Chin-To Fong, M.D.
Medicine , Pediatrics , Pediatric Genetics , Cancer
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Chin-To Fong, M.D.
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Ambulatory Care Center at Strong Memorial Hospital
601 Elmwood Avenue, Ground Floor
Rochester, NY 14626
About Me
Dr. Fong has extensive experience working in his field and the Chief of Pediatric Genetics.
Certified Specialties
Clinical Biochemical Genetics - American Board of Medical Genetics
Medical Genetics, Clinical Genetics (M.D.) - American Board of Medical Genetics
Pediatrics - American Board of Pediatrics
Faculty Appointments
Professor - Department of Pediatrics, Genetics (SMD)
Professor - Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics (SMD) - Joint
Professor - Department of Health Humanities and Bioethics (SMD) - Joint
Professor - Department of Medicine, Genetics (SMD) - Joint
Credentials
Residency & Fellowship
Fellowship, Medical Genetics, Clinical Biochemical Genetics, Washington University School Of Medicine. 1984 - 1987
Residency, Pediatrics, Washington University School Of Medicine. 1982 - 1984
Internship, Pediatrics, Washington University School Of Medicine. 1981 - 1982
Education
MD | Harvard Medical School. 1981
Awards
Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society Inductee. 2014
The Association of American Medical Colleges Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award. 2012
Elected Student Marshall for Commencement Exercise. 2009
Elected Alpha Omega Alpha Zeta Chapter Annual Lecturer. 2008
Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award. 2007 - 2013
Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Teaching. 2007
Elected Faculty Commencement Speaker. 2004
Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award. 2004
First Annual Loss Science Lecturer. 2004
Elected member of Alpha Omega Alpha Zeta Chapter. 2004
Manuel D. Goldman Prize for Excellence in First Year Teaching. 2004 - 2005
URSMD Nominee of the American Association of Medical Colleges Award for Humanism in Medicine. 2003
Commendation for First Year Teaching. 2003
DeWitt Brower Dean's Teaching Fellowship. 2002 - 2003
Manuel D. Goldman Prize for Excellence in First Year Teaching. 2002
Ruth A. Lawrence Academic Faculty Service Award, Department of Pediatrics,. 2001
Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award given by the Pediatrics Housestaff. 1993 - 1994
Research
Cleft lip and palate is a familial trait, but the genetic factors that result in this abnormality have not been clearly identified. Recent calculations have led to the belief that as many as a couple dozen genetic factors may act together to cause cleft lip and palate, with a few of the factors being more important than the rest. Moreover, there is convincing evidence that environment factors, such as cigarette smoking by the pregnant mother, play a role in the development of cleft lip and palate in the fetus.
In these situations, the environmental and genetic factors act together to cause the birth defect. Therefore, cleft lip and palate is considered a multifactorial genetic disorder. The work in our laboratory is focused on finding the genetic factors for cleft lip and palate through linkage disequilibrium analyses. We believe that better treatment and prevention of cleft lip and palate will come from a better understanding of these genetic and environmental factors.
Publications
Journal Articles
Yuan B, Neira J, Pehlivan D, Santiago-Sim T, Song X, Rosenfeld J, Posey JE, Patel V, Jin W, Adam MP, Baple EL, Dean J, Fong CT, Hickey SE, Hudgins L, Leon E, Madan-Khetarpal S, Rawlins L, Rustad CF, Stray-Pedersen A, Tveten K, Wenger O, Diaz J, Jenkins L, Martin L, McGuire M, Pietryga M, Ramsdell L, Slattery L, , Abid F, Bertuch AA, Grange D, Immken L, Schaaf CP, Van Esch H, Bi W, Cheung SW, Breman AM, Smith JL, Shaw C, Crosby AH, Eng C, Yang Y, Lupski JR, Xiao R, Liu P
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics.. 2019 March 21 (3):663-675. Epub 08/30/2018.
Lee BH, Reijnders MRF, Abubakare O, Tuttle E, Lape B, Minks KQ, Stodgell C, Bennetto L, Kwon J, Fong CT, Gripp KW, Marsh ED, Smith WE, Huq AM, Coury SA, Tan WH, Solis O, Mehta RI, Leventer RJ, Baralle D, Hunt D, Paciorkowski AR
American journal of medical genetics. Part A.. 2018 January 176 (1):56-67. Epub 11/17/2017.
Weiss K, Terhal PA, Cohen L, Bruccoleri M, Irving M, Martinez AF, Rosenfeld JA, Machol K, Yang Y, Liu P, Walkiewicz M, Beuten J, Gomez-Ospina N, Haude K, Fong CT, Enns GM, Bernstein JA, Fan J, Gotway G, Ghorbani M, , van Gassen K, Monroe GR, van Haaften G, Basel-Vanagaite L, Yang XJ, Campeau PM, Muenke M
American journal of human genetics.. 2016 October 699 (4):934-941. Epub 09/08/2016.
Jacob M, Stewart P, Medina-Walpole A, Fong CT
The clinical teacher.. 2016 June 13 (3):197-201. Epub 06/25/2015.
Shang L, Henderson LB, Cho MT, Petrey DS, Fong CT, Haude KM, Shur N, Lundberg J, Hauser N, Carmichael J, Innis J, Schuette J, Wu YW, Asaikar S, Pearson M, Folk L, Retterer K, Monaghan KG, Chung WK
Neurogenetics.. 2016 January 17 (1):43-9. Epub 11/17/2015.
Wittlieb-Weber CA, Haude KM, Fong CT, Vinocur JM
HeartRhythm case reports.. 2016 January 2 (1):32-35. Epub 10/13/2015.
Lalani SR, Zhang J, Schaaf CP, Brown CW, Magoulas P, Tsai AC, El-Gharbawy A, Wierenga KJ, Bartholomew D, Fong CT, Barbaro-Dieber T, Kukolich MK, Burrage LC, Austin E, Keller K, Pastore M, Fernandez F, Lotze T, Wilfong A, Purcarin G, Zhu W, Craigen WJ, McGuire M, Jain M, Cooney E, Azamian M, Bainbridge MN, Muzny DM, Boerwinkle E, Person RE, Niu Z, Eng CM, Lupski JR, Gibbs RA, Beaudet AL, Yang Y, Wang MC, Xia F
American journal of human genetics.. 2014 November 695 (5):579-83. Epub 10/16/2014.
Kwan A, Abraham RS, Currier R, Brower A, Andruszewski K, Abbott JK, Baker M, Ballow M, Bartoshesky LE, Bonilla FA, Brokopp C, Brooks E, Caggana M, Celestin J, Church JA, Comeau AM, Connelly JA, Cowan MJ, Cunningham-Rundles C, Dasu T, Dave N, De La Morena MT, Duffner U, Fong CT, Forbes L, Freedenberg D, Gelfand EW, Hale JE, Hanson IC, Hay BN, Hu D, Infante A, Johnson D, Kapoor N, Kay DM, Kohn DB, Lee R, Lehman H, Lin Z, Lorey F, Abdel-Mageed A, Manning A, McGhee S, Moore TB, Naides SJ, Notarangelo LD, Orange JS, Pai SY, Porteus M, Rodriguez R, Romberg N, Routes J, Ruehle M, Rubenstein A, Saavedra-Matiz CA, Scott G, Scott PM, Secord E, Seroogy C, Shearer WT, Siegel S, Silvers SK, Stiehm ER, Sugerman RW, Sullivan JL, Tanksley S, Tierce ML, Verbsky J, Vogel B, Walker R, Walkovich K, Walter JE, Wasserman RL, Watson MS, Weinberg GA, Weiner LB, Wood H, Yates AB, Puck JM
JAMA.. 2014 August 20312 (7):729-38. Epub 1900 01 01.
Grange DK, Hillman RE, Burton BK, Yano S, Vockley J, Fong CT, Hunt J, Mahoney JJ, Cohen-Pfeffer JL, ,
Molecular genetics and metabolism.. 2014 May 112 (1):9-16. Epub 03/12/2014.
Petersen AK, Ahmad A, Shafiq M, Brown-Kipphut B, Fong CT, Anwar Iqbal M
European journal of medical genetics.. 2013 February 56 (2):118-22. Epub 12/16/2012.
Newman DL, Fisher LM, Ohmen J, Parody R, Fong CT, Frisina ST, Mapes F, Eddins DA, Robert Frisina D, Frisina RD, Friedman RA
Hearing research.. 2012 December 294 (1-2):125-32. Epub 10/25/2012.
Ton TG, Fogg TT, Fong CT, John C, Li SX, Marshall JA, Peters K, Neal W, Pearson TA
Circulation.. 2011 August 23124 (8):958-64. Epub 1900 01 01.
Yoon YJ, Perkiomaki MR, Tallents RH, Barillas I, Herrera-Guido R, Fong CT, Kyrkanides S
The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association.. 2004 May 41 (3):256-61. Epub 1900 01 01.
Yoon YJ, Perkiomaki MR, Tallents RH, Barillas I, Herrera-Guido R, Fong CT, Kyrkanides S
The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association.. 2003 September 40 (5):493-7. Epub 1900 01 01.
Perkiomaki MR, Yoon YJ, Tallents RH, Barillas I, Herrera-Guido R, Moss ME, Fong CT, Kyrkanides S
The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association.. 2003 July 40 (4):397-402. Epub 1900 01 01.
Suzuki T, Li W, Zhang Q, Karim A, Novak EK, Sviderskaya EV, Hill SP, Bennett DC, Levin AV, Nieuwenhuis HK, Fong CT, Castellan C, Miterski B, Swank RT, Spritz RA
Nature genetics.. 2002 March 30 (3):321-4. Epub 02/11/2002.
Fong CT, Wang M, Young EC, Hogan CA, Tallents RH, Kyrkanides S, Liptak GS, Sanger JA, Frisina RD
Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.. 2001 November 125 (5):557-8. Epub 1900 01 01.
Cao Q, Abeysinghe H, Chow O, Xu J, Kaung H, Fong C, Keng P, Insel RA, Lee WM, Barrett JC, Wang N
Cancer genetics and cytogenetics.. 2001 September 129 (2):131-7. Epub 1900 01 01.
Kaczorowski JM, Halterman JS, Spitalnik P, Mannick E, Fong CT, Seaman JM
Pediatric pathology & molecular medicine. 2001 20 (3):245-8. Epub 1900 01 01.
Pediatrics in review. 2000 September 21 (9):315-20. Epub 1900 01 01.
Schwann cell-onion bulb tumor of the trigeminal nerve: hyperplasia, dysplasia or neoplasia?
LaPoint,S. F.; Powers,J. M.; Woodruff,J. M.; MacCollin,M.; Jacoby,L. B.; Vortmeyer,A. O.; Zhuang,Z.; Fong,C. T.; Ifthikharuddin,S. F.; Teot,L.; Coniglio,J. U.; Sullivan,R. P.;.
Acta Neuropathol.(Berl). 2000; 99(1): 67-72.
Gupta P, Mick G, Fong CT, Jospe N, McCormick K
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM.. 2000 13 (9):1637-41. Epub 1900 01 01.
Xu J, Fong CT, Cedrone E, Sullivan J, Wang N
Clinical genetics.. 1998 June 53 (6):490-6. Epub 1900 01 01.
Berg MJ, Schifitto G, Powers JM, Martinez-Capolino C, Fong CT, Myers GJ, Epstein LG, Walsh CA
Neurology.. 1998 April 50 (4):1143-6. Epub 1900 01 01.
Oh J, Ho L, Ala-Mello S, Amato D, Armstrong L, Bellucci S, Carakushansky G, Ellis JP, Fong CT, Green JS, Heon E, Legius E, Levin AV, Nieuwenhuis HK, Pinckers A, Tamura N, Whiteford ML, Yamasaki H, Spritz RA
American journal of human genetics.. 1998 March 62 (3):593-8. Epub 1900 01 01.
Chitayat D, Grix A, Balfe JW, Abramowicz JS, Garza J, Fong CT, Silver MM, Saller DN, Bresnick GH, Giedion A, Lachman RS, Rimoin DL
American journal of medical genetics.. 1997 December 1973 (3):279-85. Epub 1900 01 01.
Fong CT
Pediatrics in review. 1995 October 16 (10):390-5. Epub 1900 01 01.
Fong CT
Pediatric annals.. 1993 May 22 (5):304-10. Epub 1900 01 01.
Fong CT
Pediatric annals.. 1993 May 22 (5):277-81. Epub 1900 01 01.
Marchuk DA, Tavakkol R, Wallace MR, Brownstein BH, Taillon-Miller P, Fong CT, Legius E, Andersen LB, Glover TW, Collins FS
Genomics.. 1992 July 13 (3):672-80. Epub 1900 01 01.
Fong CT, White PS, Peterson K, Sapienza C, Cavenee WK, Kern SE, Vogelstein B, Cantor AB, Look AT, Brodeur GM
Cancer research.. 1992 April 152 (7):1780-5. Epub 1900 01 01.
Moley JF, Brother MB, Fong CT, White PS, Baylin SB, Nelkin B, Wells SA, Brodeur GM
Cancer research.. 1992 February 1552 (4):770-4. Epub 1900 01 01.
Brodeur GM, Fong CT
Cancer genetics and cytogenetics.. 1989 September 41 (2):153-74. Epub 1900 01 01.
Fong CT, Dracopoli NC, White PS, Merrill PT, Griffith RC, Housman DE, Brodeur GM
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.. 1989 May 86 (10):3753-7. Epub 1900 01 01.
Brodeur GM, Fong CT, Morita M, Griffith R, Hayes FA, Seeger RC
Progress in clinical and biological research.. 1988 271 :3-15. Epub 1900 01 01.
Fong CT, Brodeur GM
Cancer genetics and cytogenetics.. 1987 September 28 (1):55-76. Epub 1900 01 01.
Barton LL, Lustig RH, Fong CT, Walentik CA
American family physician.. 1986 March 33 (3):147-51. Epub 1900 01 01.
Depletion of alloreactive cytotoxic T-lymphocytes using liposomes prepared from plasma membranes of P815 mastocytoma cells
Fong C-T.
Doctoral Thesis. 1981; .
Idiotypes of myeloma protein of BALB/c origin in normal BALB/c immunoglobulins
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Master's Thesis,. 1978; .
Books
The Merck Manual (2005)
Chapter: Inherited Disorders of Metabolism
Authors: Fong C-T
Publisher: Merck Research Laboratories, Whitehouse Station, NJ 2005
The Pediatric Clinical Advisor (2005)
Chapter: Cleft Lip/Palate
Authors: Girotto J, Fong C-T
Publisher: Mosby, St. Louis, MO 2005
The Pediatric Clinical Advisor (2005)
Chapter: Neurofibromatosis
Authors: Fong C-T
Publisher: Mosby, St. Louis, MO 2005
The Pediatric Clinical Advisor (2005)
Chapter: Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Authors: Fong C-T
Publisher: Mosby, St. Louis, MO 2005
The Pediatric Clinical Advisor (2005)
Chapter: Turner syndrome
Authors: Fong C-T, Artman H
Publisher: Mosby, St. Louis, MO 2005
Protecting Study Volunteers In Research A Manual for Investigative Sites (2004)
Chapter: Ethical Issues in Genetic Research
Authors: Fong C-T
Publisher: Centerwatch, Thompsom Healthcare 2004
The Pediatric Clinical Advisor (2002)
Chapter: Cleft Lip/Palate
Authors: Losee J, Fong C-T
Publisher: Mosby, St. Louis, MO 2002
The Pediatric Clinical Advisor (2002)
Chapter: Neurofibromatosis
Authors: Fong C-T
Publisher: Mosby, St. Louis, MO 2002
The Pediatric Clinical Advisor (2002)
Chapter: Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Authors: Fong C-T
Publisher: Mosby, St. Louis, MO 2002
The Pediatric Clinical Advisor (2002)
Chapter: Turner syndrome .
Authors: Fong C-T
Publisher: Mosby, St. Louis, MO 2002
Protecting Study Volunteers In Research A Manual for Investigative Sites (2002)
Chapter: Ethical Issues in Genetic Research
Authors: Fong C-T
Publisher: Centerwatch, Thompsom Healthcare 2002
The Merck Manual (1999)
Chapter: Genetic abnormalities of carbohydrate metabolism
Authors: Fong C-T
Publisher: Merck Research Laboratories 1999
The Merck Manual (1999)
Chapter: Anomalies in amino acid metabolism
Authors: Fong C-T
Publisher: Merck Research Laboratories 1999
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