Virginia
Sybert
MD
(206) 598-4030
Biography
Born in Los Angeles, CA, and raised bicoastally.
Education & Training
BA Philosophy UW Madison
MD SUNY at Buffalo SOM
Pediatric residency UCSF- Moffitt
Medical genetics fellowship UW, Seattle,
Dermatology Fellowship UW, Seattle
Honors
1984 Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association – Distinguished Service Award
1986-1987 Recipient of UW/CHMC Pediatric Housestaff “Outstanding Teacher Award”
1994-1996 Best Doctors in America. Woodward/White, Inc
1994-1995 President, Seattle Dermatologic Society
1996 Best Doctors in America, Pacific Region. Woodward/White, Inc
1997 First Place, Clinical Medicine Award. Association of American Publishers for: Genetic SkinDisorders , Oxford University Press
2001-2016 Best Doctors in America (two categories: Dermatology and Medical Genetics), Woodard/White, Inc.
2005-2011, 2015 Best Doctors, Seattle Magazine
2006 Outstanding Service Award, National Foundation for Ectodermal Dysplasias
2006 Best Doctors, Seattle Metropolitan Magazine
2008-2017 Best Doctors, Seattle Metropolitan Magazine
2009- 2017 Guide to America’s Top Physicians
2019-2023 Exceptional Women In Medicine, Castle Connelly
Research Interests
Turner syndrome; genodermatoses
Publications
Sybert, VP. Genetic Skin Disorders. Oxford University Press, New York, 1997, 675 pp.
Sybert, VP. Genetic Skin Disorders. 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, New York, 2010, 726pp
Sybert, VP. Genetic Skin Disorders. 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, New York, 2017, 468pp (pages are MUCH bigger J)
Molecular Pathway-Based Classification of Ectodermal Dysplasias: First Five-Yearly Update.
Peschel N, Wright JT, Koster MI, Clarke AJ, Tadini G, Fete M, Hadj-Rabia S, Sybert VP, Norderyd J, Maier-Wohlfart S, Fete TJ, Pagnan N, Visinoni AF, Schneider H.Genes (Basel). 2022 Dec 10;13(12):2327. doi: 10.3390/genes13122327.PMID: 36553593 .
Cardiovascular outcomes of pregnancy in Turner syndrome.
Grewal J, Valente AM, Egbe AC, Wu FM, Krieger EV, Sybert VP, van Hagen IM, Beauchesne LM, Rodriguez FH, Broberg CS, John A, Bradley EA, Roos-Hesselink JW; AARCC Investigators.Heart. 2021 Jan;107(1):61-66. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2020-316719. Epub 2020 Jul 15.PMID: 32669396
Ectodermal dysplasias: Classification and organization by phenotype, genotype and molecular pathway.
Wright JT, Fete M, Schneider H, Zinser M, Koster MI, Clarke AJ, Hadj-Rabia S, Tadini G, Pagnan N, Visinoni AF, Bergendal B, Abbott B, Fete T, Stanford C, Butcher C, D'Souza RN, Sybert VP, Morasso MI.Am J Med Genet A. 2019 Mar;179(3):442-447. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61045. Epub 2019 Jan 31.PMID: 30703280
Postnatal outcomes of prenatally diagnosed 45,X/46,XX.
Tokita MJ, Sybert VP.Am J Med Genet A. 2016 May;170A(5):1196-201. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.37551. Epub 2016 Jan 20.PMID: 26789280
A Point Mutation in PDGFRB Causes Autosomal-Dominant Penttinen Syndrome.
Johnston JJ, Sanchez-Contreras MY, Keppler-Noreuil KM, Sapp J, Crenshaw M, Finch NA, Cormier-Daire V, Rademakers R, Sybert VP, Biesecker LG.Am J Hum Genet. 2015 Sep 3;97(3):465-74. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.07.009. Epub 2015 Aug 13.
PMID: 26279204
So You Want to Be in Journals, or What Happens When You Press "Send".
Sybert VP.Pediatr Dermatol. 2015 Jul-Aug;32(4):558-61. doi: 10.1111/pde.12573. Epub 2015 Apr 6.PMID: 25847689 No abstract available.
Feigenbaum DF, Sybert VP, Vanderhooft SL, Siegel D, Drolet BA, Frieden IJ, Mathes EF.Pediatr Dermatol. 2015 Mar-Apr;32(2):180-7. doi: 10.1111/pde.12462. Epub 2014 Dec 22.PMID: 25529105
Folliculocystic and collagen hamartoma of tuberous sclerosis complex.
Torrelo A, Hadj-Rabia S, Colmenero I, Piston R, Sybert VP, Hilari-Carbonell H, Hernández-Martín A, Ferreres JC, Vañó-Galván S, Azorín D, de Salamanca JE, Requena L, Bodemer C, Happle R, García-Patos V, Fraitag S.J Am Acad Dermatol. 2012 Apr;66(4):617-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.04.002. Epub 2011 Aug 12.PMID: 21839539
Keratosis Follicularis Spinulosa Decalvans is caused by mutations in MBTPS2.
Aten E, Brasz LC, Bornholdt D, Hooijkaas IB, Porteous ME, Sybert VP, Vermeer MH, Vossen RH, van der Wielen MJ, Bakker E, Breuning MH, Grzeschik KH, Oosterwijk JC, den Dunnen JT.Hum Mutat. 2010 Oct;31(10):1125-33. doi: 10.1002/humu.21335.PMID: 20672378
Genetic counseling in epidermolysis bullosa.
Sybert VP.Dermatol Clin. 2010 Apr;28(2):239-43, viii. doi: 10.1016/j.det.2009.12.004.PMID: 20447486 Review.
Molecular Pathway-Based Classification of Ectodermal Dysplasias: First Five-Yearly Update.
Peschel N, Wright JT, Koster MI, Clarke AJ, Tadini G, Fete M, Hadj-Rabia S, Sybert VP, Norderyd J, Maier-Wohlfart S, Fete TJ, Pagnan N, Visinoni AF, Schneider H.Genes (Basel). 2022 Dec 10;13(12):2327. doi: 10.3390/genes13122327.PMID: 36553593
Cardiovascular outcomes of pregnancy in Turner syndrome.
Grewal J, Valente AM, Egbe AC, Wu FM, Krieger EV, Sybert VP, van Hagen IM, Beauchesne LM, Rodriguez FH, Broberg CS, John A, Bradley EA, Roos-Hesselink JW; AARCC Investigators.Heart. 2021 Jan;107(1):61-66. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2020-316719. Epub 2020 Jul 15.PMID: 32669396
Ectodermal dysplasias: Classification and organization by phenotype, genotype and molecular pathway.
Wright JT, Fete M, Schneider H, Zinser M, Koster MI, Clarke AJ, Hadj-Rabia S, Tadini G, Pagnan N, Visinoni AF, Bergendal B, Abbott B, Fete T, Stanford C, Butcher C, D'Souza RN, Sybert VP, Morasso MI.Am J Med Genet A. 2019 Mar;179(3):442-447. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61045. Epub 2019 Jan 31.