Rena Falk, MD

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Medical Director, Cytogenetics
Co-Director, Prenatal Diagnosis Center

Clinical Specialties:
Medical Genetics
Cytogenetics

Email: Rena.Falk@cshs.org
Phone: 310-423-6471

Education and Training

  • University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; MD
  • Residency in Pediatrics, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
  • Postdoctoral Fellow in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

Medical Board Certification

  • Board Certified, Pediatrics
  • Board Certified, Clinical Genetics
  • Board Certified, Clinical Cytogenetics

Clinical and Research Interests

  • Hereditary deafness
  • Delineation of genetic syndromes
  • Risk, ethics and improvements in prenatal diagnosis
  • Intrauterine treatment of genetic diseases

Awards and Activitie

  • Volunteer of the Year Award, March of Dimes
  • Recognition, Women of Distinction in Medicine, Southern California Hadassah
  • Founding Member, Southern California March of Dimes Education Committee
  • Member, California Genetic Disease Branch Committee on neonatal hearing screening

Selected Publications

  • Callum P, Iger J, Ray M, Sims CA, Falk RE. Outcome and experience of implementing spinal muscular atrophy carrier screening on sperm donors. Fertil Steril 2010;94:1912-4.
  • Fisch GS, Grossfeld, P., Falk, R., Battaglia, A.,  Youngblom, J., Simensen R. Cognitive-behavioral features of Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome and other subtelomeric microdeletions. Am J Med Genet Part C Semin Med Genet 2010; 154C:417-26.
  • Callum P, Urbina MT, Falk RE, Alvarez-Diaz JA, Benjamin I, Sims CA. Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) after conception using gametes from anonymous donors: recommendations for the future. Fertil Steril. 2010;93:1006.e1-2.

Click here for a list of peer-reviewed publications by Rena E. Falk, MD.

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