Cara M. Skraban, MD

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Cara Skraban, MD, is an attending physician in the Division of Human Genetics and a clinical core leader in the Roberts Individualized Medical Genetics Center.

Locations: Main Hospital

Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)

Education and Training

Medical School

MD - University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 

Residency

Medical Genetics - The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (Chief Resident)

Pediatrics - University of Virginia Department of Pediatrics, Charlottesville, VA

Fellowship

Postdoctoral Research Fellow - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Board Certification

Clinical Genetics and Genomics – American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics

Titles and Academic Titles

Attending Physician

Clinical Core Leader

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Departments and Services

Publications

Posters and Presentations

2016

Schindewolf E, Khalek N, Skraban C, Deardorff M. TRPS-null Causing Lethal Skeletal Dysplasia (poster). American College of Medical Genetics, Tampa, Florida, 2016.

Skraban C, Lee M, Wilkens A, Zackai EH, Deardorff M. Expanding the Phenotypic Spectrum of SOX11 Mutations in Patients with Distal Digital Hypoplasia and Intellectual Disability (poster). American College of Medical Genetics, Tampa, Florida, 2016.

2015

Skraban C, Wilkens A, Conlin L, Deardorff M. Microdeletions Flanking the HOXD Cluster Further Define Regulatory Elements in Mesomelic Dysplasia Kantaputra Type (poster).  American College of Medical Genetics, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2015.

Awards and Honors

2006, Graduated Summa Cum Laude, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations

2016-present, American Society of Human Genetics