Titles
Director, Medical Genetics Residency Program
Clinical Director for Birth Defects, Iowa Registry for Congenital and Inherited Disorders
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics

Education
BA – Grinnell College; 1984
MD – Southern Illinois University; 1989

Postgraduate Training
Residency – University of Arkansas for Medical Science / Arkansas Children's Hospital
Fellowship – University of Alabama at Birmingham / Laboratory of Medical Genetics

Clinical Interests
Evaluation and treatment of children and adults with genetic disorders, neurodevelopmental problems and birth defects.

Research Interests
Areas of interest include the epidemiology and distribution of birth defects, genetic syndromes and chromosomal disorders; contribution of genetic disorders to childhood morbidity and mortality; and clinical delineation of multiple malformation syndromes. The specific malformations and disorders in theses areas of interest include: hydrocephalus, cloacal exstrophy and OEIS complex, abdominal wall defects, microgastria, laterality defects, septo-optic dysplasia. The specific syndromes studied have included: Fetal alcohol syndrome, Noonan syndrome, costello syndrome, Mowat-Wilson syndrome, Kabuki syndrome, Down syndrome, 1p deletion syndrome, 18p deletion syndrome, 22q11 microdeletion syndrome, and X-linked mental retardation syndromes, including Alpha-thalassemia/mental retardation-X-linked syndrome.

Recent Publications

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Contact Information:
E-mail: kim-keppler@uiowa.edu