Dr. Virginia E. Kimonis, Clinical Biochemical Genetics
- Virginia E Kimonis MD
- Appointments:
888-770-2462 - Specialties: Clinical Biochemical Genetics, Genetics
- Board Certified: Genetics, Clinical Biochemical Genetics
- Additional Languages: Hindi, Greek
Nationally renowned expert, Dr. Virginia Kimonis specializes in genetics and clinical biochemical genetics. Her research focus is on Prader Willi and morbid obesity syndromes, craniosynostosis and inherited muscle disorders. She is actively working with the NIH sponsored Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network research in the Natural History study of Prader Willi and Morbid Obesity syndromes and the genetic basis of craniosynostosis. She is studying inherited muscle disorders that occur in combination with diseases of bone and/or dimentia in her laboratory. Her group identified the VCP gene for one of these disorders and is now characterizing the key pathways and functions in this disorder.
Dr. Kimonis is board certified in clinical genetics. Prior to joining CHOC, Dr. Kimonis attended medical school in the UK at Southampton Medical School. She performed residencies in pediatrics and general practice in the UK and completed a residency in pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She conducted her fellowship training in clinical and biochemical genetics at the National Institutes of Health, John’s Hopkins and Washington DC Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Kimonis was recognized as a Physician of Excellence by the Orange County Medical Association. She speaks fluent Hindi and Greek. Her goal is to work towards establishing a premier clinical, educational and research genetics program at CHOC.
Dysmorphology, Metabolic Genetics, Fetal Dysmorphology, Prader Willi, Rare Genetic Syndromes, Neuromuscular Genetics
Research FocusPrader Willi and Morbid Obesity syndromes, craniosynostosis, inherited muscle disorders
Virginia E Kimonis MD is on staff at CHOC Hospital in Orange .
Locations
CHOC Clinic
1201 W. La Veta Ave. Building: CHOC Clinic
Orange, California 92868
phone: 888-770-2462
fax: 855-246-2329
UC Irvine Medical Center
101 The City Dr S Pavilion 1, 2nd Floor
Orange, CA 92868
Education
- Medical School
Southampton Medical School, Southampton, UK - Residency
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA - Fellowship
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Honors and Awards
- Orange County Medical Association’s Physicians of Excellence 2012
Research Bio
Dr. Kimonis’ clinical research interests are varied. She sees patients with all types of genetic disorders. She is actively working with the NIH sponsored Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network research in the Natural History study of Prader Willi and Morbid Obesity syndromes and the genetic basis of craniosynostosis. She is studying inherited muscle disorders that occur in combination with diseases of bone and/or dementia in her laboratory. Her group identified the VCP gene for one of these disorders and is now characterizing the key pathways and functions in this disorder. Dr. Kimonis’ goal is to work towards establishing a premier clinical, educational and research genetics program at CHOC.
