Associate Professor, Preclinical SciencesNew York College of Podiatric Medicine
Education
- PhD, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla CA, 1973
- BA, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1966
Research
Human Genetic Diseases: Fabry Disease and Porphyrias
Publications
- Berry AA, Desnick RJ, Astrin KH, et. al. "Two brothers with mild congenital erythropoietic porphyria due to a novel genotype." Archives of dermatology, 141(12), (2005) 1575-9.
- Solis C, Martinez-Bermejo A, Naidich TP, et. al. "Acute intermittent porphyria: studies of the severe homozygous dominant disease provides insights into the neurologic attacks in acute porphyrias." Archives of neurology, 61(11), (2004) 1764-70.
- Glass RB, Astrin KH, Norton KI, et. al. "Fabry disease: renal sonographic and magnetic resonance imaging findings in affected males and carrier females with the classic and cardiac variant phenotypes." Journal of computer assisted tomography, 28(2), (2004) 158-68.
- Solis CS, Lopez-Echaniz I, Sefarty-Graneda D, et. al. "Gene symbol: HMBS. Disease: Acute intermittent porphyria." Human genetics, 114(4), (2004) 402.
- Shady AA, Colby BR, Cunha LF, et. al. "Congenital erythropoietic porphyria: identification and expression of eight novel mutations in the uroporphyrinogen III synthase gene." British journal of haematology, 117(4), (2002) 980-7.
- Desnick RJ, Astrin KH. "Congenital erythropoietic porphyria: advances in pathogenesis and treatment." British journal of haematology, 117(4), (2002) 779-95.
- Ramdall RB, Cunha L, Astrin KH, et. al. "Acute intermittent porphyria: novel missense mutations in the human hydroxymethylbilane synthase gene." Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics, 2(5), (2000) 290-5.
Teaching Responsibilities
- Introduction to Human Genetics (One semester) Course Director
- Molecular Biology and Genetics (One semester) Course Director
