Ronit Marom, MD, PhD
- Genetics
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
Phone:
832-822-2100
Languages: English
Departments:
Office location:
Texas Medical Center
6701 Fannin Street
Houston, TX 77030
Get to know Ronit Marom, MD, PhD
Dr. Ronit Marom is an American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG)-certified clinical geneticist and medical-biochemical geneticist. She received her MD/PhD degree from Tel Aviv University, with a year-long research visit to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She completed her Pediatrics training at Tel Aviv Medical Center, followed by Medical Genetics residency and Medical Biochemical Genetics fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine. She transitioned to a faculty position in the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics in 2016.
Dr. Marom strives to deliver compassionate and personalized care to her patients and their families. She feels privileged to work in an environment that utilizes up-to-date medical knowledge, advanced genetic testing technologies and a teamwork approach to optimize the diagnosis and management of patients with rare genetic disorders.
Clinical Interests
Pediatric genetics
Inborn errors of metabolism
Undiagnosed genetic disorders
Education
| School | Education | Degree | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tel Aviv Univ. Sackler School of Medicine | PhD | Doctor of Philosophy | 2006 |
| Tel Aviv Univ. Sackler School of Medicine | Medical School | Doctor of Medicine | 2007 |
| Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center | Residency | Pediatrics | 2011 |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Residency | Clinical Genetics | 2015 |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Fellowship | Medical Biochemical Genetics | 2016 |
Organizations
| Organization Name | Role |
|---|---|
| American Society of Human Genetics | Member |
| American Society of Bone and Mineral Research | Member |
* Texas Children’s Hospital physicians’ licenses and credentials are reviewed prior to practicing at any of our facilities. Sections titled From the Doctor, Professional Organizations and Publications were provided by the physician’s office and were not verified by Texas Children’s Hospital.
Research interests
Dr. Marom’s research focus is on secretory pathway defects. This group of disorders can affect many organ systems, but skeletal development and neurodevelopment are most impacted. She uses a variety of laboratory methods to study the changes that are induced by secretory pathway defects in bone and cartilage. In addition, through the Undiagnosed Diseases Network and other collaborative clinical research efforts, she is involved in projects that identify and characterize new genetic syndromes.
Marcogliese PC, Deal SL, Andrews J, Harnish JM, Bhavana VH, Graves HK, Jangam S, Luo X, Liu N, Bei D, Chao YH, Hull B, Lee PT, Pan H, Bhadane P, Huang MC, Longley CM, Chao HT, Chung HL, Haelterman NA, Kanca O, Manivannan SN, Rossetti LZ, German RJ, Gerard A, Schwaibold EMC, Fehr S, Guerrini R, Vetro A, England E, Murali CN, Barakat TS, van Dooren MF, Wilke M, van Slegtenhorst M, Lesca G, Sabatier I, Chatron N, Brownstein CA, Madden JA, Agrawal PB, Keren B, Courtin T, Perrin L, Brugger M, Roser T, Leiz S, Mau-Them FT, Delanne J, Sukarova-Angelovska E, Trajkova S, Rosenhahn E, Strehlow V, Platzer K, Keller R, Pavinato L, Brusco A, Rosenfeld JA, Marom R, Wangler MF, Yamamoto S. Drosophila functional screening of de novo variants in autism uncovers damaging variants and facilitates discovery of rare neurodevelopmental diseases. Cell Rep (2022). 38: 110517.
Marom R, Burrage LC, Venditti R, Clément A, Blanco-Sánchez B, Jain M, Scott DA, Rosenfeld JA, Sutton VR, Shinawi M, Mirzaa G, DeVile C, Roberts R, Calder AD, Allgrove J, Grafe I, Lanza DG, Li X, Joeng KS, Lee YC, Song IW, Sliepka JM, Batkovskyte D, Washington M, Dawson BC, Jin Z, Jiang MM, Chen S, Chen Y, Tran AA, Emrick LT, Murdock DR, Hanchard NA, Zapata GE, Mehta NR, Weis MA, Scott AA, Tremp BA, Phillips JB, Wegner J, Taylor-Miller T, Gibbs RA, Muzny DM, Jhangiani SN, Hicks J, Stottmann RW, Dickinson ME, Seavitt JR, Heaney JD, Eyre DR, Westerfield M, De Matteis MA, Lee B. COPB2 loss of function causes a coatopathy with osteoporosis and developmental delay. Am J Hum Genet (2021). 108: 1710-1724.
Marom R, Rabenhorst BM, Morello R. Osteogenesis imperfecta: an update on clinical features and therapies. Eur J Endocrinol (2020). 183: R95-R106. Review.
Marom R, Jain M, Burrage LC, Song IW, Graham BH, Brown CW, Stevens SJC, Stegmann APA, Gunter AT, Kaplan JD, Gavrilova RH, Shinawi M, Rosenfeld JA, Bae Y, Tran AA, Chen Y, Lu JT, Gibbs RA, Eng C, Yang Y, Rousseau J, de Vries BBA, Campeau PM, Lee B. Heterozygous variants in ACTL6A, encoding a component of the BAF complex, are associated with intellectual disability. Hum Mutat (2017). 38: 1365-1371.
Lietman CD*, Marom R*, Munivez E, Bertin TK, Jiang MM, Chen Y, Dawson B, Weis MA, Eyre D, Lee B. A transgenic mouse model of OI type V supports a neomorphic mechanism of the IFITM5 mutation. J Bone Miner Res (2015). 30: 489-98. *Equally contributing first author.