GENETICS

Section Faculty:

Murray H Brilliant, PhD

Christopher M Cunniff, MD

Robert P Erickson, MD

William S Garver, PhD

Randall A Heidenreich, MD

Office:

520-626-5175

Appointments:

520-694-9988 (option 3)

Molecular and Biochemical
Phoenix Genetics Program - Phoenix Children's Hospital:

602-239-4561

The members of the Genetics Section see childen with birth defects, with unexplained mental retardation or failure to thrive--widely diagnosed conditions that sometimes are genetic, and with known genetic disorders (about 5,000 different ones). They are expert about potential teratogen (chemical or medication) exposures to the fetus and the causes of mutations.

The section holds clinics in the following locations:

• University Medical Center's Pediatric Outpatient Clinic
• Children's Clinics for Rehabilitative Services in Tucson, Flagstaff and Yuma
• Most of the Indian Health Services Clinic locations throughout Arizona