William G. Feero, M.D., Ph.D. Senior Advisor to the Director for Genomic Medicine Genomic Healthcare Branch Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, 1996 M.D. University of Pittsburgh, 1998 (301) 496-0844 (301) 402-0837 feerow@mail.nih.gov Building 31, Room 4B09 31 Center Dr, MSC 2152 Bethesda, MD 20892-2152 Selected Publications The Genome Gets Personal - Almost [jama.ama-assn.org]

Dr. Feero is currently the Chief of the Genomic Healthcare Branch, National Human Genome. Research Institute (NHGRI), and Senior Advisor to the Director, NHGRI, for Genomic Medicine. His interests include the development of electronic, health-record-based tools for genomics in clinical practice, and genomics education for the health professions.

Dr. Feero graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a major in molecular biology and a minor in chemistry. He furthered his training in genetics as a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where he pursued his doctoral work in the Department of Human Genetics in the lab of Eric P. Hoffman, Ph.D.

While at the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Feero received numerous awards, including the Delta Omega National Honor Society Award for outstanding graduate thesis; election to Alpha Omega Alpha, a national honorary medical society; and the Gate Pharmaceutical Award for outstanding achievement in medicine. Dr. Feero completed his residency in Family Medicine at the Maine-Dartmouth Family Practice Residency Program in Augusta, Maine. As a resident he attended the 41st Jackson Laboratory Short Course in Medical and Experimental Mammalian Genetics.

After his residency, Dr. Feero became a clinical faculty member at the Maine-Dartmouth Family Practice Residency Program with an appointment as a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Community and Family Medicine of Dartmouth Medical School. During this time, he developed a small research program examining the role of electronic medical records in improving the ability of primary care physicians to provide genetic services. This work was in part supported by a Cancer Control Career Development Award from the American Cancer Society.

Dr. Feero has presented numerous abstracts, published articles and book chapters, given multiple lectures related to the interface of genetics and primary care, and serves as a reviewer for a variety of professional journals. He remains an active primary care physician, seeing patients one day a week through an appointment as a clinical associate professor of Family Medicine at West Virginia University.

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