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Research Interests:

• Genetics of pulmonary disorders.

Lab Personnel

Recent Publications:

1. Wang, Y., Kuan, P. J., Chao, X., Cronkhite, J. T., Torres, F., Rosenblatt, R. L., DiMaio, J. M., Kinch, L. N., Grishin, N. V. and Garcia, C. K. (2009) Genetic Defects in Surfactant Protein A2 Associated with Pulmonary Fibrosis and Lung Cancer. American Journal of Human Genetics, 84(1): 52-59.
2. Cronkite, J. T., Xing, C., Raghu, G., Chin, K., Torres, F., Rosenblatt, R. L., and Garcia, C. K. (2008) Telomere Shortening in Familial and Sporadic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Am. J. Resp. Crit. Care Med., 178: 729-737.
3. Garcia, C. K., Wright, W.E. and Shay, J.W. (2007) Human Diseases of Telomerase Dysfunction: Insights into Tissue Aging. NAR, 35: 7406-7416.
4. Tsakiri, K.D., Cronkhite, J.T., Kuan, P.J., Xing, C., Raghu, G., Weissler, J.C., Rosenblatt, R.L., Shay, J.W., and Garcia, C.K. (2007) Adult-Onset Pulmonary Fibrosis Caused by Mutations in Telomerase. PNAS, 104: 7552-7557.
5. Graham, R.B., Nolasco, M., Peterlin, B. and Garcia, C.K. (2005) Nonsense Mutations in Folliculin Presenting as Isolated Spontaneous Pneumothorax in Adults. Am. J. Resp. Crit. Care Med., 172:39-44.

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Education:

• Texas A&M University, B.S., Chemistry, 1988
• The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Scientist Training Program, 1996.
• The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Internship and Residency, Internal Medicine, 2001
• The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship, 2004

Professional Positions:

• 2005 - present - Assistant Professor
• 2004 - present - Director, Human Genetics Clinical Core