Dr. Touran M. Zadeh, Director of Genetics Services and Director of the Cleft/Craniofacial Program
Touran Zadeh, MD
is on staff at
CHOC Hospital Orange | CHOC Mission Hospital
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Dr. Touran Zadeh is the director of genetic services and the director of the Cleft and Craniofacial Program at CHOC. She specializes in caring for patients with developmental delay, congenital abnormalities, birth defects and genetic disorders.
Dr. Zadeh is board certified in clinical genetics, clinical cytogenetics and pediatrics. She completed fellowship training in clinical genetics and developmental disabilities, as well as clinical cytogenetics at UC Irvine. Dr. Zadeh received her medical training at Pahlavi School of Medicine, Iran. She completed her pediatric internship at Mercy Hospital Medical Center, and her pediatric residency at Cook County Hospital both in Chicago, Illinois.
Dr. Zadeh has a strong interest in chromosome abnormalities, craniofacial disorders, dysmorphology and developmental disabilities. She has written numerous abstracts and journal articles, and is a fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics.
Locations
CHOC Clinic
1201 W. La Veta Ave.
Orange, California 92868
phone: 714-288-3500
fax: 714-288-3510
Genetics Center
211 South Main Street, Suite E
Orange, CA 92868
Education
- Medical School
Pahlavi School of Medicine, Iran - Internship – Pediatric
Mercy Hospital Medical Center, Chicago, IL - Residency – Pediatrics
Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL - Fellowship – Clinical Genetics, Developmental Disabilities, Clinical Cytogenetics
University of California, Irvine, CA
Administrative Appointments
- Chair, Genetics, CHOC
- Medical Director, Genetics and Craniofacial Services, CHOC
- Angelman syndrome
- CHARGE syndrome
- Chromosome abnormalities (including Down syndrome, Turner syndrome, 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, Cri-du-chat syndrome, Williams syndrome, Miller-Dieker syndrome, Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome)
- Cleft palate, cleft lip and other craniofacial conditions
- Craniosynostosis
- Connective tissue disorders (including Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Marfan syndrome, etc.)
- Fragile X syndrome
- Holt-Oram syndrome
- Kabuki syndrome
- Koolen-De Vries syndrome
- Muscular dystrophy (including Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy and many others)
- Neurofibromatosis (including NF types 1 and 2, and Schawannomatosis)
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI)
- Prader-Willi syndrome
- RASopathies including Noonan syndrome, CFC syndrome, Costello syndrome and Legius syndrome
- Skeletal dysplasias (including achondroplasia, hypochondroplasia and many others)
- Tuberous sclerosis complex
- And other rare and common genetic conditions.
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