Ronald Lacro, MD
| Department | Cardiology |
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| Hospital Title | Associate in Medicine | |
| Academic Title | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics | |
| Phone | 617-355-8794 | |
| Fax | 617-739-3784 | |
| Ronald Lacro | ||
| Location |
300 Longwood Avenue Farley-2 Boston MA 02115 |
Research Overview
Ron Lacro is trained in dysmorphology/clinical genetics as well as pediatric cardiology. As a result, his research interests lie at the intersection of these two disciplines. He is particularly interested in the pathogenesis of congenital cardiovascular malformations and, clinically, on evaluating the management of patients with multiple malformation syndromes such as Williams snydrome and Marfan syndrome and other connective tissue disorders.
About Ronald Lacro
Ronald Lacro received his MD from Northwestern University Medical School. He completed an internship, residency, and fellowship in dysmorpholog/genetics at University of California Medical Center, San Diego, and a fellowship in cardiology at Children's Hospital Boston.
Key Publications
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Lacro RV. Genetics of congenital cardiovascular malformations. In: Allan L, Hornberger LK, Sharland G eds. Textbook of fetal echocardiography. London: Greenwich Medical Media, 2000.
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Lacro RV. Marfan syndrome and related disorders of fibrillin. In: Berul CI and Towbin JA eds. Molecular genetics of cardiac electrophysiology. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000.
- Lacro RV. Genetics, tetralogy and syndromes of congenital heart disease. In Freedom R ed. Volume I: Congenital heart disease. In Braunwald E, ed. Atlas of heart diseases. Philadelphia: Current Medicine 1997:2.1-
