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Clair A. Francomano
Clair Francomano received her M.D. degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and completed her training in Internal Medicine and Medical Genetics at Johns Hopkins. She served on the f...visualizza altroClair Francomano received her M.D. degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and completed her training in Internal Medicine and Medical Genetics at Johns Hopkins. She served on the full-time faculty at Johns Hopkins, and then as Clinical Director for the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health, where she was also Chief of the Medical Genetics Branch and directed the residency program in Medical Genetics. Subsequently, she became Director of Adult Genetics at the Harvey Institute for Human Genetics in Baltimore. In 2019, she became Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics and Director of the Residency Training Program in Medical Genetics at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Francomano has been involved in the care of patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and other Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue throughout her career. She served on the Professional Advisory Board for the Marfan Foundation and is a long-standing member of the Medical Advisory Board for the Little People of America. She has been a member of the Medical and Scientific Board of the Ehlers-Danlos Society since 2016 and is currently Chair of that Board. From 2021-22, Dr. Francomano was a member of the Committee on Selected Heritable Connective Tissue Disorders and Disability for the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine. She serves on the Steering Committee for the International Consortium on the Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders.visualizza meno