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Helen Lyon, MD, Pediatrics, Boston, MA

HelenLyonMDMS FACMG(she/her)

Pediatrics Boston, MA

Medical Genetics

Director of the Clinical Genetics Program Division of Genetics and Genomics Department of Pediatrics Boston Children’s Hospital

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  • Office

    300 Longwood Ave
    Hunnewell 546
    Boston, MA 02115
    Phone+1 617-355-6394
    Fax+1 617-730-0466

Education & Training

  • Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Medical Genetics and Genomics, 2000 - 2003
  • Harvard School Of Public Health
    Harvard School Of Public HealthM.S., Molecular Epidemiology, 2003
  • Maine Medical Center
    Maine Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1996 - 1999
  • University of Massachusetts Medical School
    University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolClass of 1996
  • Mount Holyoke College
    Mount Holyoke CollegeB.A., Biological Sciences, High Honors, 1990

Certifications & Licensure

  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2000 - 2025
  • ME State Medical License
    ME State Medical License Active through 2004

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Excellence in Teaching Harvard Medical School, 2007
  • Pediatric Prize New England Pediatric Society, 1996
  • Community Service Award Massachusetts Medical Society, 1991

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Variants in ADCY5 and near CCNL1 Are Associated with Fetal Growth and Birth Weight  
    Early Growth Genetics Consortium. Freathy RM, et. al, Nat Genet, 1/1/2010
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor-gamma (PPARgamma) Pro12Ala Polymorphism and Risk for Pediatric Obesity  
    Dedoussis GV, Vidra N, Butler J, Papoutsakis C, Yannakoulia M, Hirschhorn JN, Lyon HN, Clin Chem Lab Med, 1/1/2009
  • The Association of a SNP Upstream of INSIG2 with Body Mass Index Is Reproduced in Several but Not All Cohorts  
    Lyon HN, Emilsson V, Hinney A, Heid IM, Lasky-Su J, Zhu X, Thorleifsson G, Gunnarsdottir S, Walters GB, Thorsteinsdottir U, Kong A, Gulcher J, Nguyen TT, Scherag A, Pf..., PLoS Genet, 1/1/2007
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