Thank you for your interest in the Medical Genetics and Genomics Residency Program offered by University of Iowa Health Care.

Our two-year accredited program will provide you with the skills necessary for comprehensive diagnostic, management, and genetic counseling services for patients and families with genetic disorders and birth defects.

Each trainee will acquire an understanding of basic genetic principles and familiarity with all of the major subdisciplines of the field.

These include:

  • A detailed knowledge regarding the basic science of genetics, knowledge of genetic diseases in humans as well as related diseases which might be genetic or have a genetic component.
  • Familiarity with the tests used in evaluation of genetic disorders.
  • The ability to apply these to the evaluation of patients suspected to have a genetic disease.

Quick Facts

  • 1 resident accepted per year
  • 1 current resident
  • Two-year residency
  • Primary location: University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital in Iowa City
  • Biochemical rotation at the Mayo Clinic Biochemical Genetics Laboratory in Rochester, MN
  • Eight clinical and three lab faculty
  • A top national laboratory

 

Dylan Todd, MD, PhD

Iowa has one of the best-run newborn screening/metabolic disease programs in the country. It is a clinical trial site for multiple storage disorders and a center of excellence for neurofibromatosis, Von-Hippel-Lindau, pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma, and rare diseases, has multiple active physician-scientists, and the list of features goes on and on. Even with all this excellence I’ve mentioned, everyone is very down-to-earth and friendly. 

Dylan Todd, MD, PhD, and current resident

The Iowa Difference

The University of Iowa is a leader in medical genetics research. We are home to one of the country's top clinical laboratories, the Shivanand R. Patil Cytogenetics & Molecular Laboratory.

Trainees will have an active inpatient consultation service at University of Iowa Hospitals, as well as patients requiring outpatient genetic services through general genetics clinics and specialty clinics including:

  • Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
  • Metabolic Genetics
  • Connective Tissue Disorder
  • Neurofibromatosis
  • Cancer Predisposition
  • Undiagnosed Disease Program
  • Craniofacial Disorders
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders

Our program offers the flexibility to meet residents' individual interests, while providing a well-rounded training in general clinical genetics and research. 

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