Robert A. Saul, M.D.

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Senior Clinical Geneticist

  • Born in Chicago, IL, 1950
  • Graduated from Colorado College (Colorado Springs CO), 1972 (magna cum laude), and University of Colorado School of Medicine, 1976 (cum laude)
  • Pediatric residency at Duke University Medical Center (1976-1979)
  • Genetics fellowship, Greenwood Genetic Center (1979-1981)
  • Greenwood Genetic Center faculty since 1981

Dr. Saul is a clinical geneticist, actively involved in the evaluation, counseling, and treatment of children and adults affected by genetic and related disease processes. His interests include neurofibromatosis, dysmorphology, fragile X syndrome, and ethical issues in genetics. Educational activities for health care professionals, teachers, and the lay public is also one of his areas of focus. He serves as the Training Program Director for the Center's post-graduate genetic training programs.

Dr. Saul is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics (1981) and American Board of Medical Genetics (1982). He is active in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section of Genetics and Birth Defects , AAP Committee on Genetics, South Carolina Chapter of the AAP, American Society of Human Genetics, American College of Medical Genetics Board of Directors (2007-2013), and Association of Professors of Human and Medical Genetics. Dr. Saul is past President of the Greenwood Area Chamber of Commerce. 

Selected Publications:

  • Desnick RJ, Korf B, Blitzer M, and Saul RA. Summary of the Association of Professors of Human and Medical Genetics Fourth Annual Workshop. Am J Med Genet 90:169-172, 2000.
  • Saul RA (Editor). Proceedings of the Greenwood Genetic Center, Volume 19, 2000.
  • Phelan MC, Rogers RC, Saul RA, Stapleton GA, Sweet K, McDermid H, Shaw SR, Claytor J, Willis J, Kelly DP. 22q13 Deletion Syndrome. Am J Med Genet 101:91-99, 2001.
  • Saul RA (Editor). Proceedings of the Greenwood Genetic Center. Volume 20, 2001.
  • Saul RA (Editor). Proceedings of the Greenwood Genetic Center. Volume 21, 2002.
  • Saul RA (Editor): Proceedings of the Greenwood Genetic Center. Volume 22, 2003.
  • Colby R, Saul RA. Is Jaffe-Campanacci Syndrome Just a Manifestation of Neurofibromatosis Type I? Am J Med Genet 123A(1):60-63, 2003.
  • Vervoort VS, Holden KR, Ukadike BS, Collins JS, Saul RA, Srivastava AK. POMGnT1 gene alterations in a family with neurological abnormalities. Ann Neurol 56(1):143-148, 2004.
  • Saul RA (Editor): Proceedings of the Greenwood Genetic Center. Volume 23, 2004.
  • Saul R, Tarleton J (updated September 2004): Fragile X Syndrome. In: /GeneReviews/ at GeneTests: Medical Genetics Information Resource [database online]. Copyright, University of Washington, Seattle. 1997-2004. Available at www.genetests.org.
  • Saul RA: Columbine High School—April 1999: What Can I Do to Help My Own Community? Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association 101:35-37, 2005.
  • Saul RA, Proud V, Taylor HA, Leroy J, Spranger J: Prenatal mucolipidosis type II (I-cell disease) can present as Pacman dysplasia, Am J Med Genet 135A (3):328-332, 2005.
  • Saul R, Tarleton J (updated May 24, 2005): FMR1-Related Disorders in: /GeneReviews/ at GeneTests: Medical Genetics Information Resource [database online]. Copyright, University of Washington, Seattle, 1993-2005. Available at www.genetests.org.
  • Saul RA (Editor): Proceedings of the Greenwood Genetic Center, Volume 24, 2005.
  • Saul RA: Genetic counseling and interpretation of risk figures. In: Wyszynski DF (ed) Neural Tube Defects: From Origin to Treatment. Oxford University Press: New York. 2006; pp.330-332.
  • Saul RA, Taylor HA, Leroy J, Spranger J, Proud V: Response to Feingold’s: The use of inappropriate, demeaning, and pejorative terminology to describe syndromes, Am J Med Genet 140A:412, 2006.
  • Saul RA (Editor): Proceedings of the Greenwood Genetic Center, Volume 25, 2006.
  • Lebel RR, Saul RA: Cancer epidemiology and genetics (Letter) 103:18, 2007.
  • Saul RA (Editor): Proceedings of the Greenwood Genetic Center, Volume 26, 2007.
  • Saul RA, Tarleton JC (updated December 2007) FMR1-Related Disorders in: GeneReviews at GeneTests: Medical Genetics Information Resource [database online]. Copyright, University of Washington, Seattle. 1997-2007. Available at http://www.genetests.org.
  • Griggs BL, Ladd S, Saul RA, DuPont BR, Srivastava AK: Dedicator of cytokinesis 8 is disrupted in two patients with mental retardation and developmental disabilities. Genomics (2007), doi:10.1016/j.ygeno.2007.10.001
 

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