Molecular and Human Genetics

Molecular and Human Genetics Physicians

Shweta U. Dhar, MD, FACMG, assistant professor of Molecular and Human Genetics and director of adult genetics services at Baylor Clinic, is board certified in both internal medicine and medical genetics. Dr. Dhar specializes in genetic conditions in the adult population including Marfan syndrome, Ehlers Danlos syndrome, Neurofibromatosis and familial cancer syndromes. She earned her medical degree at Smt. N.H.L. Municipal Medical College in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Dr. Dhar completed residencies at Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute and New York Downtown Hospital and a fellowship in medical genetics at Baylor College of Medicine.

Luis M. Franco, MD, assistant professor of Molecular and Human Genetics, is board certified in medical genetics and internal medicine. His area of focus is diagnosis and treatment of adult patients with genetic conditions. Dr. Franco earned his medical degree from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia. He completed both a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in medical genetics at Baylor College of Medicine.

Sandesh Sreenath Nagamani, MD, assistant professor of Molecular and Human Genetics, is board certified in clinical genetics. He earned his medical degree at the University of Mysore in India. Dr. Nagamani's extensive training includes a residency in internal medicine at Gandhi Medical College in India and a combined internal medicine and medical genetics residency at Cleveland Clinic Hospital, Ohio and Baylor College of Medicine. He also completed a post-doctoral research fellowship at BCM. Dr. Nagamani specializes in diagnosis and treatment of genetic disorders and metabolic bone disease in adults.

Sharon E. Plon MD, PhD, is a professor of Pediatrics and Molecular and Human Genetics. Dr. Plon is board certified in clinical genetics. She is chief of the Baylor Cancer Genetics Clinic at Baylor Clinic. Dr. Plon earned her medical degree and PhD from Harvard Medical School in Boston. She completed a fellowship in molecular genetics at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda and fellowship training in medical genetics at the University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals in Seattle. Her clinical focus is on evaluating patients and families with inherited susceptibility to cancer, including: breast, ovarian and colon cancer as well as von Hippel Lindau syndrome, Neurofibromatoses and Polyposis syndromes.