I received my MD and PhD degrees from the University of Chicago in 1972 and did residency/fellowship training at Boston Floating Hospital, the National Institutes of Health, and the University of Michigan.  I have spent 46 years in academic medicine doing general pediatrics and genetics, becoming an endowed full professor of pediatrics during 14 years at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. In 2003, I began private practice and continued academic work at the Texas Tech University Health Science Centers in Amarillo (Professor of Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology) and Lubbock (Clinical Professor of Pediatrics), now continuing the latter appointment to help with laboratory administration and genetic education. I emphasized research early in my career and was the first to report cloning of human DNA with my fellowship mentor Roy Schmickel in 1978, going on to conduct NIH-funded laboratory research on ribosomal RNA genes and peroxisomal disorders before focusing on clinical work in 1996. My research knowledge has contributed to a book on genomic testing (Wyandt, Wilson, and Tonk: Human Chromosome Variation: Heteromorphism, Polymorphism, and Pathogenesis and to this current book on the DNA of Ehlers-Danlos and Long COVID19 syndromes.

My experience in general pediatrics has directed my genetic subspecialty practice toward promoting the medical home as managed by all-important primary physicians, exemplified by my book Preventive Management for Children with Genetic Conditions: Providing a Primary Care Medical Home, 2nd Edition published by Cambridge University Press in 2006 with developmental pediatrician W. Carl Cooley. This perspective has prompted many articles for physician education including a house staff manual on genetics and development (see above) and those written or edited in my role as a member of the Board of Consultants for the widely circulated journals Consultant for Pediatricians and now its parent Consultant. I have also been active in parent education and am proud to have worked with the Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas in establishing and coordinating a Down Syndrome Clinic at Children’s Health that promoted a positive image of children with Down syndrome and educated many about their preventive health care. I continue this scholarly and educational work with EDS, as you can see by going to  kindergenomeeds.com