Luis Umana Franco, M.D. Associate Professor School Medical School Department Pediatrics You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Luis Umaña received his medical degree in 2003 from Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario in Bogotá, Colombia. He worked as a general physician and as auxiliary Professor of Physiology at Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga in Colombia. In 2007, he moved to New York to pursue residency training in pediatrics, which he completed at St. Barnabas Hospital. After completing pediatric training, he moved to Houston where he completed his Clinical Genetics Residency in 2012, and a Medical Biochemical Genetics Fellowship in 2013, both at Baylor College of Medicine. He is Board certified in General Pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP), and in Clinical Genetics and in Medical Biochemical Genetics by the American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG). Education Medical School Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora Del Rosario Facultad de Medicina (2003) Residency St. Barnabas Hospital - Pediatric Residency (2010), Pediatrics Residency Baylor College of Medicine (2012), Medical Genetics Fellowship Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital (2013), Medical Biochemical Genetics Research Interest Clinical management of inborn errors of metabolism Publications Featured Publications Assessment of large copy number variants in patients with apparently isolated congenital left-sided cardiac lesions reveals clinically relevant genomic events. Hanchard NA, Umana LA, D'Alessandro L, Azamian M, Poopola M, Morris SA, Fernbach S, Lalani SR, Towbin JA, Zender GA, Fitzgerald-Butt S, Garg V, Bowman J, Zapata G, Hernandez P, Arrington CB, Furthner D, Prakash SK, Bowles NE, McBride KL, Belmont JW Am. J. Med. Genet. A 2017 Jun Natural History of Sanfilippo Syndrome Type C in Boyaca, Colombia. Velasco HM, Sanchez Y, Martin AM, Umaña LA J. Child Neurol. 2017 Feb 32 2 177-183 Genetica clinica comunitaria: Exploracion de patologia genetica en Boyaca, Colombia Velasco HM, Martin AM, Galvis J, Buelvas L, Sanchez Y, Umaña LA, Acosta J. Revista de Salud Pública 2017 19 (1) 32-38 Methionyl-tRNA Formyltransferase (MTFMT) Deficiency Mimicking Acquired Demyelinating Disease. Pena JA, Lotze T, Yang Y, Umana L, Walkiewicz M, Hunter JV, Scaglia F J. Child Neurol. 2016 Feb 31 2 215-9 MCTP2 is a dosage-sensitive gene required for cardiac outflow tract development. Lalani SR, Ware SM, Wang X, Zapata G, Tian Q, Franco LM, Jiang Z, Bucasas K, Scott DA, Campeau PM, Hanchard N, Umaña L, Cast A, Patel A, Cheung SW, McBride KL, Bray M, Craig Chinault A, Boggs BA, Huang M, Baker MR, Hamilton S, Towbin J, Jefferies JL, Fernbach SD, Potocki L, Belmont JW Hum. Mol. Genet. 2013 Nov 22 21 4339-48 A male newborn with VACTERL association and Fanconi anemia with a FANCB deletion detected by array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH). Umaña LA, Magoulas P, Bi W, Bacino CA Am. J. Med. Genet. A 2011 Dec 155A 12 3071-4 Mediated learning experience and concept maps: a pedagogical tool for achieving meaningful learning in medical physiology students. González HL, Palencia AP, Umaña LA, Galindo L, Villafrade M LA Adv Physiol Educ 2008 Dec 32 4 312-6 Results 1-7 of 7 1 Books Featured Books Disorders of One Carbon Metabolism. In Scaglia F and Lee BH, eds. Inborn Errors of Metabolism: From Neonatal Screening to Metabolic Pathways. Umaña LA, Craigen WJ. (2014). Oxford University Press. Disorders of Lipid and Lipoprotein Metabolism. In Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23rd ed, Kline MW, Blaney SM, Giardino AP, Oange JS, Penny DJ, Schutze GE, Shekerdemian LS, eds. Umaña LA, J. Craigen WJ (2018). New York, NY, McGraw-Hill Education; 736-748 Honors & Awards Best Pediatric Specialists/Doctors in DallasD Magazine (2018) Texas Super Doctors - Rising StarsTexas Monthly Magazine (2016) Resident Teaching AwardAlbert Einstein College of Medicine (2009) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Board of Medical Genetics American Board of Pediatrics Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders (SIMD)
