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David Comings, MD, Medical Genetics, Duarte, CA

DavidEdwardComingsMD

Medical Genetics Duarte, CA

Clinical Genetics

Physician

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Education & Training

  • Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine
    Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 1958
  • Northwestern University Medical School
    Northwestern University Medical SchoolB.S., 1954 - 1955

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1966 - 2025
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics Clinical Genetics

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Fellow American College of Medical Genetics, 1992
  • On list of 1,000 Most Quoted Scientists Current Contents, 1982
  • Elected Member The American Society for Clinical Investigation

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • GSK-3 Beta genetic variability in patients with Multiple Sclerosis.  
    Daniela Galimberti, James MacMurray, Diego Scalabrinia, Chiara Fenoglio, Milena De Riz, Cristoforo Comi, David Comings, Francesca Cortini, Chiara Villa, Maria Serpen..., Neurosci Lett., 6/1/2011
  • Generational Association Studies of Dopaminergic Genes in Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS) Subjects: Selecting Appropriate Phenotypes for Reward Dependence Behaviors.  
    Kenneth Blum1, Amanda LC Chen, Marlene Oscar-Berman, Thomas JH Chen, Joel Lubar5, Nancy White, Judith Lubar, Abdalla Bowirrat8, Eric Braverman, John Schoolfield, Roger..., Int J Environ Res Public Health. (Epub 2011 Nov 29), 1/1/2011
  • Sexually dimorphic effect of the Val66Met polymorphism of BDNF on susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease: New data and meta-analysis.  
    Fukumoto N, Fujii T, Combarros O, Kamboh MI, Tsai SJ, Matsushita S, Nacmias B, Comings DE, Arboleda H, Ingelsson M, Hyman BT, Akatsu H, Grupe A, Nishimura AL, Zatz M, ..., Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet., 1/1/2010
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Genetics of Pathological Gambling and Substance Use Disorders. (Abstract)
    Comings, D.E., European Neuropsychopharmacology; Meeting of the European Congress of Neuropsychopharmacology, Paris, 1/1/2006
  • Molecular genetic and electrophysiological basis of "Reward Deficiency Syndrome": Risk of substance use disorder in attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder probands. ...
    Blum, K., Braverman, E. R., Lubar, J. F., Lubar, J. O., Cull, J. G., Eisenberg, A., Sherman, M., Comings, D. E., Wise, J. A., and Monastra, V., ASAM Meeting, New York, 4/1/1999
  • The genetics of pathological gambling: The additive effect of multiple genes.
    Comings, D. E., Gade-Andavolu, R., Gonzalez, N., S. Wu, Muhleman, D., Dietz, G., Blake, H., MacMurray, J.P., L. J. Rugle, H. R. Lesieur, and R. J. Rosenthal., National Council on Problem Gambling Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 6/1/1998
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Other

  • Modern Molecular Genetics. 
    Comings, D.E.
    10/24/1967
  • Genes, Chromosomes and Human Disease. 
    Comings, D.E., Beutler, E., and Teplitz, R.
    10/1/1966

Grant Support

  • OB Gene In Human ObesityNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases1999
  • OB Gene In Human ObesityNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases1998
  • Vulnerability To Drug Abuse--Prevalence Of DA ReceptorsNational Institute On Drug Abuse1994–1996
  • Small Instrument ProgramNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases1991
  • Biomedical Research SupportNational Center For Research Resources1985–1991
  • Small Instrumentation ProgramNational Eye Institute1990
  • Small Instrumentation ProgramNational Cancer Institute1989
  • Small Instrumentation ProgramNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases1988
  • Vertical Rotor And HPLC SystemNational Cancer Institute1987