Harry (Hal) Dietz, M.D.
Director, William S. Smilow Center for Marfan Syndrome Research Institute of Genetic Medicine; Professor of Genetic MedicineJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Dr. Dietz is the Victor A. McKusick Professor of Pediatrics in the Department of Genetic Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Dr. Dietz heads a multidisciplinary clinic for the diagnosis and management of individuals with vascular connective tissue disorders. He directs a group of dedicated molecular biologists focused on improvement of the lives of affected individuals. Using a human genetics approach, the Dietz lab identified the genes responsible for multiple syndromic presentations of aortic aneurysm including Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndromes and Shprintzen-Goldberg syndrome. His lab is best known for in-depth mechanistic studies that involve the creation and characterization of animal models. Dr. Dietz is an inductee of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Academy of American Physicians, National Academy of Medicine, Association of American Physicians, and the National Academy of Sciences.