MilenVelinovMD

Pediatrics • New Brunswick, NJ

Medical Genetics

Associate Professor, Rutgers University, Director of Genetics Division, Child Health Institute, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

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Office
89 French St
Fl 2
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone+1 732-235-9386

Fax+1 551-310-6798
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Education & Training

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiFellowship, Clinical Biochemical Genetics, 2006 - 2009
Maimonides Medical CenterFellowship, Medical Genetics and Genomics, 1999 - 2003
New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist HospitalResidency, Pediatrics, 1995 - 1998
Medical University of Sofia FOMClass of 1986

Certifications & Licensure

NJ State Medical License 2021 - 2025
NY State Medical License 2004 - 2023
CT State Medical License 2003 - 2009
AL State Medical License Active through 2003
American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics Clinical Genetics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Resident Research Award American Academy of Pediatrics, 1997
Fellow's Clinical Research award Society of Pediatric Research, 1994

Clinical Trials

Clinical Study of Cannabidiol in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Fragile X Syndrome Start of enrollment: 2021 Sep 13
Recruiting
Phase 3
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

-Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorder-Clinical Features and Molecular Basis.
Matthew S Alexander, Milen Velinov> ;Genes. 2023 Oct 14
2 citations
Efficient Delivery ofacross the Blood Brain Barrier Using AAVphp Construct in AdultKO Mice Suggests the Feasibility of Gene Therapy for Fragile X Syndrome.
Kathryn K Chadman, Tatyana Adayev, Aishwarya Udayan, Rida Ahmed, Chun-Ling Dai, Jeffrey H Goodman, Harry Meeker, Natalia Dolzhanskaya, Milen Velinov> ;Genes. 2023 Feb 16
[Anti-islet antibodies: methods for their determination and etiopathogenetic importance].
Velinov M> ;Eksperimentalna Meditsina i Morfologiia. 1990 Jan 1
3 citations
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy is closely linked to the fibrillin locus on chromosome 15.
Milen Velinov, Mansoor Sarfarazi, Katherine Young, Marion E. Hodes, P. M. Conneally, Charles E. Jackson, Petros Tsipouras> ;Connective Tissue Research. 1993 Jan 1
53 citations
Prenatal diagnosis and a donor splice site mutation in fibrillin in a family with Marfan syndrome
Maurice Godfrey, Natalie Vandemark, Mei Wang, Milen Velinov, David S. Wargowski, Petros Tsipouras, Jenny Han, Joanne M. Becker, Wendy L. Robertson, Sabine Droste, Veli...> ;American Journal of Human Genetics. 1993 Aug 1
22 citations
Variable clinical expression of mosaic trisomy 16 in the newborn infant.
Anne S. Devi, Milen Velinov, M. Vasudeva Kamath, Leonard Eisenfeld, Richard L. Neu, Leslie Ciarleglio, Robert M. Greenstein, Peter Benn> ;American Journal of Medical Genetics. 1993 Aug 15
80 citations
The gene for achondroplasia maps to the telomeric region of chromosome 4p
Milen Velinov, Susan A. Slaugenhaupt, Ivaylo Stoilov, Charles I. Scott, James F. Gusella, Petros Tsipouras> ;Nature Genetics. 1994 Mar 1
[Achondroplasia--new research and future goals].
Stoilov I, Velinov M, Tsipuras P> ;Molekuliarna Meditsina = Molecular Medicine. 1996 Jan 1
11 citations
The feasibility of PCR-based diagnosis of Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes using restriction analysis after bisulfite modification of genomic DNA.
Milen Velinov, Hong Gu, M. Genovese, C. J. Duncan, W.T. Brown, E. Jenkins> ;Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 2000 Jan 1
3 citations
PCR-based methylation testing for Prader-Willi or Angelman syndromes using archived fixed-cell suspensions.
Milen Velinov, Hong Gu, K. Shah, M. Genovese, C. J. Duncan, G. Kupchik, Edmund C. Jenkins> ;Genetic Testing. 2001 Jan 1
14 citations
Hypoplastic left heart in a female infant with partial trisomy 4q due to de novo 4;21 translocation.
Milen Velinov, Hong Gu, Keame Yeboa, Dorothy Warburton, Taknida Tubo, Sarita Dhuper, Stuart Lanter, Doreen Delprino, G. Kupchik, Edmund C. Jenkins> ;American Journal of Medical Genetics. 2002 Feb 1
2 citations
PCR-Based Strategies for the Diagnosis of Prader-Willi/Angelman Syndromes
Milen Velinov, Edmund C. Jenkins> ;Methods in Molecular Biology. 2003 Jan 1
4 citations
Characterization of an analphoid, neocentromere-positive inv dup 8p marker chromosome using multiplex whole chromosome and sub-telomere FISH analyses.
Milen Velinov, Hong Gu, Marilyn Genovese, C. J. Duncan, P. Warburton, S.Sklower Brooks, E. C. Jenkins> ;Annales De Genetique. 2004 Apr 1
19 citations
The fetal mycophenolate mofetil syndrome.
Milen Velinov, Nancy Zellers> ;Clinical Dysmorphology. 2008 Jan 1
14 citations
Reduced telomere length in older men with premutation alleles of the fragile X mental retardation 1 gene
Edmund C. Jenkins, Flora Tassone, Lingling Ye, Hong Gu, Man Xi, Milen Velinov, W. Ted Brown, Randi J Hagerman, Paul J. Hagerman> ;American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. 2008 Jun 15
12 citations
Psychotic manifestations in a patient with mental retardation and a 6.2 megabase deletion at the distal short arm of chromosome 12.
Milen Velinov, Gail Beldia, Hong Gu, John A. Tsiouris, Edmund C. Jenkins, W. T. Brown> ;CNS Spectrums. 2008 Jun 1
20 citations
De-novo 2.15 Mb terminal Xq duplication involving MECP2 but not L1CAM gene in a male patient with mental retardation.
Milen Velinov, Antonio Novelli, Hong Gu, Michael Fenko, Natalia Dolzhanskaya, Laura Bernardini, Anna Capalbo, Bruno Dallapiccola, Edmund C. Jenkins, W. Ted Brown> ;Clinical Dysmorphology. 2009 Jan 1
3 citations
Mitochondrial T9098C Sequence Change in the MTATP6 Gene and Development of Severe Mitochondrial Disease After In Utero Antiretroviral Prophylaxis
Milen Velinov, Natalia Dolzhanskaya, Hermann Mendez> ;Pharmacotherapy. 2009 Dec 1
Dysmorphic features, cognitive disability, chronic inflammation, and predisposition to vascular disease in two sisters: a new autosomal recessive disorder?
Milen Velinov, Natalia Dolzhanskaya, Prema Ramaswamy, Laura Barinstein, R. Morgan Stuart, Philip Kahn, Neil Feldstein, Ricardo Madrid> ;Clinical Dysmorphology. 2012 Jan 1
16 citations
A novel p.Leu(381)Phe mutation in presenilin 1 is associated with very early onset and unusually fast progressing dementia as well as lysosomal inclusions typically se...
Natalia Dolzhanskaya, Michael A. Gonzalez, Fiorella Sperziani, Shannon K. Stefl, Jeffrey Messing, Guang Y. Wen, Emil Alexov, Stephan Züchner, Milen Velinov> ;Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 2014 Jan 1
5 citations
Autosomal recessive SLC30A9 variants in a Proband with a Cerebro-Renal Syndrome and No Parental Consanguinity.
Robert Kleyner, Arif Mohammad, Elaine Marchi, Naomi Horowitz, Andrea Haworth, Brian A. King, Karen Amble, Maureen Gavin, Milen Velinov, Gholson J. Lyon> ;Cold Spring Harbor Molecular Case Studies. 2021 Oct 29
4 citations
Height and BMI in fragile X syndrome: A longitudinal assessment.
Tse-Hwei Choo, Qing Xu, Dejan Budimirovic, Reymundo Lozano, Amy N Esler, Richard E Frye, Howard Andrews, Milen Velinov> ;Obesity. 2022 Mar 1
Seizures in Fragile X Syndrome: Associations and Longitudinal Analysis of a Large Clinic-Based Cohort.
Berry-Kravis E, Filipink RA, Frye RE, Golla S, Morris SM, Andrews H, Choo TH, Kaufmann WE, FORWARD Consortium> ;Frontiers in pediatrics. 2021-12-30
14 citations
The association between mosaicism type and cognitive and behavioral functioning among males with fragile X syndrome.
Lu Meng, Walter E Kaufmann, Richard E Frye, Katherine Ong, Jennifer W Kaminski, Milen Velinov, Elizabeth Berry-Kravis> ;American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. 2022 Mar 1
11 citations
FMR1 and Autism, an Intriguing Connection Revisited
William Fyke, Milen Velinov> ;Genes. 2021 Aug 6
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Hospital Affiliations

Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick, New Jersey