Amy R. Calhoun, MD
Clinical Professor
Current Positions
- Clinical Professor, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics & Genomics
Education
- BA in Biology, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, United States
- MD in Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
- Resident in Pediatrics, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Chief Resident in Pediatrics, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Resident in Medical Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Fellow in Clinical Biochemical Genetics, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
- MD in Medicine, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Research Interests
- Wolf-Hirshhorn Syndrome
- An Open Label of the Safety, Efficacy and Pharmacokinetics of Glycerol Phenylbutyrate in Pediatric Subjects Under Two Years of Age with Urea Cycle Disorders
Licenses & Certifications
- American Board of Medical Genetics
- American Board of Pediatrics
- National Board of Medical Examiners
- Minnesota
- Utah
- Iowa
Selected Publications
- Ho, K., South, S., Lortz, A., Hensel, C., Sdano, M., Vanzo, R., Martin, M., Peiffer, A., Lambert, C., Calhoun, A., Carey, J. & Battaglia, A. (2016). Chromosomal microarray testing identifies a 4p terminal region associated with seizures in Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome. Journal of Medical Genetics 53 (4) 256–263. DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2015-103626.
- Hartung, A., Swensen, J., Uriz, I., Lapin, M., Kristjansdottir, K., Petersen, U., Bang, J., Guerra, B., Andersen, H., Dobrowolski, S., Carey, J., Yu, P., Vaughn, C., Calhoun, A., Larsen, M., Dyrskjøt, L., Stevenson, D. & Andresen, B. (2016). The Splicing Efficiency of Activating HRAS Mutations Can Determine Costello Syndrome Phenotype and Frequency in Cancer. PLoS Genetics 12 (5). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006039.
- Forlenza, G., Calhoun, A., Beckman, K., Halvorsen, T., Hamdoun, E., Zierhut, H., Sarafoglou, K., Polgreen, L., Miller, B., Nathan, B. & Petryk, A. (2015). Next generation sequencing in endocrine practice. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism 115 (2-3) 61–71. DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2015.05.002.
- Crippa, B., Leon, E., Calhoun, A., Lowichik, A., Pasquali, M. & Longo, N. (2015). Biochemical abnormalities in Pearson syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A 167 (3) 621–628. DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36939.
- Calhoun, A. & Raymond, G. (2014). Distal Xq28 microdeletions: Clarification of the spectrum of contiguous gene deletions involving ABCD1, BCAP31, and SLC6A8 with a new case and review of the literature. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A 164 (10) 2613–2617. DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36661.
- Bogarapu, S., Bleyl, S., Calhoun, A., Viskochil, D., Saarel, E., Everitt, M. & Frank, D. (2014). Phenotype of a patient with contiguous deletion of TBX5 and TBX3: Expanding the disease spectrum. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A 164 (5) 1304–1309. DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36447.
- Vanzo, R., Lortz, A., Calhoun, A. & Carey, J. (2014). Academia, advocacy, and industry: A collaborative method for clinical research advancement. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A 164 (7) 1619–1621. DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36509.
- Calhoun, A., Bollo, R., Garber, S., McDonald, J., Stevenson, D., Hung, I., Brockmeyer, D. & Walker, M. (2012). Spinal arteriovenous fistulas in children with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: Report of 2 cases. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics 9 (6) 654–659. DOI: 10.3171/2012.2.PEDS11446.
- Larson, A. R., Josephson, K. D., Pauli, R. M., Opitz, J. M. & Williams, M. S. (2001). Klippel-Feil anomaly with Sprengel anomaly, omovertebral bone, thumb abnormalities, and flexion-crease changes: novel association or syndrome?. American journal of medical genetics 101 (2) 158-62. PMID: 11391660.
- Lymphedema-Distichiasis Syndrome: Rare Disease Information. NORD: National Organization for Rare Disease.