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Ralph DeBerardinis, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Genetics and Metabolism
Ralph DeBerardinis earned a B.S. in biology from St. Joseph’s University and M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. DeBerardinis was the first trainee in the combined residency program in pediatrics and medical genetics at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and received several awards for teaching and clinical care. He ultimately achieved board certification in pediatrics, medical genetics and clinical biochemical genetics.
Dr. DeBerardinis performed postdoctoral research in Craig Thompson’s laboratory in the Penn Cancer Center from 2004 to 2007. He joined the faculty of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 2008 and joined the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) shortly after its founding in 2012. Dr. DeBerardinis serves as chief of Pediatric Genetics and Metabolism at UT Southwestern and director of the Genetic and Metabolic Disease Program in the CRI.
He was included in D Magazine 's Best Doctors list for 2018, 2020, and 2021.
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MD-PhD Degree Programs by State
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Combined MD-PhD degree programs provide students the opportunity to earn both the MD and the PhD in areas pertinent to medicine.
Combined MD-PhD degree programs provide students the opportunity to earn both the MD and the PhD in areas pertinent to medicine. Below is a list of schools offering a combined MD-PhD degree, with links to their web sites. Please contact the institutions directly for curriculum information and admission requirements. School administrators may contact [email protected] with any omissions or corrections to this listing.
University of Alabama School of Medicine Birmingham, Ala.
University of South Alabama College of Medicine Mobile, Ala.
University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, Ariz.
University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix Phoenix, Ariz.
University of Arkansas College of Medicine Little Rock, Ark.
Loma Linda University School of Medicine Loma Linda, Calif.
Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, Calif.
University of California, Davis School of Medicine Davis, Calif.
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Irvine, Calif.
University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine Los Angeles, Calif.
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine La Jolla, Calif.
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine San Francisco, Calif.
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California Los Angeles, Calif.
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Denver, Colo.
Connecticut
University of Connecticut School of Medicine Farmington, Conn.
Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, Conn.
District of Columbia
Georgetown University School of Medicine Washington, D.C.
Howard University College of Medicine Washington, D.C.
University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville, Fla.
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami, Fla.
University of South Florida College of Medicine Tampa, Fla.
Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Ga.
Medical College of Georgia Augusta, Ga.
Morehouse School of Medicine Atlanta, Ga.
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Augusta, Ga.
Loyola University of Chicago - Stritch School of Medicine Maywood, Ill.
Northwestern University Medical School Chicago, Ill.
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science - Chicago Medical School North Chicago, Ill.
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine (MTSP) Chicago, Ill.
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine (MD/PhD) Chicago, Ill.
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine Chicago, Ill.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Medicine Urbana, Ill.
Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Ind.
University of Iowa College of Medicine Iowa City, Iowa
University of Kansas School of Medicine Kansas City, Kan.
University of Kentucky College of Medicine Lexington, Ky.
University of Louisville School of Medicine Louisville, Ky.
Louisiana State University, New Orleans School of Medicine New Orleans, La.
Louisiana State University, Shreveport School of Medicine Shreveport, La.
Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, La.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Md.
National Institutes of Health Intramural MD-PhD Partnership Bethesda, Md.
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, Md.
University of Maryland at Baltimore School of Medicine Baltimore, Md.
Massachusetts
Boston University School of Medicine Boston, Mass.
Harvard Medical School Boston, Mass.
Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, Mass.
University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester, Mass.
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine East Lansing, Mich.
University of Michigan Medical School Ann Arbor, Mich.
Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit, Mich.
Mayo Medical School Rochester, Minn.
University of Minnesota Medical School Minneapolis, Minn.
Mississippi
University of Mississippi School of Medicine Jackson, Miss.
Saint Louis University School of Medicine St. Louis, Mo.
University of Missouri - Columbia School of Medicine Columbia, Mo.
University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine Kansas City, Mo.
Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Mo.
Creighton University School of Medicine Omaha, Neb.
University of Nebraska College of Medicine Omaha, Neb.
University of Nevada School of Medicine Reno, Nev.
New Hampshire
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Hanover, N.H.
Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School Newark, N.J.
Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Piscataway, N.J.
University of New Mexico School of Medicine Albuquerque, N.M.
Albany Medical College Albany, N.Y.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Bronx, N.Y.
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons New York, N.Y.
Hofstra North Shore - LIJ School of Medicine Hempstead, N.Y.
Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering Tri-Institutional MD/PhD Program New York, N.Y.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, N.Y.
New York Medical College Valhalla, N.Y.
New York University School of Medicine New York, N.Y.
SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine Buffalo, N.Y.
SUNY at Stony Brook Health Sciences Center Stony Brook, N.Y.
SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine Brooklyn, N.Y.
SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse, N.Y.
University of Rochester School of Medicine Rochester, N.Y.
North Carolina
Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston-Salem, N.C.
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University Greenville, N.C.
Duke University School of Medicine Durham, N.C.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Chapel Hill, N.C.
North Dakota
University of North Dakota School of Medicine Grand Forks, N.D.
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Cleveland, Ohio
Northeastern Ohio College of Medicine Rootstown, Ohio
Ohio State University College of Medicine Columbus, Ohio
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Cincinnati, Ohio
University of Toledo College of Medicine Toledo, Ohio
Wright State University School of Medicine Dayton, Ohio
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, Okla.
Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine Portland, Ore.
Pennsylvania
Drexel University College of Medicine Philadelphia, Pa.
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, Pa.
Penn State University College of Medicine Hershey, Pa.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia, Pa.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh, Pa.
Temple University School of Medicine Philadelphia, Pa.
Rhode Island
Brown University School of Medicine Providence, R.I.
South Carolina
Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, S.C.
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia, S.C.
South Dakota
University of South Dakota School of Medicine Vermillion, S.D.
East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine Johnson City, Tenn.
Meharry Medical College School of Medicine Nashville, Tenn.
University of Tennessee, Memphis College of Medicine Memphis, Tenn.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nashville, Tenn.
Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth/MD Anderson Cancer Center/University of Puerto Rico Tri-Institutional Program Houston, Texas
Texas A&M University Health Sciences Center College of Medicine College Station, Texas
Texas Tech University School of Medicine Lubbock, Texas
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Galveston, Texas
University of Texas Health San Antonio, Long School of Medicine San Antonio, Texas
University of Texas, Southwestern Med Center - Dallas Dallas, Texas
University of Utah School of Medicine Salt Lake City, Utah
University of Vermont College of Medicine Burlington, Vt.
Eastern Virginia Medical School Norfolk, Va.
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Richmond, Va.
University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville, Va.
University of Washington School of Medicine Seattle, Wash.
West Virginia
Marshall University School of Medicine Huntington, W.Va.
West Virginia University School of Medicine Morgantown, W.Va.
Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisc.
University of Wisconsin Medical School Madison, Wisc.
McGill University Faculty of Medicine Montreal, Quebec
McMaster University of Faculty of Health Sciences Hamilton, Ontario
Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty of Medicine St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Universite de Montreal Faculte de Medecine Montreal, Quebec
Universite de Sherbrooke Faculte de Medecine Sherbrooke, Quebec
Universite Laval Faculte de Medecine Quebec, Quebec
University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Edmonton, Alberta
University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine Calgary, Alberta
University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine Vancouver, British Columbia
University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine Winnipeg, Manitoba
University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine Toronto, Ontario
University of Western Ontario London, Ontario
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