William Smilow Professor of Medicine and Professor of Genetics, University Pennsylvania

Medical Genetics

Reed Pyeritz practices Medical Genetics. He attended Harvard Medical School. Harvard Medical School is one of the top medical schools in the US. Harvard Medical School is ranked 1/12 in Research/PrimaryCare. He received awards:"Elected Member", "Philadelphia Magazine", "America's Top Doctors", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Super Doctor" and "Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare". Reed E. Pyeritz, MD is a published doctor. He published 65 publications, including: 'Aortic Disease Presentation and Outcome Associated with ACTA2 Mutations.' He accepts Medicare.

Publications

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• Aortic Disease Presentation and Outcome Associated with ACTA2 Mutations.
• Atenolol versus losartan in children and young adults with Marfan's syndrome.
• What Is the Optimal Medical Therapy for Marfan Syndrome?
• "Use it or lose it" as an alternative approach to protect genetic privacy in personalized medicine.
• Pulse Pressure and Type A Acute Aortic Dissection In-Hospital Outcomes (from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection).
• Stroke and outcomes in patients with acute type a aortic dissection.
• A Qualitative Study of Healthcare Providers' Perspectives on the Implications of Genome-Wide Testing in Pediatric Clinical Practice.
• Treated Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations: Patterns of Persistence and Associated Retreatment Success.
• The IRAD Classification System for Characterizing Survival after Aortic Dissection.
• Angina Pectoris or Myocardial Infarctions, Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations, Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, and Paradoxical Emboli.
• GenTAC registry report: Gender differences among individuals with genetically triggered thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection.
• Physicians' perspectives on the uncertainties and implications of chromosomal microarray testing of children and families.
• David L. Rimoin, MD, PhD 1936-2012.
• "What does it mean?": Uncertainties in understanding results of chromosomal microarray testing.
• Evaluation of the adolescent or adult with some features of Marfan syndrome.
• The family history: the first genetic test, and still useful after all those years?
• The 8th International Research Symposium on the Marfan Syndrome and related conditions.
• Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome presenting as rapidly progressive multiple arterial aneurysms and dissections.
• The coming explosion in genetic testing--is there a duty to recontact?
• The National Registry of Genetically Triggered Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Cardiovascular Conditions (GenTAC): Results from phase I and scientific opportunities in p...
• Type-Selective Benefits of Medications in Treatment of Acute Aortic Dissection (from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection [IRAD]).
• Genome-wide association study identifies a susceptibility locus for thoracic aortic aneurysms and aortic dissections spanning FBN1 at 15q21.1.
• When genetic screening is useful, but not used.
• Why is genetic screening for autosomal dominant disorders underused in families? The case of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.
• Descending aortic diameter of 5.5 cm or greater is not an accurate predictor of acute type B aortic dissection.
• Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: An overview of diagnosis, management, and pathogenesis.
• The role of preoperative coronary angiography in the setting of type A acute aortic dissection: Insights from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection.
• Molecular technologies open new clinical genetic vistas.
• Comment on the impact of gene patents and licensing practices on access to genetic testing: lessons from hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.
• PAVM embolization: an update.
• Does use of coils in addition to amplatzer vascular plugs prevent recanalization?
• Self-surveillance by adolescents and young adults transitioning to self-management of a chronic genetic disorder.
• Overlapping spectra of SMAD4 mutations in juvenile polyposis (JP) and JP-HHT syndrome.
• Outpatient single-session pulmonary arteriovenous malformation embolization.
• Distress and burnout among genetic service providers.
• Covered stent to treat pulmonary arteriovenous malformation with short feeding artery.
• Mutations in smooth muscle alpha-actin (ACTA2) cause coronary artery disease, stroke, and Moyamoya disease, along with thoracic aortic disease.
• Transillumination of the fingers for vascular anomalies: a novel method for evaluating hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.
• Digital subtraction pulmonary arteriography versus multidetector CT in the detection of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations.
• Adults with genetic syndromes and cardiovascular abnormalities: clinical history and management.
• A small molecule for a large disease.
• Differences in the patterns of health care system distrust between blacks and whites.
• Medical management of Marfan syndrome.
• Adolescents' transition to self-management of a chronic genetic disorder.
• Clinical problem-solving. What's the connection? - A 26-year-old white man presented to our referral hospital with a 1-month history of persistent cough productive of ...
• Successful surgical management of acute type A aortic dissection associated with Crohn disease.
• Is pulmonary arterial hypertension in neurofibromatosis type 1 secondary to a plexogenic arteriopathy?
• Abdominal visceral findings in patients with Marfan syndrome.
• Pulmonary manifestations of Fabry disease and positive response to enzyme replacement therapy.
• Aneurysm syndromes caused by mutations in the TGF-beta receptor.
• Task Force 4: HCM and other cardiomyopathies, mitral valve prolapse, myocarditis, and Marfan syndrome.
• Management of aortic disease in Marfan Syndrome: a decision analysis.
• Characterization of the symptoms associated with dural ectasia in the Marfan patient.
• Outline of a medical genetics curriculum for internal medicine residency training programs.
• Rare autosomal recessive cardiac valvular form of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome results from mutations in the COL1A2 gene that activate the nonsense-mediated RNA decay pathway.
• A dysmorphic newborn infant with a complex rearrangement involving chromosomes 2, 4, and 6 detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH).
• Endoplasmic reticulum stress induces hyaluronan deposition and leukocyte adhesion.
• Express yourself--but consider the consequences.
• Leg-length discrepancy and scoliosis in Marfan syndrome.
• Homocysteine binds to human plasma fibronectin and inhibits its interaction with fibrin.
• Upregulation of smooth muscle cell collagen production by homocysteine-insight into the pathogenesis of homocystinuria.
• Growth and maturation in Marfan syndrome.
• Genetic counseling for congenital heart disease: new approaches for a new decade.
• Must ethics consultants see patients?

Schools

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• Harvard Medical School

• Brigham and Women39s Hospital

• Johns Hopkins Hospital

Doctors Specialties

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• Clinical Genetics
• Internal Medicine
• Medical Genetics

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Elected Member
• Philadelphia Magazine
• America's Top Doctors
• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
• Super Doctor
• Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare

Education

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• Johns Hopkins University
• Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Harvard Medical School
• Harvard University

Hospital

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• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1669401170
Last Name Of The Provider	PYERITZ
First Name Of The Provider	REED
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