John B. Moeschler, MD - Pediatrics, Medical Genetics
Dr. John B. Moeschler reviews medical content for Healthwise, a
nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better health
decisions. Dr. Moeschler is board-certified in pediatrics and medical genetics
and has served on various national committees including Dysmorphology
Committee, American College of Medical Genetics, Board of Directors for the
American Association of University Affiliated Programs, the Information and
Education Committee for the American Society of Human Genetics, and the
Committee on Genetics, American Academy of Pediatrics. He was also the AAP
liaison to the Committee on Genetics of the American College of Obstetrics and
Gynecology. Dr. Moeschler served on the Editorial Board of Genetic Resource,
published by the Massachusetts State Genetics Program and the New England
Regional Genetics Group. He is the Consulting Editor for Mental
Retardation, published by the American Association on Mental
Retardation. Dr. Moeschler is a journal referee for Pediatrics, the American Journal of Medical
Genetics, Annals of Plastic Surgery, and
Mental Retardation.
Dr. Moeschler is active in several research projects, with his
primary focus on individuals with disabilities and neurodevelopmental
disabilities, and on delineation of genetic syndromes. He is an active speaker
at both regional and national conferences and is widely published in a variety
of peer- reviewed journals.
Board Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics
American Board of Medical Genetics
Healthwise Knowledgebase Topics Reviewed
Tay Sachs Disease
Phenylketonuria
DNA
Fingerprinting
Genetic Testing
Karyotyping
Education
MD: University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska,
1975
Internship: Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical
Center, Omaha, NE, 1975-1976
Residency: Pediatrics, University of
Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 1976-1978
Fellowship,
Developmental Disabilities, University of Washington, Dept. of Pediatrics,
Child Development and Mental Retardation Center (A University Affiliated
Program), Seattle, WA, 1978-1980
Academic Appointments
Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Medical School,
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, 1988-present
Hospital Affiliations
Director, Clinical Genetics, Dept. of Pediatrics, DHMC, Lebanon,
NH, 1993-present
Co-director, Familial Cancer Program, Norris
Cotton Cancer Center, DHMC, Lebanon, NH, 1995-present
Professional Affiliations
American Academy of Pediatrics (Fellow)
American
Academy of Cerebral Palsy & Developmental Medicine (Fellow)
American Association on Mental Retardation (Fellow)
American
Society of Human Genetics (Fellow)
Association for Persons with
Severe Handicaps
Society for Developmental Pediatrics (Fellow)
Selected Publications
Park JP, Moeschler JB, Davies WS, Patel PI, Mohandas TK (1998).
Smith-Magenis Syndrome resulting from a de novo direct insertion of proximal
17q into 17p11.2. American Journal of Medical Genetics,
77(1): 23-27.
Park JP, Moeschler JB, Hani V, Mohandas TK (1998). Maternal
disomy and Prader-Willi syndrome consistent with gamete complementation in a
case of familial translocation (3;15)(p25;q11.2).American
Journal of Medical Genetics, 78(2): 134-139.
Mohandas TK, et
al. (1999). Paternally derived de novo interstitial duplication of proximal 15q
in a patient with developmental delay. American Journal of
Medical Genetics, 82(4): 294-300.
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