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Elizabeth K. Schorry, MD

Member, Division of Human Genetics

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-0121

Fax 513-636-7297

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Clinical & Research Interests

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Clinical

Genetic disorders; congenital anomalies; neurofibromatosis; tuberous sclerosis; bone disease in neurofibromatosis; Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Research

History of bone complications of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1); learning and behavioral problems in NF1; and drug trials for plexiform neurofibromas and other NF-related tumors.

Biography

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Elizabeth Schorry, MD, received her undergraduate degree at the University of Cincinnati and her MD at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Dr. Schorry completed a residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in medical genetics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. She has been a faculty member in the Division of Human Genetics at Cincinnati Children's since 1988.

Dr. Schorry provides medical management, genetic assessment and genetic counseling for children with a wide range of genetic disorders and congenital anomalies. She has a special interest in neurofibromatosis and tuberous sclerosis.

Education and Training

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BS: Biology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1977.

MD: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1982.

Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1982-1985.

Fellowship: Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1985-1988.

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 1987; Clinical Genetics, American Board of Medical Genetics, 1987.

Publications

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Prada CE, Zarate YA, Hagenbuch S, Lovell A, Schorry EK, Hopkin RJ. Lethal presentation of neurofibromatosis and Noonan syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2011 Jun;155A(6):1360-6.

Rieley MB, Stevenson DA, Viskochil DH, Tinkle BT, Martin LJ, Schorry EK. Variable expression of neurofibromatosis 1 in monozygotic twins. Am J Med Genet A. 2011 Mar;155A(3):478-85.

Huson SM, Acosta MT, Belzberg AJ, Bernards A, Chernoff J, Cichowski K, Gareth Evans D, Ferner RE, Giovannini M, Korf BR, Listernick R, North KN, Packer RJ, Parada LF, Peltonen J, Ramesh V, Reilly KM, Risner JW, Schorry EK, Upadhyaya M, Viskochil DH, Zhu Y, Hunter-Schaedle K, Giancotti FG. Back to the future: proceedings from the 2010 NF Conference. Am J Med Genet A. 2011 Feb;155(2):307-21.

Hummel TR, Jessen WJ, Miller SJ, Kluwe L, Mautner VF, Wallace MR, Lázaro C, Page GP, Worley PF, Aronow BJ, Schorry EK, Ratner N. Gene expression analysis identifies potential biomarkers of neurofibromatosis type 1 including adrenomedullin. Clin Cancer Res. 2010 Oct 15;16(20):5048-57.

Stevenson DA, Viskochil DH, Carey JC, Slater H, Murray M, Sheng X, D'Astous J, Hanson H, Schorry E, Moyer-Mileur LJ. Tibial geometry in individuals with neurofibromatosis type 1 without anterolateral bowing of the lower leg using peripheral quantitative computed tomography. Bone. 2009 Apr;44(4):585-9.

Elefteriou F, Kolanczyk M, Schindeler A, Viskochil DH, Hock JM, Schorry EK, Crawford AH, Friedman JM, Little D, Peltonen J, Carey JC, Feldman D, Yu X, Armstrong L, Birch P, Kendler DL, Mundlos S, Yang FC, Agiostratidou G, Hunter-Schaedle K, Stevenson DA. Skeletal abnormalities in neurofibromatosis type 1: approaches to therapeutic options. Am J Med Genet A. 2009 Oct;149A(10):2327-38.

Schorry EK, Keddache M, Lanphear N, Rubinstein JH, Srodulski S, Fletcher D, Blough-Pfau RI, Grabowski GA. Genotype-phenotype correlations in Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2008 Oct 1;146A(19):2512-9.

Crawford AH, Parikh S, Schorry EK, Von Stein D. The immature spine in type-1 neurofibromatosis. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2007 Feb;89 Suppl 1:123-42.

Zarate YA, Kogan JM, Schorry EK, Smolarek TA, Hopkin RJ. A new case of de novo 11q duplication in a patient with normal development and intelligence and review of the literature. Am J Med Genet A. 2007 Feb 1;143(3):265-70.

Tinkle BT, Miller E, Schorry EK. Gene symbol: COL1A2. Disease: osteogenesis imperfecta type II. Hum Genet. 2006 Jul;119(6):677.