CV: Georgia Wiesner MD

Georgia Wiesner, MD
Associate Professor of Genetics
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University

Education:

University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, 1976, B.A. Zoology
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1981, M.S. Genetics
University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1985 M.D.

Post Graduate Training:

Intern and Resident, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1985-1988
Chief Resident, Department of Medicine, Veterans Administration Medical Center and University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1988-1989
Fellow in Medical Genetics, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1989-1992

Licensure or Certification:

American Board of Internal Medicine, 1989
American Board of Medical Genetics, 1993

Associations:

Member, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Working Group on the use of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene, 1998-present
Associate Editor, Genetics in Medicine, The Official Journal of the American College of Medical Genetics, 1998-present
Chair, Cancer Genetics Subcommittee, Great Lakes Regional Genetics Group, 1998-present
Executive Committee Member, Public Policy Program, Case Western Reserve University, 1998-present
Member, CIX (Cancer Information Exchange) Conference planning committee, presented by the Grant Medical Center and Columbus Clinical Oncology Program, 1996-1997
Member, Center for Human Genetics Education Committee, 1996-present
Member, Case Western Reserve University Ireland Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland, 1995-present
Director, Cancer Genetics Program, Center for Human Genetics, Case Western Reserve University and Univerisity Hospitals of Cleveland, 1994-present
Member, Common Genetic Disease Subcommittees, American College of Medical Genetics, 1994-present
Member, Hereditary Colorectal Neoplasm Registry Task Force, University of Minnesota, 1994
Member, Cancer Center Advisory Group for Cancer Screening, University of Minnesota, 1994
Chairperson, Familial Cancer Research Group, University of Minnesota, 1993-1994

Affiliations:

Center for Human Genetics
Faculty of the Center for Human Genetics at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio

Partial List of Publications:

Wiesner, G. L. The psychological impact of a negative BRCA1 test: A wolf in sheep's clothing? (invited editorial)1999. Genetics in Medicine, in press.
GenClinics: Medical Genetics Knowledge
Wiesner, G. L., The Genetics of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia, type II. 1998. In press to GenClinics: Medical Genetics Knowledge Base. University of Washington School of Medicine.
P. J. Guilford, J. B. W. Hopkins, W. M. Grady, S. D. Markowitz, J. Willis, H. Lynch, A. Rajput, G. L. Wiesner, N. M. Lindor, L. J. Burgart, A. E. Reeve. 1998. Germline mutation of the E-cadherin gene in Caucasian and African-American families with diffuse gastric cancer. Submitted to Gastroenterology.
E. Siwik, G. L. Wiesner, C. Limwongse, K. Zahka. 1998. Cardiac disease in Costello syndrome. Pediatrics, 101, 706-709.
K.D., Tsuchiya, G. Wiesner, S. B. Cassidy, C. Limwongse, S. Schwartz. 1998. Deletion 10q23.2-q23.33 in a patient with juvenile polyposis and other features of a Cowden-like syndrome. Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer, 21:113-118.
E. Kodish, G. Wiesner, M. Mehlman, T. Murray. 1998. Genetic testing for cancer risk: How to reconcile the conflicts. Journal of the American Medical Association, 279, 179-181.
R. T. Ballock, G. L. Wiesner, M.T. Myers, G.H. Thompson. 1997. Hemihypertrophy: Current concepts and controversies. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 79-A, 1731-1738.
G. L. Wiesner. Clinical implications of BRCA1 genetic testing for Ashkenazi Jewish women. 1997. Health Matrix Journal of Law Medicine, 7:3-30.
A. Prabhu, D. P. O'Brien, G. L. Wiesner, R. Fulton, B. Van Ness. 1996. Octamer independent activation of transcription from the kappa immunoglobulin germline promoter. Nucleic Acids Research, 24(23):4805-4811.
P. R. Winter, G. L. Wiesner, J. Finnegan, D. Bartels, B. LeRoy, P-L Chen, T. A. Sellers. 1996. Notification of a family history of breast cancer: Issues of privacy and confidentiality. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 66:1-6.
W. S. Oetting, H. K. Lee, D. J. Flanders, G. L. Wiesner, T. A. Sellers, R. A. King. 1995. Linkage analysis with multiplexed short tandem repeat polymorphisms using infrared fluorescence and M13 tailed primers. Genomics, 30:450-458.
A. M. Tutera, T. A. Sellers, J. D. Potter, C. R. Drinkard, G. L. Wiesner, A. R. Folsom. 1995. Association between family history of cancer and breast tumor estrogen and progesterone receptor status. Genetic Epidemiology, 13:207-221.
J. A. Thompson, G. L. Wiesner, T. A. Sellers, C. Vachon, M. Ahrens, J. D. Potter, M. Sumpmann, J. Kersey, 1995. Genetic services for familial cancer patients: A survey of NCI cancer centers. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 87:1446-1455.
T. A. Sellers, V. E. Anderson, J. D. Potter, S. A. Bartow, P-L Chen, L. Everson, R. A. King, C. C. Kuni, L. H. Kushi, P. G. McGovern, S. S. Rich, J. Whitbeck, G. L. Wiesner. 1995. Epidemiologic and genetic follow-up study of 544 Minnesota breast cancer families: Design and methods. Genetic Epidemiology, 12:417-429.
L. A. Schimmenti, R. R. Higgins, N. J. Mendelssohn, T. M. Casey, J. Steinberger, M. C. Mammel, G. L. Wiesner. 1995. Monosomy 9q24>pter and trisomy 5q31->qter: Case report and review of two cases. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 57:1-5.
R. A. King, G. L. Wiesner, D. Townsend, and J. G. White. 1993. Hypopigmentation in Angelman syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 46:40-44.
G. L. Wiesner, C. M. Bendel, D. P. Olds, J. G. White, D. C. Arthur, D. W. Ball, and R. A. King. 1987. Hypopigmentation in the Prader-Willi syndrome. American Journal of Human Genetics, 40:431-442.
D. J. Creel, C. M. Bendel, G. L. Wiesner, J. D. Wirthschafter, D. C. Arthur, and R. A. King. 1986. Abnormalities of the central visual pathways in Prader-Willi syndrome associated with hypopigmentation. New England Journal of Medicine, 314:1606-1609.

Grants:

NCI Patient-Oriented Career Development award Genetic Determinants of Human Colon Neoplasia, funded 4/1/99-3/31/04
Walter Nord Foundation, (Matthews A), Web-based educational tool "Essentials of Cancer Genetics", funded 9/1/98-8/31/99
Department of Health and Human Services (Smith, CK), Grants for Establishment of Departments of Family Medicine, funded 9/1/98-8/30/01
Pilot Study Research Grant, American Cancer Society, Genetic Study of NAT1 and NAT2 Polymorphisms and the Risk of Colonic Polyps, funded 7/1/97-6/30/98
Cancer Prevention and Control Grant, Interactive Computer Technology for Family Cancer Screening, funded 6/1/96-5/31/99
Cancer P30 Support Grant (Willson,JVK), Susceptibility Genes for Human Colon Neoplasia funded from 9/30/96-6/30/99

Awards:

Magna cum laude, 1976
National Service Research Award, 1992-1994