Full Name
Renata C. Gallagher, MD, PhD
Company
University of California, San Francisco
Speaker Bio
Renata Gallagher is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Francisco in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics. She is a former director of the Biochemical Genetic Medicine service at UCSF. She has also worked at the University of Colorado and at Valley Children's Hospital in Madera, CA. She is a clinical geneticist with expertise in the diagnosis and management of children and adults with inborn errors of metabolism. Dr. Gallagher's research interests include urea cycle defects, and the role of DNA sequencing in newborn screening. She has been an advisor to the Center for Maternal-Fetal Precision Medicine at UCSF, particularly in the area of in utero enzyme replacement therapy for lysosomal storage disorders. Dr. Gallagher has been a Principal Investigator for multiple clinical trials in inborn errors, and worked as a Medical Director at Parexel, a contract research organization. She received her BS in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University and her MD, PhD from UCSF. She trained Pediatrics at the University of Washington, and in Medical Genetics and Clinical Biochemical Genetics at Stanford University. She is dedicated to improving the diagnosis and treatment of adults and children with inborn errors of metabolism.