Bone Abstracts

Biographical Details

Dr Brendan Lee is the Robert and Janice McNair Endowed Chair in Molecular and Human Genetics, Professor and Interim Chairman of the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr B Lee co-directs the joint MD Anderson Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Bone Disease Program of Texas, and the Baylor College of Medicine Center for Skeletal Medicine and Biology. He is Founder and Director of the Skeletal Dysplasia Clinic at Texas Children’s Hospital, and of the Medical Student Research Track at Baylor. As a pediatrician and geneticist, Dr B Lee studies structural birth defects and inborn errors of metabolism. Dr B Lee identified the first genetic causes of human skeletal dysplasias that affect the growth and strength of the skeleton. Most recently, he discovered new causes of brittle bone disease in children. In so doing, he is developing new approaches for diagnosing and treating these disorders.