Carmen B. Lozzio, MD, FACMG
Professor, Department of Medical Genetics and Pediatrics
UT Graduate School of Medicine
UT Genetics Center - Clinical Geneticist
Director of the Cytogenetic Laboratory
Dr. Lozzio is Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, and Professor of Pediatrics at the UT Graduate School of Medicine. She was the Director of the UT Genetics Center from 1966-2005.
Dr. Lozzio is board certified in Clinical Genetics and Clinical Cytogenetics by the American Board of Medical Genetics and is a founding Fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics. She completed her medical degree with honors from the School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina and was a Post-doctoral Fellow in Genetics at the Biology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Dr. Lozzio has been a member of the faculty of UT Medical Center for more than 35 years, initially with a research appointment at the Memorial Research Center and in the Department of Medical Biology and since 1976 with a joint clinical appointment in Pediatrics. She was the Director of the Developmental and Genetic Center (formerly known as the Birth Defects Center) from 1966-2005 and has directed the Cytogenetics Laboratory since 1965. She is a member of the AMA, TMA, Knoxville Academy of Medicine, American Society of Human Genetics, American Society of Genetics, the American Association on Mental Retardation, American Association for the Advancement of Science, The New York Academy of Science, the Association of Professors of Human and Medical Genetics and is currently the President of the Ibero-American Society of Human Genetics in North America.
Dr. Lozzio has over 100 publications. Her main research interest is cancer genetics and cytogenetics including the study of cell differentiation of the multipotential stem cell leukemia K-562 established at her laboratory in 1970.
Dr. Lozzio's clinical interests and responsibilities include clinical genetics, consultations at the Center and at Outreach Clinics in rural areas, supervision of the clinical cytogenetic laboratory and interpretation of chromosome analyses including molecular cytogenetic studies with FISH, Multi-FISH and specific subtelomeric probes.
The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
Department of Medical Genetics/ UT Genetics Center
UT Graduate School of Medicine
Building A, Suite 435
1930 Alcoa Highway
Knoxville, Tennessee 37920
Phone: 865.305.9030
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