23 and Us: Understanding Modern Genetics with Dr. Robert Marion

JOWMA (Jewish Orthodox Women's Medical Association) Podcast

Robert Marion, Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, is Chief Emeritus of the Divisions of Pediatric Genetic Medicine and of Development Medicine at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and Director Emeritus of Einstein’s Rose F. Kennedy University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (RFK UCEDD) and of its Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (CERC). From 1987 through 2010, he also served as Director of Genetics at Blythedale Children’s Hospital in Valhalla, New York. He has taught at the Joan H. Marks Graduate Program at Sarah Lawrence College since 1980 and has served the program in multiple roles, including as a member of its Admissions Committee.

A 1979 graduate of Einstein, Dr. Marion did his internship in pediatrics at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, then returned to Einstein for his residency and fellowship in Medical Genetics at Einstein affiliated hospitals. He has been a faculty member at Einstein since 1984. He has been Co-Chair of Einstein’s Committee on Admissions since 1990.

Dr. Marion’s clinical and research interests include the natural history and genetic basis of multiple malformation syndromes. At Blythedale, he served as Medical Director of the Einstein/ Montefiore Spina Bifida Clinic for 25 years. He is a founder and director or co-director of Montefiore’s Regional Williams Syndrome Center, CardioGenetics Clinic, ImmunoGenetics Clinic and Dermatology Genetics Clinic. He has published extensively in the medical literature in these areas, and, in addition, is the author of seven books including The Intern Blues, The Boy Who Felt No Pain (winner of a Christopher Award), Learning to Play God and Genetics Round: A Doctor’s Life in the Field that Revolutionized Medicine.

Dr. Marion is the recipient of Einstein’s Samuel Rosen Award for Excellence in Medical Student Teaching (selected by the medical students) and the Alumni Association’s Lifetime Service Award. He is also the winner of the Lewis Fraad Award for Residency Education and the Obrinsky Award for excellence in medical student teaching in the department of pediatrics. In May 2015, he received the Exceptional Commitment to Teaching Award from the Joan H. Marks Graduate Program in Human Genetics at Sarah Lawrence. In May 2016, was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award for Teaching from Einstein.

A resident of Westchester County, he lives with his wife, Beth, and is the father of three children and grandfather of three grandchildren.

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