Name: Franklin Desposito, MD

Title: Professor of Pediatrics, Director of Clinical Genetics

Background: Frank Desposito graduated from the Chicago Medical School in 1957 and completed his pediatric internship and residency training at Long Island Jewish Hospital. He completed a pediatric hematology fellowship in 1963 at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. He is board certified in Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Clinical Genetics, Clinical Cytogenetics, and Molecular Genetics.

Dr. Desposito has been part of the UMDNJ - NJ Medical School's department of Pediatrics since 1971. He was appointed Director of the Division of Human Genetics in 1981 and Professor of Pediatrics in 1989. He has served, first as Acting Chairman of Pediatrics and from 1992 to 2002, as Interim Chairman. As of 2002, Dr. Desposito is serving as the Director of the University Regional Newborn Screening Network, which encompasses northern New Jersey. Language: moderate ability to communicate with patients in Spanish.

Professional Interests and Activities: Dr. Desposito's major areas of interest are clinical genetics and dysmorphology, he is a pediatric geneticist consultant for 10 New Jersey health facilities. He has served as chairman for the American Academy of Pediatric's Committee on Genetics and the AAP representative to the National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center and representative to the National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics. He is presently chair of the NJ Advisory Panel on Newborn Screening. Dr. Desposito's other areas of interest are sickle cell disease, hemophilia, and thrombophilia. He is currently serving as an advisor and committee member of HRSA Region II Comprehensive Hemophilia Treatment Centers and the NJ Governor's Council on Autism.

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