Steven A. Skinner, M.D.

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Associate Director, Senior Clinical Geneticist

  • M.D., Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C., 2979
  • Residency (Family Practice), Richland Memorial Hospital, Columbia, S.C., 1979-81
  • Residency (Pediatrics), Richland Memorial Hospital, Columbia, S.C., 1981-83
  • Private Practice of Pediatrics, Georgetown, S.C., 1983-87
  • Fellowship (Clinical Genetics), Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, S.C., 1987-89
  • Asst. Clinical Geneticist, Greenwood Genetic Center, 1987-2002
  • Sr. Clinical Geneticist, Greenwood Genetic Center, 2002-present

Dr. Skinner is a clinical geneticist involved in the evaluation and treatment of children and adults with birth defects, mental retardation, and other genetic disorders. He also  provides prenatal counseling and is active in teaching. Dr. Skinner is the head of Genetic Services for the S.C. Department of Disabilities and Special Needs. His areas of interest include mental retardation, autism, and brain development.

 

Dr. Skinner is certified by the American Board of Medical Genetics (1990) and by the American Board of Pediatrics (1985).  He is a Founding Fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is also a member of the American Society of Human Genetics,  the South Carolina Medical Association, the South Carolina Pediatric Society, and the Greenwood County Medical Society.

 

Selected Publications:

  • Saul RA, Stevenson RE, Rogers RC, Skinner SA, Prouty LA, Flannery DB.  Growth References from Conception to Adulthood.  Jacobs Press, 1988.

  • Skinner SA, Stevenson RE, Flannery DB.  Catel-Manzke Syndrome.  Proc Greenwood Genetic Center 8:60-63, 1989.

  • Macpherson RI, Skinner SA, Donnenfeld AE.  Acampomelic Campomelic dysplasia.  Pediatric Radiology 20:90-93, 1989.

  • Skinner SA, Cooley L, Phelan MC, et al.  Fetal Autopsies:  A ten year experience.  Proc Greenwood Genetic Center 13:26-28, 1994.

  • Phelan MC, Saul RA, Gailey Jr TA, Skinner SA.  Prenatal diagnosis of mosaic 4p- in a fetus with trisomy 21.  Prenatal Diagnosis 15:274-277, 1995.

  • Michaelis RC, Skinner SA, Lethco BA, Simensen RJ, Donlon TA, Tarleton J, Phelan MC.  Deletion Involving D15S113 in a Mother and Son Without Angelman Syndrome:  Refinement of the Angelman Syndrome Critical Deletion Region.  Am J Med Genet. 55:120-126, 1995.

  • Skinner SA.  Mental Retardation in South Carolina VI.  Recognizable Syndromes of Presumed Genetic Cause.  Proc Greenwood Genetic Center 15:71-75, 1996.

  • Schroer, RJ, Phelan MC, Michaelis RC, Crawford EC, Skinner SA, et al.  Autism and Maternally Derived Aberrations of Chromosome 15q.  Am J Med Genet. 76:327-336, 1998.

 

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