Her research is focused in two areas: identifying the gene responsible for Congenital Fibrosis of the Extraocular Muscles Type 3 (CFEOM3) and identifying the Duane Syndrome DURS1 gene that maps to the q arm of chromosome 8.

Education:
1998 M.D. (Medicine), Tel Aviv University, Israel Postdoctoral Training:
1998 - 2002 Resident in Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Sapir Medical Center
2002 - 2003 Fellow and Researcher in Genetics, Genetics, Shneider Medical Center
2003 Fellow in Clinical Genetics, Genetics, Harvard Medical School

Licensure and Certification:
1998 Israel Medical License
2003 Massachusetts Limited License

Academic Appointments:
2003 - 2004 Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Medicine-Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA

Hospital or Affiliated Institution Appointments:
1997 - 1998 Intern, Hillel Yafe Medical Center Hadera, Israel
1998 - 2002 Resident in Pediatrics, Sapir Medical Center Kfar Saba, Israel
2002 - 2003 Fellow and Researcher in Genetics, Shneider Medical Center Petach Tikva
2003 - Clinical Fellow in Genetics, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA

Professional Societies:
2004 - American Society of Human Genetics, Member

Awards and Honors:
1993 Sanders Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv Univesity
2004 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for individual postdoctoral fellow, National Institutes of Health

Part II: Research, Teaching, and Clinical Contributions
A. Narrative report of Research, Teaching, and Clinical Contributions
Research Activities
I am currently performing research in the lab of Elizabeth Engle, M.D. in the Division of Genetics, Children's Hospital, Boston. My research involves two projects:
1. Cloning of the FEOM3 gene that is responsible for Congenital Fibrosis of the Extraocular Muscles Type 3.
2. Identification of the DURS1 gene that is responsible for Duane syndrome type 1 and has been mapped to chromosome 8q.

D. Report of Teaching
Part III: Bibliography
Original Articles
1. Tan WH, Eichler FS, Hoda S, Lee MS, Baris H, Hanley CA, Grant PE, Krishnamoorthy KS, Shih VE. Isolated Sulfite Oxidase Deficiency - A case report with a novel mutation and review of the literature. Pediatrics, Accepted. 2004
2. Baris H, Tan WH, Kimonis VE. Hypothelia, Syndactyly and Ear Malformation-A Variant of the Scalp-Ear-Nipple Syndrome? Case Report and Review of the Literature. Am J Med Genet, Accepted. 2004

Contact Information:
Hagit Baris, MD
Clinical Fellow
Division of Genetics, Enders 5
Children's Hospital
300 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Fax: 617-730-0253
E-mail: Hagit Baris