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Daniel Driscoll, MD, Medical Genetics, Gainesville, FL, UF Health Shands Hospital

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Medical Genetics Gainesville, FL

Clinical Cytogenetics, Clinical Genetics, Clinical Molecular Genetics

Professor of Pediatrics & Genetics, University Florida College of Medicine

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Summary

  • Dr. Dan Driscoll is a tenured Professor in the Division of Genetics and Metabolism (Department of Pediatrics) and the John T. and Winifred M. Hayward Professor of Genetics Research at the University of Florida College of Medicine. He became faculty at the University of Florida College of Medicine in 1989 after finishing his Medical Genetics fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.

    He has been conducting clinical and laboratory research on Prader-Willi syndrome since the late 1980’s. His group has been a major contributor to the understanding of the genetics of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) and genomic imprinting in the PWS region, as well as to the elucidation of the natural history of PWS. He was the principal investigator for the PWS component of an NIH funded 12 year national Rare Disease Center grant on the “Natural History of PWS”. He is currently Chair of the Clinical and Scientific Advisory Board for the International Prader-Willi Syndrome Organization (IPWSO) which represents over 100 countries around the world.

Education & Training

  • Johns Hopkins University
    Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Medical Genetics and Genomics, 1986 - 1989
  • Johns Hopkins University
    Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Pediatrics, 1983 - 1986
  • Albany Medical College
    Albany Medical CollegeClass of 1983
  • Indiana University School of Medicine
    Indiana University School of MedicinePhD, Medical Genetics, 1974 - 1983

Certifications & Licensure

  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 1989 - 2025
  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 1983 - 1990
  • American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics Clinical Cytogenetics
  • American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics Clinical Genetics
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • The John T. and Winifred M. Hayward Professorship in Genetics Research University of Florida
  • Member, Society of Scholars The Johns Hopkins University
  • Member, American Pediatric Society American Pediatric Society
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Prader-Willi Syndrome  
    Daniel J. Driscoll, Jennifer Miller, Susanne Cassidy, GeneReviews, 3/9/2023

Hospital Affiliations