WendyKayChungMDPhD

Clinical Genetics, Clinical Molecular Genetics

Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Childrens Hospital and Harvard Medical School

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Dr. Wendy Chung is a medical geneticist and Chair of Pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston, MA. She received her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medicine and has been in practice 23 years. She specializes in clinical genetics and clinical molecular genetics and is experienced in inborn errors of metabolism. She has more than 600 publications. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine.

PubMed

Ophthalmic Findings in the KIF1A-Associated Neurologic Disorder (KAND).
Aliaa H Abdelhakim, Scott E Brodie, Wendy K Chung
American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2024-12-01
Return of genetic research results in 21,532 individuals with autism.
Jessica R Wright, Irina Astrovskaya, Sarah D Barns, Alexandra Goler, Xueya Zhou
Genetics in Medicine. 2024-10-01
Heterogeneity of comprehensive clinical phenotype and longitudinal adaptive function and correlation with computational predictions of severity of missense genotypes i...
Khemika K Sudnawa, Wenxing Li, Sean Calamia, Cara H Kanner, Jennifer M Bain
Genetics in Medicine. 2024-08-01

Journal Articles

Height and Body Mass Index as Modifiers of Breast Cancer Risk in BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers: A Mendelian Randomization Study
Susan M Domchek, Wendy K Chung, Patricia A Ganz, Robert L Nussbaum, Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Rare Variants in SOX17 Are Associated with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension with Congenital Heart Disease
Usha Krishnan, Eric D Austin, Frederick E Dewey, D Dunbar Ivy, Wendy K Chung, Rizwan Hamid, BioMed Central

Lectures

Myths of Primary Care Providers and Patients-Families Regarding Genetics -- Setting the Record Straight
Genetics in Primary Care Institute (GPCI), Central, Illinois - 7/26/2012

GeneDx to Highlight Key Research Findings at American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual MeetingNovember 4th, 2024
Groundbreaking GUARDIAN Study Shows Benefits of Adding Genome Sequencing to Newborn Screening; Augments and Improves Standard Newborn ScreeningOctober 24th, 2024
Positive Clinical Observations from N-lorem Treated, KIF1A Nano-Rare Patient Published in Nature MedicineAugust 9th, 2024
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Molecular Genetic Analysis Of Human ObesityNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2009–2012
Impact Of Return Of Incidental Genetic Test Results To Research Participants In TNational Human Genome Research Institute2011
Molecular Approaches To Gene Identification In Congenital Heart DiseaseNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2009–2011
Identification Of Novel Genes For Congenital Diaphragmatic HerniaEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health &Human Development2008–2011