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Richard Roberts, MD, Medical Genetics, Corpus Christi, TX

RichardRobertsMDPhD(He/Him)

Medical Genetics Corpus Christi, TX

Clinical Genetics, Pediatric Medical Genetics

Director, Genetics and Prenatal Diagnostics

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  • Office

    6610 Belvoir Ave
    Corpus Christi, TX 78414
    Phone+1 361-813-1020

Summary

  • expertise in clinical genetics AND dysmorphology, and prenatal diagnosis

Education & Training

  • University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson
    University of Arizona College of Medicine-TucsonResidency, Pediatrics, 1976 - 1977
  • Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
    Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1975 - 1976
  • Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
    Southern Illinois University School of MedicineClass of 1975
  • University of Chicago
    University of ChicagoPh.D., 1967 - 1972
  • University of Chicago
    University of ChicagoB.S., Zoology, With Honors, 1963 - 1965
  • Columbia College in the City of New York
    Columbia College in the City of New YorkNo Degree, 1960 - 1963

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1977 - Present
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 1982 - 2023
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 1999 - 2006
  • OK State Medical License
    OK State Medical License 2001 - 2004
  • TN State Medical License
    TN State Medical License 1989 - 2004
  • GA State Medical License
    GA State Medical License 1992 - 2003
  • WI State Medical License
    WI State Medical License 1979 - 1991

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Genetics Training Fellowship State of Texas Dept. of MHMR, 1981
  • N.I.H. Fellowship Laboratory of Genetics, U of Wisconsin, Madison, 1979-1980
  • Patent, Vertical Slab Gel Electrophoresis Apparatus, with Steven Jones, Ph.D. USA, United Kingdom United States Patent Office, 1972
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Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

  • Genotypic and phenotypic analysis of 396 individuals with mutations in Sonic Hedgehog  
    Solomon B, Bear K, Wyllie A,Roberts R,Muenke M, J Med Genet, 1/1/2012
  • Prevention of Human Mitochondrial (mtDNA) Disease by Oocyte Nucleus Transplantation into an Enucleated Donor Oocyte  
    Roberts RM, Am J Med Genet, 1/1/1999
  • Amnioinfusion: diagnostic and therapeutic utility  
    Roberts RM, The Fetus, 1/1/1994
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Brain and cranial disruption sequence from amniotic bands: a result of traction from fetal and embryonic swallowing of attached bands.
    Roberts RM and W Blackburn, Genetics in Medicine; Annual Conference of the American College of Medical Genetics, Miami, FL, March 19-22, 1999, 1/1/1999
  • Non-immune Hydrops Fetalis Associated with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Hyperextensible Type
    Roberts R., M Khan, W Gonsoulin, 12th Annual Conference of the American College of Medical Genetics, Genetics in Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, 1/20/2008
  • Management Conundrums After an Undetectable or Very Low Value.
    Roberts R.M., Genetics in Medicine; Annual Conference of the American College of Medical Genetics, Nashville, TN, March 23-25, 2007, 1/1/2007
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Lectures

  • Update on Prenatal Diagnosis and Prenatal Screening 
    Harlingen Medical Center, Harlingen, Texas - 1/1/2012
  • Prenatal Screening and Fetal Ultrasonography, what you can learn and when 
    Driscoll Children's Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX - 1/1/2011
  • Update on Prenatal Diagnosis 
    Valley Baptist Medical Center, Brownsville, TX - 1/1/2010
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Other

  • Amnioinfusion: diagnostic and therapeutic utility. 
    Roberts RM, The Fetus
    1/1/1994
  • Book Review: "Reproductive Risks and Prenatal Diagnosis. Evans, MI, Ed. Appleton and Lange, 1991." 
    Roberts RM, The Fetus
    1/1/1992
  • Twin acardiac, ultrasound-guided embolization. 
    Roberts RM, Shah DM, Jeanty P, Beattie JF Jr, The Fetus
    1/1/1991

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