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Alison J. Whelan, MD

Specialty Areas
Internal Medicine
Medical Genetics - Pediatric
Genetics - Adult
Genetics - Pediatric
Oncology
Medical Genetics - Adult
General Medicine

Areas of Clinical Interest
Genetics, hereditary cancer, hereditary diseases, breast cancer, cancer of the pancreas, colo-rectal cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer, Marfan Syndrome, ambulatory medical education, instructional materials and practices; medical education, genetic counseling, genetic screening, medical genetics, internal medicine

Major or Recent Publications/Awards

Honors and Awards

Listed in America's Top Doctors, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2002 - 2008

Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2002 (Best Doctors, Inc)

Alpha Omega Alpha, Washington University Chapter, 1999

Distinguished Service Teaching Award, Washington University School of Medicine, 1998

Reviewer

Academic Medicine
American Journal of Medicine
Cancer Research
Research in Medical Education

Books/Book Chapters

Whelan AJ. Patient Care in Internal Medicine. Manual of Therapeutics, 29th Edition. Carey C, Lee H, Woeltje K, Schaiff R, eds. Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998

Whelan AJ. Patient Care in Internal Medicine. Manual of Therapeutics, 28th Edition. Ewald G, McKenzie C, eds. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1995

Whelan AJ, Woodley M, editors. Manual of Medical Therapeutics, 27th Edition. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1992

Journal Articles

Whelan AJ, Babb S, Mutch DG, Rader J, Herzog TJ, Todd C, Ivanovich JL, Goodfellow PJ. MSI in endometrial carcinoma: absence of MLH1 promoter methylation is associated with increased familial risk for cancers. Int J Cancer 2002; Jun 10;99(5):697-704

Todora HM, Skinner CS, Gidday L, Ivanovich JL, Rawl S, Whelan AJ. Perceptions of genetic risk assessment and education among first-degree relatives of colorectal cancer patients and implications for physicians. Fam Pract 2001; Aug;18(4):367-72

Ivanovich JL, Watson MS, Whelan AJ. An 11-year-old boy with mosaic ring chromosome 6 and dilated aortic root. Am J Med Genet 2001; Jan 15;98(2):182-4

Ivanovich JL, Read TE, Ciske DJ, Kodner IJ, Whelan AJ. A practical approach to familial and hereditary colorectal cancer. American Journal of Medicine 1999;107:68-77

Herfurth KFK, Kodner I, Whelan AJ, Ivanovich JL, Bracamontes J, Wells S, Goodfellow P. Mutations in MLH1 are more frequent than in MSH2 in sporadic colorectal cancer with microsatellite instability. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 1997;18:42-49

Vocero-Akbani A, Helms C, Wang J-C, Sanjurjo FJ, Korte-Sarfaty J, Veile RA, Liu L, Jauch A, Burgess AK, Hing AV, Holt MS, Ramachandra S, Whelan AJ, Anker R, Ahrent L, Chen M, Gavin MR, Iannantuoni K, Morton SM, Pandit SD, Read CM, Steinbrueck T, Warlick C, Smoller DA, Donis-Keller H. Mapping human telomere regions with YAC and P1 clones: Chromosome specific markers for 27 telomers including 149 STSs and 24 polymorphisms for 14 proterminal regions. Genomics 1996;36:492-506


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