Contact
Email: fmh2@u.washington.edu
Phone: 206.598.4030
Biography
Dr. Hisama is board-certified in both Clinical Genetics as well as Neurology. She has been at UW since 2009, and is nationally recognized as a leader in the field of Medical Genetics practice and education. She serves on the board of directors of the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics, the Program Committee of the American College of Medical Genetics, the Medical Genetics Residency Review Committee of the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education, and be the 2017-19 Chair of the Neurogenetics Section of the American Academy of Neurology.
More about Dr. Hisama …
Fuki Hisama
- Undiagnosed Disease Network collaborative approach in diagnosing rare disease in a patient with a mosaic CACNA1D variant March 21, 2024
- Recurrent ATP1A1 variant Gly903Arg causes developmental delay, intellectual disability, and autism March 20, 2024
- Exome and genome sequencing in a heterogeneous population of patients with rare disease: Identifying predictors of a diagnosis March 4, 2024
- De novo variants in DENND5B cause a neurodevelopmental disorder February 22, 2024
- EFEMP1 haploinsufficiency causes a Marfan-like hereditary connective tissue disorder February 13, 2024
Education & Training:
– M.D.University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine (1988)
– Internship, Internal MedicineNorthwestern (1989)
– Neurology ResidencyYale New Haven Hospital (1992)
– Postdoctoral fellowship in Human Genetics Yale University (1996)
– Clinical Genetics FellowshipYale New Haven Hospital (1998)
– Seattle Magazine Top Doctor (2014-2017)
Honors:
– Phi Beta Kappa (1984)
– Lucille P. Markey Physician Scientist Fellowship (1993)
– Hellman Family Foundation Fellowship (1998)
– Paul Beeson Physician Faculty (2003)
Research Interests:
Long standing research interest in the genetics of aging (Werner syndrome), and pediatric and adult neurogenetic diseases. Her current research interests include clinical utility of exome sequencing, the genetics of autism and other neurological disorders, and atypical progeroid syndromes (premature aging).
Clinical Interests:
Broad and encompass translation of exome sequencing into clinical care, cancer genetics, neurogenetics, cardiac genetics, and genetics of autism.
