RonaldDBlackstonMD

Medical Genetics • Decatur, GA

Clinical Genetics

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Office
2165 N Decatur Rd
Decatur, GA 30033
Phone+1 404-778-8553
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Summary

Dr. Ronald Blackston, MD is a board certified medical geneticist in Decatur, Georgia. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Georgia and South Carolina. He is affiliated with Emory University Hospital.

Education & Training

Vanderbilt University Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1963 - 1966
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1962 - 1963
Medical University of South CarolinaClass of 1962

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 1967 - 2025
SC State Medical License 1962 - 1984
American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics Clinical Genetics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Familial eosinophilic cellulitis, dysmorphic habitus, and mental retardation.
Davis, M. D., Brown, A. C., Blackston, R. D., Gaughf, C., Peterson, E. A., Gleich, G. J., Leiferman, K. M.> ;J Am Acad Dermatol. 1998 Jun
Asplenia syndrome in a child with a balanced reciprocal translocation of chromosomes 11 and 20 [46,XX,t(11;20)(q13.1;q13.13)].
Freeman, S. B., Muralidharan, K., Pettay, D., Blackston, R. D., May, K. M.> ;Am J Med Genet. 1996 Feb 2
Children with normal-variant short stature: treatment with human growth hormone for six months.
Rudman, D., Kutner, M. H., Blackston, R. D., Cushman, R. A., Bain, R. P., Patterson, J. H.> ;N Engl J Med. 1981 Jul 16
Epinephrine deficiency in hypocorticotropic hypopituitary children.
Rudman, D., Moffitt, S. D., Fernhoff, P. M., Blackston, R. D., Faraj, B. A.> ;J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1981 Oct
A case of 48,XXXX female with normal intelligence.
Blackston, R. D., Chen, A. T.> ;J Med Genet. 1972 Jun
Verification of the fetal valproate syndrome phenotype.
Ardinger, H. H., Atkin, J. F., Blackston, R. D., Elsas, L. J., Clarren, S. K., Livingstone, S., Flannery, D. B., Pellock, J. M., Harrod, M. J., Lammer, E. J.> ;Am J Med Genet. 1988 Jan
Molecular evidence for true isochromosome 21q.
Priest, J. H., Blackston, R. D., Pearse, L. A., Warren, S. T.> ;Hum Genet. 1988 Dec
The cardiovascular abnormalities associated with duplicated segments of chromosome 7.
Talley, J. D., Dooley, K. J., Tuboku-Metzger, A., Burgess, G. H., Wilcox, W. D., Click, L. A., Blackston, R. D.> ;Clin Cardiol. 1989 Apr
Nondisjunction of chromosome 21.
Takaesu, N., Jacobs, P. A., Cockwell, A., Blackston, R. D., Freeman, S., Nuccio, J., Kurnit, D. M., Uchida, I., Freeman, V., Hassold, T.> ;Am J Med Genet Suppl. 1990
Trisomy 21: association between reduced recombination and nondisjunction.
Sherman, S. L., Takaesu, N., Freeman, S. B., Grantham, M., Phillips, C., Blackston, R. D., Jacobs, P. A., Cockwell, A. E., Freeman, V., Uchida, I.> ;Am J Hum Genet. 1991 Sep
Differences in human X isochromosomes.
Priest, J. H., Blackston, R. D., Au, K. S., Ray, S. L.> ;J Med Genet. 1975 Dec
Serum and urine polyamines in normal and in short children.
Rudman, D., Kutner, M. H., Chawla, R. K., Goldsmith, M. A., Blackston, R. D., Bain, R.> ;J Clin Invest. 1979 Dec
Normal variant short stature: subclassification based on responses to exogenous human growth hormone.
Rudman, D., Kutner, M. H., Blackston, R. D., Jansen, R. D., Patterson, J. H.> ;J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1979 Jul
Predicting the response of growth hormone-deficient children to long term treatment with human growth hormone.
Rudman, D., Kutner, M. H., Goldsmith, M. A., Blackston, R. D.> ;J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1979 Mar
Parental mosaicism as a cause of Down syndrome. A report of 46,XX/46,XX,--21,+t(21q21q1 mother and 46,XY,+21,+t(21q21q) child.
Priest, J. H., Brantley, K. E., Blackston, R. D.> ;J Pediatr. 1977 May
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Hospital Affiliations

Emory University HospitalAtlanta, Georgia