernoff is a Clinical Geneticist and pediatrician in Chicago, IL and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including University of Chicago Medical Center and Advocate Hope Children's Hospital. She received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine where she also did her residency. She did her fellowship at the National Institutes of Health, National Human Genome Research Institute and has been in practice 24 years. Dr. Chernoff is interested in genetic diagnostics and the ongoing management of children with genetic conditions.

National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterResidency, Medical Genetics and Genomics, 1998 - 2000
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineResidency, Pediatrics, 1993 - 1997
Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 1993

Physician Practice Connections Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2011-2014
Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2011-2014

PubMed

134 citations
Controlled Trial of Pamidronate in Children With Types III and IV Osteogenesis Imperfecta Confirms Vertebral Gains but Not Short‐Term Functional Improvement
Anne D. Letocha, Holly Lea Cintas, James Troendle, James C. Reynolds, Christopher E. Cann
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 2005-06-01
81 citations
Variable clinical manifestation of homoplasmic G14459A mitochondrial DNA mutation.
Andrea L. Gropman, Tian-Jian Chen, Cherng-Lih Perng, Donna M. Krasnewich, Edith J. Chernoff
American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. 2004-02-01
6 citations
G76E Substitution in Type I Collagen Is the First Nonlethal Glutamic Acid Substitution in the α1(I) Chain and Alters Folding of the N-terminal End of the Helix
Wayne A. Cabral, Edith J. Chernoff, Joan C. Marini
Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 2001-04-01