Professor, Dept of Medicine, Director, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington
Biography
Dr. Hisama is Professor of Medicine (Medical Genetics) and Adjunct Professor of Neurology, Director of the University of Washington Genetic Medicine Clinic, and Program Director of the Genetics Residency Program. She was trained as both a neurologist and a clinical geneticist, and is board certified in both specialties. She was Chief Resident of Neurology at Yale New Haven Hospital, and has received a Lucille P. Markey Physician Scientist Fellowship, a John A. Hartford Foundation Award in Aging, and was named a Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scholar.
She is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, a Fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics, and a member of the American Society of Human Genetics. She was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics beginning in 2016.
Her current research interests include the genetics of Werner syndrome and atypical progeroid (premature aging) syndromes, pediatric and adult neurogenetics, genetics of autism and genetics of polyposis/colon cancer. Her clinical interests and experience are broad and encompass cancer genetics, neurogenetics, adult cardiovascular genetics, and genetics of autism. She has been recognized as a "Top Doctor" by her peers in Seattle Magazine and Seattle Metropolitan Magazine.
She is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, a Fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics, and a member of the American Society of Human Genetics. She was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics beginning in 2016.
Her current research interests include the genetics of Werner syndrome and atypical progeroid (premature aging) syndromes, pediatric and adult neurogenetics, genetics of autism and genetics of polyposis/colon cancer. Her clinical interests and experience are broad and encompass cancer genetics, neurogenetics, adult cardiovascular genetics, and genetics of autism. She has been recognized as a "Top Doctor" by her peers in Seattle Magazine and Seattle Metropolitan Magazine.
