Dr. Bruce R Korf MD
Geneticist | Clinical Genetics (M.D.)
720 20th St S Birmingham AL, 35233Rating
5/5
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Dr. Bruce Korf practices Genetic Medicine in Birmingham, AL. As a geneticist, Dr. Korf performs experiments and analyzes data to interpret the inheritance of different traits in patients. A geneticist evaluates, diagnoses, and manages patients with hereditary conditions or congenital malformations, genetic risk calculations, and mutation analysis. Dr. Korf carries out studies, tests, and counsels patients with genetic diseases.
Board Certification
Medical GeneticsAmerican Board of Medical GeneticsABMG
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Dr. Bruce R Korf MD's Expert Contributions
Who can I see to diagnose my son?
Thank you for your inquiry. We do have an Undiagnosed Diseases Program; however, it is located in Birmingham, Alabama. The link for a physician referral will be copied below if you are interested in coming to the United States for an appointment. https://www.uab.edu/medicine/genetics/patient-care/clinical-services/undiagnosed-diseases Kind Regards, Kaitlin Callaway, CRNP READ MORE
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Genetic testing for patients with renal disease: procedures, pitfalls, and ethical considerations.
- Plexiform neurofibromas.
- Pediatrics in the era of genetic medicine.
- NF1 microdeletion syndrome: refined FISH characterization of sporadic and familial deletions with locus-specific probes.
- New genetics of hearing loss.
- Discordant phenotype in monozygotic twins with Fryns syndrome.
- Medical education in the 'postgenomic era'.
- Integration of genetics into medical practice: ethical, legal, and social perspective.
- Malignancy in neurofibromatosis type 1.
- Structural anomalies revealed by neuroimaging studies in the brains of patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 and large deletions.
- Emerging approaches toward the treatment of neurofibromatoses.
- American College of Medical Genetics consensus statement on factor V Leiden mutation testing.
- Townes-Brocks syndrome versus expanded spectrum hemifacial microsomia: review of eight patients and further evidence of a "hot spot" for mutation in the SALL1 gene.
- Connexin 26 studies in patients with sensorineural hearing loss.
- Case vignette: genetic secrets.
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Fellowships
- Harvard Medical School 1982
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