Judith D. Ranells, M.D.
Dr. Judith Ranells is a native of New York City. Following her training in genetics, Dr. Ranells joined the faculty at USF in 1989 and worked part-time while raising her family. In 2004 she assumed leadership of the Division of Genetics and Metabolism. The division has grown to include 4 faculty members at USF and All Children’s Hospital; Dr. Ranells plans further expansion of genetics services at USF Health. The majority of her time is devoted to providing clinical genetics services to pediatric patients, including those served via the Regional Genetics Program at USF, one of 3 regional centers in the state of Florida. She also provides services to prenatal patients and adults in need of genetic diagnosis and/or counseling. Dr. Ranells is a Founding Fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics, and is active in educating medical professionals, medical students and the community about medical genetics. Her primary interests are dysmorphology and the etiology of congenital anomalies.
Education & Training
| B.A. | New York University, 1975, Biology, minor in Psychology |
| M.D. | Howard University, 1979, honors in Psychiatry |
| Pediatric Residency. | Bronx Municipal Hospital Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1982 |
| Genetics Residency | Columbia University, 1984 |
Board Certification
- National Board of Medical Examiners
- American Board of Medical Genetics
- American Board of Pediatrics
Selected Publications
Russell, Z., Kontopoulos E., Quintero, A., DeBauche, D., Ranells, J: Prenatal diagnosis of a 4q33-4qter deletion in a fetus with hydrops. Fetal Diagn Ther 4:250-253, 2008.
Morava, E., Lefeber, DJ., Urban, Z., de Meirleir, L., Meinecke, P., Gillessen Karsbach, G., Sykut-Cegielska, J., Adamowicz, M., Salafsky, I., Ranells, J., Lemyre, E., van Reeuwijk, J., Brunner, HG., Wevers, RA. Defining the phenotype in an autosomal recessive cutis laxa syndrome with a combined congenital defect of glycosylation. Eur J Hum Genetics 6(1): 28-35, 2008.
Sutcliffe, M.J., Root, A., Haire, R., Faccio, F., Dumont, D.P., Lacson, A., Washington, K., Chamizo, W., Ferre, P., Haag, M. M., Mueller, O.T., Bercu, B.B., Diamond, F., Shulman, D., Sutphen, R., Ranells, J.D., Kousseff, B.G.: A molecular, cytogenetic, pathology, endocrine and genetic view of hermaphroditism, the SRY gene and female gender; A study of five atypical patients. Eur J Human Genetics, Vol. 9, Suppl. 1:380, 2001.
Sutcliffe, M.J., Mueller, T.M., Kousseff, B.G., Dumont, D.P., McFarland, J.A., Mawani, F., Conforto, D., Ranells, J.D.: Three Cell Line Mosaicism Involving Structural and Numerical Abnormalities of Chromosome 18 in a 3 1/2 year old Female: 47, XX, +18[mat]/47,XX+del(18)(q22)[pat]/46,XX. Am J Med Genet, 102 (2): 192-199, 2001
Flanigan, K.M., Crawford, T.O., Griffin, J.W., Goebel, H.H., Kohlschütter, A., Ranells, J.D., Camfield, P.R., Ptacek, L.J.: Localization of the giant axonal neuropathy gene to chromosome 16q24. Ann Neurol, 43:143-148, 1998.
Pettenati, M.J., Wheeler, M., Bartlett, D.J., Subrt, I., Rao, N., Kroovand, R.L., Burton, B.K., Kahler, S., Park, H.K., Cosper, P., Kelly, D.R., Ranells, J.D.: 45,X/47,XYY Mosaicism: clinical discrepancy between prenatally and postnatally diagnosed cases. Am J Med Genet, 39:42-47, 1991.
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