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Faculty Member



Hans C. Andersson, MD
FACMG, FAAP

Associate Professor
of Pediatrics

 

EDUCATION/TRAINING
1978 Tulane University, New Orleans, LA B.S. Music/Psychology
1980 Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Pre-med
1984 Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA Medicine
1987 Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Residency Pediatrics
1987 - 91 NIH, Bethesda, MD Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Clinical Genetics/Biochemical Genetics
1992 - 93 University of Göttingen, Germany Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship
Biochemistry/Molecular Cellular Biology

1989

Pediatric Board Certification, American Board of Pediatrics

1990

Clinical Genetics Board Certification

Clinical Biochemical/Molecular Genetics Board Certification, American Board of Medical Genetics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1993 - 2000 Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Clinical/Biochemical Geneticist
Hayward Genetics Center, Tulane University Medical School

2000

Associate Professor (tenured) of Pediatrics, Hayward Genetics Program

2000 Associate Laboratory Director
Hayward Center Diagnostic Genetics Laboratory
1998 - present Directory, ABMG/ACGME-accredited Genetics Fellowship Training Program
HONORS/AWARDS/COMMITTEES:
1992 - 1993 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Research Fellowship
1993 German Research Council (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinshaft)
Guest Research Fellow
1995 - 1997 Vice-Chair, Biochemical Genetics Committee
Southeast Regional Genetics Grp (SERRG)
1997 NIH Travel Grant: International Inborn Errors of Metabolism meeting,
Vienna, Austria
1997 - 2000 Louisiana Educatino Quality Support Fund (LEQSF) Research Competiveness Program,
Cloning and Characterization of Lysosomal System h Protein
1997 International Collaborative Gaucher Group, Regional Coordinator
1998 Chair, Biochemical Genetics Committee, SE Regional Genetics Group
1998 Journal Reviewer : American Journal of Medical Genetics
1998 Expert Panelist, CDC Program Molecular Genetics Testing
1999 Owl Club Teaching Award: Best Second Year Teacher
2000 1st Annual Award for Humanism in Medicine
Tulane University School of Medicine
2000 Virginia S. Furrow Award for Innovations in Teaching
Tulane University School of Medicine
2001 Clinical Integration Teaching Award
Tulane University School of Medicine Owl Club
2002 Invited Visiting Professor, Center for Animal Research and Development, University of Kumamoto, Kumamoto, JAPAN

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS: Peer-Reviewed (of 27 total)
Andersson HC, Kohn LD, Bernardini I, Blom HJ, Tietze F, Gahl WA. Characterization of lysosomal   monoiodotyrosine transport in rat thyroid cells: Evidence for transport by system h. J Biol Chem   265:10950-10954, 1990.
Andersson HC, Kohn A, Gahl WA, Kohn LD. Photoaffinity-labeling of lysosomal membrane proteins   with [125I]-diiodotyrosine, a system h ligand. Biochem Molec Med 55:71-73, 1995.
Napoleone RM, Varela M, Andersson HC. Complex congenital heart malformations in mosaic   tetrasomy 8p: a case report and literature report. Am J Med Genet. 1997 Dec 19;73(3):330-3.
Andersson HC, Shapira, E. Biochemical and clinical response to hydroxocobalamin versus   cyanocobalamin treatment in cblC - methylmalonic acidemia/homocystinuira. J Pediatr. 1998 Jan;132(1):121-4.
Andersson HC, Frentz, J, Martinez JE, Tuck-Muller CM, Bellizaire J. Adrenal Insufficiency in   Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome. Am J Med Genet, 82:382-4, 1999.
Andersson HC, Marble M, Shapira E. Long-term outcome in combined methylmalonic acidemia and   homocystinuria (cblC). Genetics In Medicine, 1:146-150, 1999.
Charrow, J, Grabowski G, Andersson HC, Kaplan P, Kolodny E, et al. The Gaucher Registry:   Demographics and disease characteristics of 1,698 patients with Gaucher Disease. Arch Int Med,   160:2835-43, 2000.
Morova E, Smith C, Pierce M, Andersson HC. Management dilemmas in patient with hereditary renal adysplasia. J La Med Jan;153(1):27-30, 2001
HR Waterham, J Koster, G J Romeijn, P Vreken, RCM Hennekam, HC Andersson, D FitzPatrick, RI Kelley, RJA Wanders. Mutations in the DHCR24 gene encoding 3b-hydroxysterol D24-reductase cause autosomal recessive desmosterolosis, Am J Hum Genet, 69:685-694, 2001

Weinreb NJ, Charrow J, Andersson HC, Kaplan P, Kolodny EH, et al. Effectiveness of enzyme replacement therapy in 1028 patients with type 1 Gaucher Disease after 2-5 years of treatment: A report from the Gaucher Registry. Ann Int Med, 113(2):112-9, 2002.

Andersson HC, L Kratz, and Richard Kelley. Desmosterolosis Presenting with Multiple Congenital Anomalies and Profound Developmental Delay. Am J Med Genet, 113:315-319, 2002.
Andersson HC, MA Krousel-Wood, KE Jackson, J Rice, IM Lubin. Medical genetic test reporting in molecular cystic fibrosis and factor V Leiden tests based on Reports solicited from North American laboratories. Genetics In Medicine, 4(5):324-7, 2002.
Invited Reviews & Chapters (5 total):
Andersson HC, Shapira E. The Mucopolysaccharidoses. in Cecil's Textbook of Medicine, 21st Ed.,   2000.
Andersson HC. Disorders of Post-squalene Cholesterol Biosynthesis Leading to Human Dysmorphogenesis. Cell Molec Biol, 48:173-178, 2002.