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Rennert, Owen

Title:Senior Investigator
Phone:301-594-5984
E-mail:rennerto@mail.nih.gov
Address: 31 Center Dr Room 2A46, MSC 2425
Bethesda Md 20892-2425
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Bethesda Md 20892
Fax:301-480-3869 
Organization:  Division of Intramural Research (DIR)
Specialty: Biochemical Genetics
Clinical Genetics
Developmental Genomics
Endocrinology/Medical Science
Genetics
Reproductive Endocrinology

Biosketch: 
Owen M. Rennert, M.D., has served as the scientific director, in the NICHD Division of Intramural Research, since November 2000, and he leads both the Laboratory of Clinical Genomics and the Section on Developmental Genomics. He has also served as Acting Director of the Center for Mothers and Children in the NICHD.

Dr. Rennert received his undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago, and his M.D. from the University of Chicago School of Medicine, in addition to a master's degree in biochemistry. He completed his pediatric residency training and a postdoctoral fellowship in biochemistry at the University of Chicago. He is board certified in pediatrics, clinical genetics, and clinical biochemical genetics.

Dr. Rennert's awards include "1996 Top Doctor" and "1994 Washingtonian of the Year" by Washingtonian magazine; Alumni Award for Distinguished Services, University of Chicago (1993); Clinical Scientist of the Year, American Association of Clinical Science (1978); and in 2005 Georgetown University's Flame of Hope Award. Dr. Rennert served as chairman of pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville and Georgetown University School of Medicine, where he is Professor Emeritus of pediatrics.

To view a more detailed biography of Dr. Rennert, visit the Bios of Selected NICHD Staff section.