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Piero Rinaldo, M.D., Ph.D.

  1. Medical Geneticist

Departments

Location

  1. Rochester, Minnesota

Languages

English

Existing patients

  1. Fatty acid oxidation disorder
  2. Metabolic disorders
  1. Newborn screening
  • Newborn screening
  • Inborn errors of fatty acid transport and oxidation
  • Clinical and biochemical characterization of inborn errors of metabolism
  • Metabolic cause of sudden unexpected death
  • Clinical applications of tandem mass spectrometry
  1. 1992
    PhD - Research Doctor of Developmental Sciences. Thesis: Development of a new method for the diagnosis of inherited disorders of beta-oxidation and its application to the study of SIDSUniversita di Padova
  2. 1988
    Post-Doc - Human GeneticsYale University
  3. 1986
    Resident - PediatricsUniversita di Padova School of Medicine
  4. 1982
    MD - Thesis: Qualitative and quantitative analysis of organic acid excretion in neonatal urine by gas chromatography/mass spectrometryUniversita di Padova
  5. 1982
    Internship - PediatricsUniversita di Padova School of Medicine

Certifications

  1. 1993
    Clinical Biochemical GeneticsAmerican Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics

Awards and honors

  1. 2013
    2013 ISNS/PerkinElmer Guthrie AwardInternational Society for Neonatal Screening
  2. 2007
    Guthrie Memorial lecture awardAwarding Organization
  3. 2003
    Laboratorian of the Year (2nd Place), Advance for Medical Laboratory ProfessionalsAwarding Organization
  4. 2003
    Exceptional Parent (EP) Distinguished Service AwardAwarding Organization
  5. 2002
    Outstanding Speaker AwardAmerican Association for Clinical Chemistry
  6. 1994
    Knight, Award for MeritRepublic of Italy
  7. 1991
    Basil O'Connor AwardMarch of Dimes
  8. 1990
    Research AwardJoseph Drown Foundation
  9. 1987
    J.H.Brown/A.B. Coxe FellowshipYale University School of Medicine
  10. 1984
    FellowItalian Association for the Fight Against Cystic Fibrosis
  11. 1983
    Residency in Pediatrics National AwardItalian Minister of Public Education

Professional memberships

  1. 2013 - present
    Active MemberNational Institutes of Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  2. 2009 - present
    Advisory Board MemberSudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC)
  3. 2008 - 2009
    MemberAdministrative Committee of the Executive Board, Mayo Clinic Rochester - Executive Board, Mayo Clinic Rochester Committees
  4. 2007 - 2013
    MemberBoard of Directors, American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
  5. 2007 - 2012
    MemberDLMP Executive Committee, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  6. 2007 - present
    MemberNational Council for the National Consumer Center for Genetics Resources and Services
  7. 2005 - present
    MemberThe Israel Center for Newborn Screening
  8. 2005 - present
    MemberInternational Scientific Advisory Committee to the Israel Center for Newborn Screening
  9. 2005 - present
    MemberAmerican Pediatric Society
  10. 2004 - 2010
    MemberAdvisory Committee to Secretary, Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  11. 2004 - present
    MemberMedical Advisory Board, Save Babies Through Screening
  12. 2003 - present
    ChairDivision of Laboratory Genetics and Genomics, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  13. 2003 - present
    MemberProfessional Practice & Guideline Committee, American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
  14. 2002 - present
    Board Member at LargeSociety for Inherited Metabolic Disorders
  15. 2002 - present
    MemberChildren's Health Improvement Through Laboratory Diagnostics
  16. 2002 - present
    MemberInternational Society for Newborn Screening
  17. 2002 - present
    MemberQuality Assurance and Laboratory Practice Committee, American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
  18. 2002 - present
    MemberCAP/ACMG Biochemical and Molecular Genetics Resource Committee, American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
  19. 2001 - 2003
    ChairDivision of Clinical Biochemistry & Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  20. 2001
    MemberNewborn Screening Advisory Committee, Minnesota Department of Health
  21. 2001 - present
    FellowNational Academy of Clinical Biochemistry
  22. 2001 - present
    MemberMinnesota Department of Health
  23. 2000 - present
    MemberOrganic Acidemia Association
  24. 1999 - present
    MemberAmerican Society of Human Genetics
  25. 1998 - present
    MemberCyclic Vomiting Syndrome Association
  26. 1997 - 2000
    MemberJoint ACMG and ASHG Test and Technology Transfer Committee, American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
  27. 1997 - 2000
    MemberMass Spectrometry Subcommittee, Joint ACMG and ASHG Test and Technology Transfer Committee, American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
  28. 1994 - 1998
    MemberAmerican Medical Association
  29. 1994 - 1998
    MemberCommittee on the Economics of Genetics Services, American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
  30. 1994 - 1998
    MemberSubcommittee on CPT Coding for Biochemical Genetics Testing, Committee on the Economics of Genetics Services, American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
  31. 1994 - 1996
    MemberAdvisory Committee, Children's Clinical Research Center, Yale University School of Medicine
  32. 1994 - present
    MemberAmerican Association for Clinical Chemistry
  33. 1994 - present
    MemberAmerican College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
  34. 1993 - 1996
    MemberScholar Award Committee, Yale University School of Medicine
  35. 1992 - present
    MemberSociety for Pediatric Research
  36. 1992 - present
    MemberSeeds for SIDS Foundation
  37. 1991 - 1998
    MemberEuropean Society for the Study and Prevention of Infant Death
  38. 1990 - present
    MemberSociety for Inherited Metabolic Disorders
  39. 1987 - 1998
    MemberAmerican Society for Mass Spectrometry
  40. 1983 - present
    MemberItalian Medical Association
  41. 1983 - present
    MemberSociety for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism
  42.  
    Director of Biochemical GeneticsBoard of Directors, American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
  43.  
    MemberACMG/HRSA Expert Panel on Standardization of Outcomes and Guidelines for State Newborn Screening Program, American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
  44.  
    MemberCurrent Procedural Terminology, American Medical Association
  45.  
    MemberInternational Scientific Advisory Committee, The Israel Center for Newborn Screening

Publications

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Research activities

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