David Bick, MD

Associate professor, Pediatrics (Genetics) Medical College of Wisconsin; geneticist, Genetics Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

Specialties:

• Pediatrics
• Medical Genetics

Certifications:

• American Board of Pediatrics
• American Board of Medical Genetics
• Clinical Molecular Geneticist
• Clinical Geneticist

Education/training:

• MD: George Washington University (DC)
• Internship: Yale New Haven Hospital (New Haven. Conn.), Pediatrics
• Residency: Yale New Haven Hospital (New Haven. Conn.), Pediatrics
• Fellowship: Yale New Haven Hospital (New Haven. Conn.), Genetics
• Post Doctoral Fellow: Yale New Haven Hospital (New Haven. Conn.), Genetics

Employment:

Faculty appointments

• 1987-1989: Assistant professor of Pediatrics and Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
• 1989-2001: Clinical geneticist, Genetics and IVF Institute, Fairfax, VA.
• 1991-2001: Affiliate assistant professor, Department of Human Genetics, School of Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond.
• 1996-2001: Clinical assistant professor, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Charlottesville.
• 2002- present: Associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
• 2004 - present: Associate professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Administrative appointments

• 1999-2001 President & CEO, Genetics & IVF Institute, Fairfax, VA

Professional interests:

Prenatal diagnosis, prenatal genetic counseling, amniocentisis, chorionic villus sampling, pediatric genetics, adult genetics, learning disabilities and mental retardation, genetics diagnosis and counseling.

Honors, awards, chairs or professional activities:

• National Foundation March of Dimes Summer Science Research Grant Program For Medical Students
• Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
• University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Institutional Research Grant: "Physical mapping of the X-linked Kallmann syndrome locus."

Professional memberships/societies/committees:

• American College of Medical Genetics Founding Fellow
• American Academy of Pediatrics Fellow
• American Society of Human Genetics

Recent or important publications:

Journal publications

1. Park J.K., Ozata M., Chorich L.P., Cheng L., Bick D.P., Sherins R.J., Ozdemir I.C., Cogan J, Phillips J.A. III, Layman L.C. Study of the PROP1 gene in a large sample of patients with idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 60(1):147-149, 2004.

2. Klein OD, Cotter PD, Schmidt AM, BICK,D.P., Tidyma WI, Albertson DG, Pinkel D, Rauen KA. Interstitial deletion of chromosome 12q: Genotype-Phenotype correlation of two patients utilizing array comparative genomic hybridization. Am J Med Genet A. 2005 Nov 1;138(4):349-54.

3. Bhagavath B, Ozata M, Ozdemir IC, Bolu E, BICK D.P., Sherins RJ, Layman LC. The prevelance of gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor mutations in a large cohort of patients with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. Fertil Steril. 2005 Oct;84(4):951-7.

4. BICK DP, Lau EC. Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis. Pediatr Clin North Am. Aug 2006, 53(4):559-577.

5. Johnston JJ, Walker RL, Davis S, Flavia F, Turner JT, BICK D.P., Daentl DL, Ellison JW, Meltzer PS, Biesecker LG, Zoom-in CGH arrays for the characterization of variable breakpoint contiguous gene syndromes. J. Med Genet, Nov 2006; doi:10.1136/jmg.2006.042473.

6. Bhagavath B, Podolsky RH, Ozata M, Bolu E, BICK D.P., Kulharya A, Sherins RJ, Layman LC. Clinical and molecular characterization of a large sample of patients with h ypogonadotrophic hypogonadism. Fertil Steril. 2006 Mar;85(3):706-13.

7. Swanson A, Strawn E, Robb P, VanTuinen P, Lau E, Roessler M, Granlund A, Lawler B, White A, Bick D.P. Indications for preimplantation genetic diagnosis. Submitted 2006

8. Bhagavath B, Ozata M, Rosenfield RL, BICK DP, Sherins RJ, Layman LC. KAL1 Mutations are not a common cause of idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in humans. In Preparation, 2006.

Abstracts

1. Bhagavath B, Ozata M, Golu E, Ozdemir IC, BICK, D.P., Sherins R, Layman LC. Prevelance of gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor mutations in humans with idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. Endocrine Society Meeting, 85th Annual Meeting, June 2003.

2. Klein OD, Cotter PD, Weiss A, BICK, D.P., Albertson DG, Pinkel D, Rauen KA. Interstitial deletion of chromosome 12q: Genotype-phenotype correlation of 2 patients utilizing array comparative genomic hybridization. American College of Medical Genetics, 10th Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting, Kissimmee, FL, March 4-7, 2004.