MD · MBA
Physician specializing in genetic analysis and personalized preventive medicine, and author of Outsmart Your Genes.
Brandon Colby is a physician-expert in the fields of genetic analysis and Personalized Preventive Medicine. He holds an MD from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, an MBA from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, and a degree in Genetics from the University of Michigan.
Dr. Colby is the author of the book Outsmart Your Genes and has developed numerous technologies that improve the analysis, interpretation, and actionability of genome sequencing data. He is an Affiliate Specialist of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG), an Associate of the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM), and a member of the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC).
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Explore childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (CECTS), its diagnosis, and the role of genetic testing in identifying mutations, personalizing treatment plans, and…
Also called familial chondrocalcinosis, Chondrocalcinosis 2 starts in adulthood and passes on in an autosomal dominant pattern; ANKH testing can confirm it.
Inherited mutations behind hemochromatosis, Wilson's disease and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency can end in cirrhosis; biopsy and gene testing are covered.
Understand Cleidocranial Dysostosis—a rare genetic disorder affecting bones and teeth. Learn about diagnosis, genetic testing, treatment, and family planning.
Affecting about 1 in every 1,000 live births, this inward and downward twisting of the foot is identified on examination; gene testing is still emerging.
Clinical examination, X-rays, CT and MRI build the case, while finding a SEC24D mutation confirms Cole-Carpenter Syndrome 1 and guides care and counseling.
Missing tissue in or around the eye can blur or limit sight, and a single altered gene copy passes the trait on. Eye exams, OCT, MRI and DNA testing are described.
Incomplete closure of the embryonic fissure leaves a gap in the optic nerve, causing blurred vision and blind spots. Visual field tests, OCT and DNA analysis follow.