KarenMMcGinnisMD

Thoracic Surgery • Cooperstown, NY

Cardiovascular Surgery

Physician

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Office
1 Atwell Rd
Cooperstown, NY 13326
Phone+1 607-547-3471

Fax+1 607-547-6784
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Education & Training

Albany Medical CenterFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1998 - 2000
UMass Chan Medical SchoolResidency, Surgery, 1991 - 1996
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 1991

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 1996 - 2025
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

130 citations
RNA-directed DNA methylation enforces boundaries between heterochromatin and euchromatin in the maize genome
Qing Li, Jonathan I. Gent, Gregory J Zynda, Jawon Song, Irina Makarevitch, Cory D. Hirsch, Candice N. Hirsch, R. Kelly Dawe, Thelma F. Madzima, Karen M. McGinnis, Damo...> ;Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2015 Nov 24
80 citations
Accessible DNA and Relative Depletion of H3K9me2 at Maize Loci Undergoing RNA-Directed DNA Methylation
Jonathan I. Gent, Thelma F. Madzima, Rechien Bader, Matthew R. Kent, Xiaoyu Zhang, Maike Stam, Karen M. McGinnis, R. Kelly Dawe> ;The Plant Cell. 2015 Jan 29
120 citations
Genetic Perturbation of the Maize Methylome
Qing Li, Steven R. Eichten, Peter J. Hermanson, Virginia Zaunbrecher, Jawon Song, Jennifer Wendt, Heidi Rosenbaum, Thelma F. Madzima, Amy E. Sloan, Ji Huang, Daniel Bu...> ;The Plant Cell. 2014 Dec 1
17 citations
Diverse Gene-Silencing Mechanisms with Distinct Requirements for RNA Polymerase Subunits in Zea mays
Amy E. Sloan, Lyudmila Sidorenko, Karen M. McGinnis> ;Genetics. 2014 Nov 1
55 citations
Differential Nuclease Sensitivity Profiling of Chromatin Reveals Biochemical Footprints Coupled to Gene Expression and Functional DNA Elements in Maize
Daniel L. Vera, Thelma F. Madzima, Jonathan D J Labonne, Mohammad Parwez Alam, Gregg G. Hoffman, S.B. Girimurugan, Jinfeng Zhang, Karen M. McGinnis, Jonathan H. Dennis...> ;The Plant Cell. 2014 Oct 1
Functional Diversification of Maize RNA Polymerase IV and V Subtypes via Alternative Catalytic Subunits.
Haag, J. R.,Brower-Toland, B.,Krieger, E. K.,Sidorenko, L.,Nicora, C. D.,Norbeck, A. D.,Irsigler, A.,LaRue, H.,Brzeski, J.,McGinnis, K.,Ivashuta, S.,Pasa-Tolic, L.,Cha...> ;Cell Rep. 2014 Oct 07
24 citations
Genome-wide prediction of nucleosome occupancy in maize reveals plant chromatin structural features at genes and other elements at multiple scales.
Justin A. Fincher, Daniel L. Vera, Diana D. Hughes, Karen M. McGinnis, Jonathan H. Dennis, Hank W. Bass> ;Plant Physiology. 2013 Jun 1
10 citations
Changes in nucleosome position at transcriptional start sites of specific genes in Zea mays mediator of paramutation1 mutants.
Jonathan D J Labonne, Jane E. Dorweiler, Karen M. McGinnis> ;Epigenetics. 2013 Mar 28
124 citations
Spreading of heterochromatin is limited to specific families of maize retrotransposons
Steven R. Eichten, Nathanael A. Ellis, Irina Makarevitch, Cheng Ting Yeh, Jonathan I. Gent, Lin Guo, Karen M. McGinnis, Xiaoyu Zhang, Patrick S. Schnable, Matthew W. V...> ;Plos Genetics. 2012 Dec 13
33 citations
RNAi for functional genomics in plants.
Karen M. McGinnis> ;Briefings in Functional Genomics. 2010 Mar 1
1 citations
Use of transgene-induced RNAi to regulate endogenous gene expression.
Karen M. McGinnis> ;Methods in Molecular Biology. 2009 Jan 1
245 citations
Genome-wide analyses of alternative splicing in plants : Opportunities and challenges
W. Brad Barbazuk, Yan Fu, Karen M. McGinnis> ;Genome Research. 2008 Sep 1
33 citations
Assessing the efficiency of RNA interference for maize functional genomics.
Karen M. McGinnis, Nick Murphy, A. R. Carlson, Anisha Akula, Chakradhar Akula, Heather Basinger, Michelle D. Carlson, Peter J. Hermanson, Nives M. Kovačević, M. Annie ...> ;Plant Physiology. 2007 Apr 1
258 citations
An RNA-dependent RNA polymerase is required for paramutation in maize
Mary Alleman, Lyudmila Sidorenko, Karen M. McGinnis, Vishwas Seshadri, Jane E. Dorweiler, Joshua White, Kristin L. Sikkink, Vicki L. Chandler> ;Nature. 2006 Jul 20
33 citations
Transcriptionally silenced transgenes in maize are activated by three mutations defective in paramutation.
Karen M. McGinnis, Catherine Springer, Yan Lin, Charles C. Carey, Vicki L. Chandler> ;Genetics. 2006 Jul 1
56 citations
Transgene-Induced RNA Interference as a Tool for Plant Functional Genomics
Karen M. McGinnis, Vicki L. Chandler, Karen C. Cone, Heidi F. Kaeppler, Shawn M. Kaeppler, Arthur Kerschen, Craig S. Pikaard, Eric J. Richards, Lyudmila Sidorenko, Tod...> ;Methods in Enzymology. 2005 Jan 1
82 citations
Recessive-interfering mutations in the gibberellin signaling gene SLEEPY1 are rescued by overexpression of its homologue, SNEEZY
Lucia C. Strader, SiÃ¢n Ritchie, Jonathan D. Soule, Karen M. McGinnis, Camille M. Steber> ;Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2004 Aug 24
13 citations
Surgical management of leiomyosarcoma of the mediastinum.
William C. Conner, Gregory W. Fink, Karen M McGinnis, George M. Alfieris> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2004 Jan 1
386 citations
The Arabidopsis SLEEPY1 Gene Encodes a Putative F-Box Subunit of an SCF E3 Ubiquitin Ligase
Karen M. McGinnis, Stephen G. Thomas, Jonathan D. Soule, Lucia C. Strader, Janice M. Zale, Tai-ping Sun, Camille M. Steber> ;The Plant Cell. 2003 May 1
39 citations
Totally endoscopic robotic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis.
Robert C. Ashton, Karen McGinnis, Cliff P. Connery, Daniel G. Swistel, Douglas R Ewing, Joseph J. DeRose> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2003 Feb 1
14 citations
Expanded indications for laser-assisted balloon angioplasty in peripheral arterial disease.
Martin Harrington, Myron Schwartz, Timothy A. Sanborn, Harold A. Mitty, Charles Miller, Karen McGinnis, Elizabeth B. Harrington> ;Journal of Vascular Surgery. 1990 Jan 1
Site-directed mutagenesis of residues in a conserved region of bovine aspartyl (asparaginyl) beta-hydroxylase: evidence that histidine 675 has a role in binding Fe2+.
McGinnis, K., Ku, G. M., VanDusen, W. J., Fu, J., Garsky, V., Stern, A. M., Friedman, P. A.> ;Biochemistry. 1996 Apr 2
A fully active catalytic domain of bovine aspartyl (asparaginyl) beta-hydroxylase expressed in Escherichia coli: characterization and evidence for the identification o...
Jia, S., McGinnis, K., VanDusen, W. J., Burke, C. J., Kuo, A., Griffin, P. R., Sardana, M. K., Elliston, K. O., Stern, A. M., Friedman, P. A.> ;Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994 Jul 19
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