In the area of clinical genetics, Dr. Bacino is involved in the diagnosis and management of patients with birth defects and a variety of genetic disorders. He participates in subspecialty clinics such as the Skeletal Dysplasia, and Craniofacial Clinics. As the Medical Director of the Kleberg Cytogenetics Laboratory, he has a particular interest in structural chromosomes abnormalities and genomic disorders (contiguous gene deletion/duplication syndromes), as well as the mechanism of origin of these chromosome anomalies. In collaboration with Dr. Arthur Beaudet and Dr. Sarika Peters, he is conducting studies for children with Angelman syndrome. (Dallas and Austin)