Patricia Ward
MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor
Patricia Ward serves as a Genetic Counselor at Baylor Genetics.
Pat received her bachelor’s in Zoology from Connecticut College in New London, CT. After working in a research laboratory for four years, she discovered the profession of Genetic Counseling. Following that passion, Pat attended the graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley where she completed her master’s degree. Pat received certification in the field by the American Board of Medical Genetics in 1982 and became a founding member of the American Board of Genetic Counseling in 1993
She has had clinical experience in prenatal, pediatric, and cancer genetics, however she has spent the largest part of her career working as a laboratory genetic counselor at Baylor College of Medicine. Recently, she has joined the Clinical Genomic Interpretation team at Baylor Genetics. She has had the honor of serving terms as an elected director of the American Board of Genetic Counseling and the American Society of Human Genetics and has served on multiple professional committees and working groups.
In her free time, Pat and her husband enjoy gardening, traveling and the culinary arts as well as walking, swimming, and cycling.
Position
Associate Professor, Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, United States
Genetic Counselor
Baylor Genetics
Houston, TX, United States
Education
MS from University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, United States
BS from Connecticut College
New London, CT, United States
Certifications
Certified Genetic Counselor
American Board of Genetic Counseling
Publications
A clinical survey of mosaic single nucleotide variants in disease-causing genes detected by exome sequencingx
A clinical survey of mosaic single nucleotide variants in disease-causing genes detected by exome sequencing. Ye Cao, Mari J Tokita, Edward S Chen, Rajarshi Ghosh, Tiansheng Chen, Yanming Feng, Elizabeth Gorman, Federica Gibellini, Patricia A Ward, Alicia Braxton, Xia Wang, Linyan Meng, Rui Xiao, Weimin Bi, Fan Xia, Christine M Eng, Yaping Yang, Tomasz Gambin, Chad Shaw, Pengfei Liu, Pawel Stankiewicz. Genome Med. 2019 Jul 26;11(1):48. PMID: 31349857
Copy number variant and runs of homozygosity detection by microarrays enabled more precise molecular diagnoses in 11,020 clinical exome cases
Copy number variant and runs of homozygosity detection by microarrays enabled more precise molecular diagnoses in 11,020 clinical exome cases. Avinash V Dharmadhikari, Rajarshi Ghosh, Bo Yuan, Pengfei Liu, Hongzheng Dai, Sami Al Masri, Jennifer Scull, Jennifer E Posey, Allen H Jiang, Weimin He, Francesco Vetrini, Alicia A Braxton, Patricia Ward, Theodore Chiang, Chunjing Qu, Shen Gu, Chad A Shaw, Janice L Smith, Seema Lalani, Pawel Stankiewicz, Sau-Wai Cheung, Carlos A Bacino, Ankita Patel, Amy M Breman, Xia Wang, Linyan Meng, Rui Xiao, Fan Xia, Donna Muzny, Richard A Gibbs, Arthur L Beaudet, Christine M Eng, James R Lupski, Yaping Yang, Weimin Bi. Genome Med. 2019 May 17;11(1):30. PMID: 31101064
Interchromosomal template-switching as a novel molecular mechanism for imprinting perturbations associated with Temple syndrome
Interchromosomal template-switching as a novel molecular mechanism for imprinting perturbations associated with Temple syndrome. Claudia MB Carvalho, Zeynep Coban-Akdemir, Hadia Hijazi, Bo Yuan, Matthew Pendleton, Eoghan Harrington, John Beaulaurier, Sissel Juul, Daniel J Turner, Rupa S Kanchi, Shalini N Jhangiani, Donna M Muzny, Richard A Gibbs, Pawel Stankiewicz, John W Belmont, Chad A Shaw, Sau Wai Cheung, Neil A Hanchard, V Reid Sutton, Patricia I Bader, James R Lupski. Genome Med. 2019 Apr 23;11(1):25. . PMID: 31014393
Reanalysis of Clinical Exome Sequencing Data
Liu, P., Meng, L., Normand, E.A., Xia, F., Song, X., Ghazi, A., Rosenfeld, J., Magoulas, P.L., Braxton, A., Ward, P., Dai, H., Yuan, B., Bi, W., Xiao, R., Wang, X., Chiang, T., Vetrini, F., He, W., Cheng, H., Dong, J., Gijavanekar, C., Benke, P.J., Bernstein, J.A., Eble, T., Eroglu, Y., Erwin, D., Escobar, L., Gibson, J.B., Gripp, K., Kleppe, S., Koenig, M.K., Lewis, A.M., Natowicz, M., Mancias, P., Minor, L., Scaglia, F., Schaaf, C.P., Streff, H., Vernon, H., Uhles, C.L., Zackai, E.H., Wu, N., Sutton, V.R., Beaudet, A.L., Muzny, D., Gibbs, R.A., Posey, J.E., Lalani, S., Shaw, C., Eng, C.M., Lupski, J.R., and Yang, Y. (2019). Reanalysis of Clinical Exome Sequencing Data. N Engl J Med 380, 2478-2480. PMID: 31216405
A clinical survey of mosaic single nucleotide variants in disease-causing genes detected by exome sequencing
Ye Cao, Mari J. Tokita, Edward S. Chen, Rajarshi Ghosh, Tiansheng Chen, Yanming Feng, Elizabeth Gorman, Federica Gibellini, Patricia A. Ward, Alicia Braxton, Xia Wang, Linyan Meng, Rui Xiao, Weimin Bi, Fan Xia, Christine M. Eng, Yaping Yang, Tomasz Gambin, Chad Shaw, Pengfei Liu & Pawel Stankiewicz (2019). A clinical survey of mosaic single nucleotide variants in disease-causing genes detected by exome sequencing. Genome Med 11, 12. PMID: 31349857
Clinical whole exome sequencing for the diagnosis of Mendelian disorders
Yang Y, Muzny DM, Reid JG, Bainbridge MN, Willis A, Ward PA, Braxton A, Beuten J, Xia F, Niu Z, Hardison M, Person R, Bekheirnia MR, Leduc MS, Kirby A, Pham P, Scull J, Wang M, Ding Y, Plon, SE, Lupski JR, Beaudet AL, Gibbs RA, Eng CM. Clinical whole exome sequencing for the diagnosis of Mendelian disorders. N Engl J Med. 2013 Oct ;369(16): 1502. PMID: 24088041
Prenatal chromosomal microarray analysis in a diagnostic laboratory; experience with >1000 cases and review of the literature
Breman A, Pursley AN, Hixson P, Bi W, Ward P, Bacino CA, Shaw C, Lupski JR, Beaudet A, Patel A, Cheung SW, Van den Veyver I. Prenatal chromosomal microarray analysis in a diagnostic laboratory; experience with >1000 cases and review of the literature. Prenat. Diagn. 2012 April;32(4):351-61. PMID: 22467166
Prenatal chromosomal microarray analysis in a diagnostic laboratory; experience with >1000 cases and review of the literature
Breman A, Pursley AN, Hixson P, Bi W, Ward P, Bacino CA, Shaw C, Lupski JR, Beaudet A, Patel A, Cheung SW, Van den Veyver I. Prenatal chromosomal microarray analysis in a diagnostic laboratory; experience with >1000 cases and review of the literature. Prenat. Diagn. 2012 April;32(4):351-61. PMID: 22467166
Clinical use of array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) for prenatal diagnosis in 300 cases
Van den Veyver IB, Patel A, Shaw CA, Pursley AN, Kang SH, Simovich MJ, Ward PA, Darilek S, Johnson A, Neill SE, Bi W, White LD, Eng CM, Lupski JR, Cheung SW, Beaudet AL. Clinical use of array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) for prenatal diagnosis in 300 cases. Prenat. Diagn.. 2009 January;29(1):29-39. PMID: 19012303
Pre and Postnatal Genetic Testing by Array-comparative Genomic Hybridization: Genetic Counseling Perspectives
Darilek S, Ward P, Pursley A, Plunkett K, Furman P, Magoulas P, Patel A, Cheung SW, Eng CM. Pre and Postnatal Genetic Testing by Array-comparative Genomic Hybridization: Genetic Counseling Perspectives. Genet. Med.. 2008 January;10(1):13-8. Pubmed PMID: 18197052
Clinical implementation of chromosomal microarray analysis: summary of 2513 postnatal cases
Lu X, Shaw CA, Patel A, Li J, Cooper ML, Wells WR, Sullivan CM, Sahoo T, Yatsenko SA, Bacino CA, Stankiewicz P, Ou Z, Chinault AC, Beaudet AL, Lupski JR, Cheung SW, Ward PA. Clinical implementation of chromosomal microarray analysis: summary of 2513 postnatal cases. PLoS ONE. 2007;2(3):e327. Pubmed PMID: 17389918
Prenatal Diagnosis of Chromosomal Abnormalities Using Array-based Comparative Genomic Hybridization
Sahoo T, Cheung SW, Ward P, Darilek S, Patel A, del Gaudio D, Kang SH, Lalani SR, Li J, McAdoo S, Burke A, Shaw CA, Stankiewicz P, Chinault AC, Van den Veyver IB, Roa BB, Beaudet AL, Eng CM. Prenatal Diagnosis of Chromosomal Abnormalities Using Array-based Comparative Genomic Hybridization.Genet. Med.. 2006 November;8(11):719-27. Pubmed PMID: 17108764
Length of uninterrupted CGG repeats determines instability in the FMR1 gene
Eichler EE, Holden JJ, Popovich BW, Reiss AL, Snow K, Thibodeau SN, Richards CS, Ward PA, Nelson DL. Length of uninterrupted CGG repeats determines instability in the FMR1 gene. Nat. Genet.. 1994 September;8(1):88-94. Pubmed PMID: 7987398
Patricia Ward
MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor
Patricia Ward serves as a Genetic Counselor at Baylor Genetics.
Pat received her bachelor’s in Zoology from Connecticut College in New London, CT. After working in a research laboratory for four years, she discovered the profession of Genetic Counseling. Following that passion, Pat attended the graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley where she completed her master’s degree. Pat received certification in the field by the American Board of Medical Genetics in 1982 and became a founding member of the American Board of Genetic Counseling in 1993
She has had clinical experience in prenatal, pediatric, and cancer genetics, however she has spent the largest part of her career working as a laboratory genetic counselor at Baylor College of Medicine. Recently, she has joined the Clinical Genomic Interpretation team at Baylor Genetics. She has had the honor of serving terms as an elected director of the American Board of Genetic Counseling and the American Society of Human Genetics and has served on multiple professional committees and working groups.
In her free time, Pat and her husband enjoy gardening, traveling and the culinary arts as well as walking, swimming, and cycling.
Position
Associate Professor, Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, United States
Genetic Counselor
Baylor Genetics
Houston, TX, United States
Education
MS from University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, United States
BS from Connecticut College
New London, CT, United States
Certifications
Certified Genetic Counselor
American Board of Genetic Counseling
Publications
A clinical survey of mosaic single nucleotide variants in disease-causing genes detected by exome sequencingx
A clinical survey of mosaic single nucleotide variants in disease-causing genes detected by exome sequencing. Ye Cao, Mari J Tokita, Edward S Chen, Rajarshi Ghosh, Tiansheng Chen, Yanming Feng, Elizabeth Gorman, Federica Gibellini, Patricia A Ward, Alicia Braxton, Xia Wang, Linyan Meng, Rui Xiao, Weimin Bi, Fan Xia, Christine M Eng, Yaping Yang, Tomasz Gambin, Chad Shaw, Pengfei Liu, Pawel Stankiewicz. Genome Med. 2019 Jul 26;11(1):48. PMID: 31349857
Copy number variant and runs of homozygosity detection by microarrays enabled more precise molecular diagnoses in 11,020 clinical exome cases
Copy number variant and runs of homozygosity detection by microarrays enabled more precise molecular diagnoses in 11,020 clinical exome cases. Avinash V Dharmadhikari, Rajarshi Ghosh, Bo Yuan, Pengfei Liu, Hongzheng Dai, Sami Al Masri, Jennifer Scull, Jennifer E Posey, Allen H Jiang, Weimin He, Francesco Vetrini, Alicia A Braxton, Patricia Ward, Theodore Chiang, Chunjing Qu, Shen Gu, Chad A Shaw, Janice L Smith, Seema Lalani, Pawel Stankiewicz, Sau-Wai Cheung, Carlos A Bacino, Ankita Patel, Amy M Breman, Xia Wang, Linyan Meng, Rui Xiao, Fan Xia, Donna Muzny, Richard A Gibbs, Arthur L Beaudet, Christine M Eng, James R Lupski, Yaping Yang, Weimin Bi. Genome Med. 2019 May 17;11(1):30. PMID: 31101064
Interchromosomal template-switching as a novel molecular mechanism for imprinting perturbations associated with Temple syndrome
Interchromosomal template-switching as a novel molecular mechanism for imprinting perturbations associated with Temple syndrome. Claudia MB Carvalho, Zeynep Coban-Akdemir, Hadia Hijazi, Bo Yuan, Matthew Pendleton, Eoghan Harrington, John Beaulaurier, Sissel Juul, Daniel J Turner, Rupa S Kanchi, Shalini N Jhangiani, Donna M Muzny, Richard A Gibbs, Pawel Stankiewicz, John W Belmont, Chad A Shaw, Sau Wai Cheung, Neil A Hanchard, V Reid Sutton, Patricia I Bader, James R Lupski. Genome Med. 2019 Apr 23;11(1):25. . PMID: 31014393
Reanalysis of Clinical Exome Sequencing Data
Liu, P., Meng, L., Normand, E.A., Xia, F., Song, X., Ghazi, A., Rosenfeld, J., Magoulas, P.L., Braxton, A., Ward, P., Dai, H., Yuan, B., Bi, W., Xiao, R., Wang, X., Chiang, T., Vetrini, F., He, W., Cheng, H., Dong, J., Gijavanekar, C., Benke, P.J., Bernstein, J.A., Eble, T., Eroglu, Y., Erwin, D., Escobar, L., Gibson, J.B., Gripp, K., Kleppe, S., Koenig, M.K., Lewis, A.M., Natowicz, M., Mancias, P., Minor, L., Scaglia, F., Schaaf, C.P., Streff, H., Vernon, H., Uhles, C.L., Zackai, E.H., Wu, N., Sutton, V.R., Beaudet, A.L., Muzny, D., Gibbs, R.A., Posey, J.E., Lalani, S., Shaw, C., Eng, C.M., Lupski, J.R., and Yang, Y. (2019). Reanalysis of Clinical Exome Sequencing Data. N Engl J Med 380, 2478-2480. PMID: 31216405
A clinical survey of mosaic single nucleotide variants in disease-causing genes detected by exome sequencing
Ye Cao, Mari J. Tokita, Edward S. Chen, Rajarshi Ghosh, Tiansheng Chen, Yanming Feng, Elizabeth Gorman, Federica Gibellini, Patricia A. Ward, Alicia Braxton, Xia Wang, Linyan Meng, Rui Xiao, Weimin Bi, Fan Xia, Christine M. Eng, Yaping Yang, Tomasz Gambin, Chad Shaw, Pengfei Liu & Pawel Stankiewicz (2019). A clinical survey of mosaic single nucleotide variants in disease-causing genes detected by exome sequencing. Genome Med 11, 12. PMID: 31349857
Clinical whole exome sequencing for the diagnosis of Mendelian disorders
Yang Y, Muzny DM, Reid JG, Bainbridge MN, Willis A, Ward PA, Braxton A, Beuten J, Xia F, Niu Z, Hardison M, Person R, Bekheirnia MR, Leduc MS, Kirby A, Pham P, Scull J, Wang M, Ding Y, Plon, SE, Lupski JR, Beaudet AL, Gibbs RA, Eng CM. Clinical whole exome sequencing for the diagnosis of Mendelian disorders. N Engl J Med. 2013 Oct ;369(16): 1502. PMID: 24088041
Prenatal chromosomal microarray analysis in a diagnostic laboratory; experience with >1000 cases and review of the literature
Breman A, Pursley AN, Hixson P, Bi W, Ward P, Bacino CA, Shaw C, Lupski JR, Beaudet A, Patel A, Cheung SW, Van den Veyver I. Prenatal chromosomal microarray analysis in a diagnostic laboratory; experience with >1000 cases and review of the literature. Prenat. Diagn. 2012 April;32(4):351-61. PMID: 22467166
Prenatal chromosomal microarray analysis in a diagnostic laboratory; experience with >1000 cases and review of the literature
Breman A, Pursley AN, Hixson P, Bi W, Ward P, Bacino CA, Shaw C, Lupski JR, Beaudet A, Patel A, Cheung SW, Van den Veyver I. Prenatal chromosomal microarray analysis in a diagnostic laboratory; experience with >1000 cases and review of the literature. Prenat. Diagn. 2012 April;32(4):351-61. PMID: 22467166
Clinical use of array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) for prenatal diagnosis in 300 cases
Van den Veyver IB, Patel A, Shaw CA, Pursley AN, Kang SH, Simovich MJ, Ward PA, Darilek S, Johnson A, Neill SE, Bi W, White LD, Eng CM, Lupski JR, Cheung SW, Beaudet AL. Clinical use of array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) for prenatal diagnosis in 300 cases. Prenat. Diagn.. 2009 January;29(1):29-39. PMID: 19012303
Pre and Postnatal Genetic Testing by Array-comparative Genomic Hybridization: Genetic Counseling Perspectives
Darilek S, Ward P, Pursley A, Plunkett K, Furman P, Magoulas P, Patel A, Cheung SW, Eng CM. Pre and Postnatal Genetic Testing by Array-comparative Genomic Hybridization: Genetic Counseling Perspectives. Genet. Med.. 2008 January;10(1):13-8. Pubmed PMID: 18197052
Clinical implementation of chromosomal microarray analysis: summary of 2513 postnatal cases
Lu X, Shaw CA, Patel A, Li J, Cooper ML, Wells WR, Sullivan CM, Sahoo T, Yatsenko SA, Bacino CA, Stankiewicz P, Ou Z, Chinault AC, Beaudet AL, Lupski JR, Cheung SW, Ward PA. Clinical implementation of chromosomal microarray analysis: summary of 2513 postnatal cases. PLoS ONE. 2007;2(3):e327. Pubmed PMID: 17389918
Prenatal Diagnosis of Chromosomal Abnormalities Using Array-based Comparative Genomic Hybridization
Sahoo T, Cheung SW, Ward P, Darilek S, Patel A, del Gaudio D, Kang SH, Lalani SR, Li J, McAdoo S, Burke A, Shaw CA, Stankiewicz P, Chinault AC, Van den Veyver IB, Roa BB, Beaudet AL, Eng CM. Prenatal Diagnosis of Chromosomal Abnormalities Using Array-based Comparative Genomic Hybridization.Genet. Med.. 2006 November;8(11):719-27. Pubmed PMID: 17108764
Length of uninterrupted CGG repeats determines instability in the FMR1 gene
Eichler EE, Holden JJ, Popovich BW, Reiss AL, Snow K, Thibodeau SN, Richards CS, Ward PA, Nelson DL. Length of uninterrupted CGG repeats determines instability in the FMR1 gene. Nat. Genet.. 1994 September;8(1):88-94. Pubmed PMID: 7987398