Dr. Wertelecki is Lead Author on Paper Published in Congenital Anomalies

Dr. Wladimir Wertelecki, who served as founding chair of the department of medical genetics at USA until he retired after more than three decades in that role, is the lead author on a paper recently published in the August 2014 issue of Congenital Anomalies.

The report, which is the result of a project started while Dr. Wertelecki was at USA, concerns population rates of congenital anomalies in regions of Ukraine impacted by Chernobyl. The 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine is among the largest man-caused disasters and has impacted and continues to impact human health.

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