John B. Moeschler, MD - Pediatrics, Medical Genetics

Dr. Moeschler is board certified in pediatrics and medical genetics. Dr. Moeschler 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, and the Information and Education Committee for the American Society of Human Genetics. He currently serves on the Committee on Genetics, American Academy of Pediatrics and is the AAP liaison to the Committee on Genetics of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He 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.

American Board of Pediatrics -- 1981

American Board of Medical Genetics -- 1984

Tay Sachs Disease

Phenylketonuria

DNA Fingerprinting

Genetic Testing

Karyotyping

M.D.: 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

Associate Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, 1988-Present

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

Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics

Fellow, American Academy of Cerebral Palsy & Developmental Medicine

Fellow, Society for Developmental Pediatrics

Fellow, American Society of Human Genetics

Fellow, American Association on Mental Retardation

The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps

1. J.P. Park, J.B. Moeschler, W.S. Davies, P.I. Patel, T.K. Mohandas: "Smith-Magenis Syndrome resulting from a de nove direct insertion of proximal 17q into 17p11.2." Am J Med Genet (1998) 77:23-27.
2. J.P. Park, J.B. Moeschler, V. Hani, and T.K. Mohandas: "Maternal disomy and Prader-Willi syndrome consistent with gamete complementation in a case of familial translocation." Amer J Med Genet (1998) (3;15)(p25;q11.2). 78:134-139.
3. Mohandas et al. "Paternally derived de novo interstitial duplication of proximal 15q in a patient with developmental delay." Amer J Med Genet (1998) In Press.

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