Bianca E. Russell, MD
- Clinical Genetics
About
Dr. Russell is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Division of Genetics. She obtained her medical degree from the University of California, Irvine and completed her combined pediatrics and human genetics residency and metabolic training at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
Dr. Russell sees general genetics, cancer, and metabolic patients in Westwood and San Luis Obispo in-person and through telemedicine.
Her clinical interests include state newborn screening, metabolic disorders, chromatin modifying disorders (Chromatinopathies), hearing loss, renal disease, epilepsy, congenital malformations, and cancer predisposition syndromes.
She also has a specialized Chromatinopathies Clinic and does clinical research on disorders caused by genetic changes in the ASXL gene family (Bohring-Opitz Syndrome, Shashi-Pena Syndrome, Bainbridge-Ropers Syndrome). She maintains a registry and biobank for these conditions and is considered an expert on Bohring-Opitz Syndrome.
She is also the Associate Director for the Medical Genetics Residency Program.
Languages
Education
Medical Board Certification
Residency
Degree
Recognitions
- Top Doctors, Los Angeles Magazine, 2022
- Recipient of ACMG Foundation David L. Rimoin Inspiring Excellence Award (2016)
- Gold Humanism Honors Society (2013)
Locations
Hospital Affiliations
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital
Medical Services
Research
Publications
- Chenbhanich J., Hu, Y., Hetts, S., Cooke, D., Dowd, C., Devine, P., UCLA Clinical Genomics Center, Russell, BE., Kang, SHL., Chang, VY., Abla, AA., Cornett, P., Yeh, I., Lee, H., Martinez-Agosto, JA., Frieden, IJ., Shieh, JT. Segmental overgrowth and aneurysms due to mosaic PDGFRB p.(Tyr562Cys). Am J Med Genet Part A 2021 May;185(5): 1430-1436. PMID: 33683022
- Efthymiou, S., Dutra-Clarke, M., Maroofian, R., Kaiyrzhanov, R., Scala, M., Reza Alvi, J., Sultan, T., Christoforou, M., Nguyen, T., Mankad, K.,Vona, B., Rad, A., Striano, P., Salpietro, V., Sacoto, M., Zaki, M., Gleeson, JG., Campeau, PM., Russell, BE., Houlden, H. Expanding the phenotype of PIGS-associated early onset epileptic developmental encephalopathy. Epilepsia 2021 Feb;62(2):e35-e41. PMID: 33410539
- Ziegler, M., Russell, BE., Eberhardt, K., Geisel, G., D'Amore, A., Sahin, M., Kornblum, HI., Ebrahimi-Fakhari, D. Blended Phenotype of Silver-Russell Syndrome and SPG50 Caused by Maternal Isodisomy of Chromosome 7. Neurol Genet 2020 Dec;7(1):e544. PMID: 33553621
- Delaney, A., Volochayev, R., Meader, B., Lee, J., Almpani, K., Noukelak, G. Y., Henkind, J., Chalmers, L., Law, J. R., Williamson, K. A., Jacobsen, C. M., Buitrago, T. P., Perez, O., Cho, C. H., Kaindl, A., Rauch, A., Steindl, K., Garcia, J. E., Russell, BE., Prasad, R., … Shaw, N. D. Insight Into the Ontogeny of GnRH Neurons From Patients Born Without a Nose. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2020 May; 105(5). PMID: 32034419
- Russell, BE., Rigueur, D., Sund, K., Basil, J., Hufnagel, RB., Weaver, KN., Prows, C., Hopkin, R., Saal, HM., Lyons, K., Dauber, A. Homozygous Missense Variant in BMPR1A Resulting in BMPR Signaling Disruption and Syndromic Features. Mol Genet Genomic Med 2019 Nov; 7(11). PMID:31493347
- Russell, BE., Whaley, KG., Labilloy, A., Lombardo, RC., Bove, K., Prada, C., Hopkin, RJ., Leslie, ND., Assouline, Z., Barcia, G., Bouchereau, J., Chomton, M., Debray, D., Dorboz, I., Durand, P., Guettier-Bouttier, C., Habes, D., Jardel, C., Labarthe, F., Lévy, J., Lombès, A., Mehler Jacob, C., Melki, J., Menvielle, L., Munnich, A., Pichard, S., Rio, M., Rötig, A., Sissaoui, S., Slama, A., Miethke, A., Schiff, M. Expanding and Underscoring the Hepato-Encephalopathic Phenotype of QIL1/MIC13. Hepatology 2019 Sep; 70(3). PMID: 30912852
- Russell B. Bohring-Opitz Syndrome. In: Face2Gene Library: London Medical Database. May 7, 2018.
- Russell, B., Tan, WH., Graham, JM Jr. Bohring-Opitz Syndrome. In: Adam MP, Ardinger HH, Pagon RA, et al., editors. GeneReviews® [Internet]. Seattle (WA): University of Washington, Seattle; 1993-2018. 2018, Feb 15. PMID: 29446906
- Russell, B., Johnson, JJ., Biesecker, LG., Kramer, N., Pickart, A., Rhead, W., Tan, WH., Brownstein, CA., Clarkson, LK., Dobson, A., Rosenberg, AZ., Vergano, SA., Helm, BM., Harrison, RE., Graham, JM. Clinical Management of Patients with ASXL1 Mutations and Bohring-Opitz Syndrome, Emphasizing the Need for Wilms Tumor Surveillance. Am J Med Genet Part A. 2015, Sep; 167A(9):2122-31. PMID: 25921057
- Russell, B., Graham, JM. Expanding our knowledge of conditions associated with the ASXL gene family. Genome Med. 2013, Feb 21;5(2):16. PMID: 23672984
Insurance
- Aetna
- Anthem Blue Cross
- Blue Shield of California
- Centivo
- Cigna
- First Health
- Health Net of California
- Interplan (part of HealthSmart)
- L.A. Care
- Medicare Advantage
- MultiPlan
- UFCM Health System
- Prime Health Services
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- TRICARE
- UnitedHealthcare
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Recognitions
- Top Doctors, Los Angeles Magazine, 2022
- Recipient of ACMG Foundation David L. Rimoin Inspiring Excellence Award (2016)
- Gold Humanism Honors Society (2013)