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Wladimir Wertelecki, M.D. (born 1936 in Rivne, Volyn, Ukraine, at the time Poland) is a pediatrician, medical geneticist and professor of Medical Genetics and Pediatrics (emeritus of the University of South Alabama, US). Dr. Wertelecki established a population congenital malformation system in Alabama that serves as a template for like system in Ukraine.

Biography
During childhood and World War II, Dr. Wertelecki migrated eastward with his family from Poland towards Switzerland and, eventually, to Argentina. Following his graduation as a physician, he emigrated to the United States of North America.

Education and Service
During World War II, Dr. Wertelecki attended various primary schools in Europe and completed primary education in Argentina. Following completion of high school, Dr. Wertelecki studied Medicine at the School of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires. Postgraduate education and training was the St. Louis Deaconess Hospital, St. Louis, MO (rotating internship); Pediatric Residency at the Washington University St. Louis Children Hospital, St. Louis, MO; and fellowship in Clinical Genetics at the University of Harvard Medical School Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA. Served as a U.S. Public Health Senior Surgeon at the Epidemiology Branch of the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD.

Professional Appointments
Appointed as Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School/Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, MA; as Assistant Professor (promoted to Associate Professor) of Pediatrics and Pathology at the Medical University, Charleston, SC; as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medical Genetics at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, AL (currently is Professor Emeritus); as Research Coordinator of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Ukraine under the CIFASD (National Institutes of Mental Health FASD Collaborative initiative) implemented by the Division of Dysmorphology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego.

Honors and Awards
Corresponding Member of Academy of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Foreign Member of Academy of Sciences, Ukraine. Doctor Honoris Causa, Mohyla Academy University, Ukraine and Lviv Medical University, Ukraine. Miembro Correspondiente, Academia Nacional de Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1992; Member of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, 2003; Doctor Honoris Causa, Mohyla University of Kyiv, Ukraine, 2003; Doctor Honoris Causa, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, 2010.

1974 Fourteenth International Congress of Pediatrics, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 3–9, (Special Mention). 1988 SERGG South-Eastern Regional Genetics Group (Recognition). 1990 Humanitarian Award, Mobile Association for Retarded Citizens. 1991 Nominee, Kiwanis World Service Medal. 1996 Professional of the Year Award, Alabama State Office, Association for Retarded Citizens of Alabama. 1997, 2004, 2006 Peter Leibert Community Prevention Action Award bestowed by the Association of Retarded Citizens of Alabama. 1998 Distinguished Service Award, American Dermatoglyphics Association. 1998 Honorary Professor, Kharkov State University, School of Fundamental Medicine. 1999 Franklin Smith Award for Distinguished Service, State of Alabama.

Memberships
American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics; American Society of Pediatrics and Pediatric Research; American Academy of Pediatrics.

Scientific Publications
Dr. W. Wertelecki is the author of numerous scientific reports and medical and public education modules PubMed currently cites 123 reports. Selected reports of early or original medical observations are listed in the above summary.

Current Special Projects
Initiated ongoing investigations of population rates of congenital anomalies (CA) in Chornobyl ionizing radiation impacted regions in Ukraine and established OMNI-Net, an international not for profit organization. Establishment of websites stressing the role in Clinical Medicine of the early visual recognition of Developmental Disorders; Teratogens and Medical Humanities. http://ceo.medword.net/home-page/ (last accessed Aug, 2017) http://utis.in.ua/ (last accessed Aug, 2017) http://www.pandorawordbox.com/ (last accessed Aug, 2017)

Early Medical Observations
Foglia, V.G., Fernandez-Collazo, E.L., Wesley, O.R., Wertelecki, W., Granillo, R.: Trastornos de la Reproduccion de La Rata Macho Diabetica. Rev. Soc. Argent. Biol. 37:127 (1961). Wertelecki, W., Schindler, A.M., Gerald, P.S.: Partial Deletion of Chromosome 18. Lancet 2:641 (1966). Kennedy, J.L., Wertelecki, W., Gates, L., Sperry, B.P., Cass, V.M.: The Early Treatment of Phenylketonuria. Am. J. Dis. Child. 113:16 (1967). Wertelecki, W., Lawton, T.J.: A Computer Program for Gathering Family History. Eighth IBM Medical Symposium, p. 165 (1967). Wertelecki, W., Mantel, N.: Increased Birth Weight in Leukemia. Pediatr. Res. 7:132 (1973). Niswander, J.D., Wertelecki, W.: Congenital Malformations Among Offspring of Epileptic Women. Lancet 1:1062 (1973).</LI> <LI>Wertelecki, W., Graham, J.M., Jr., Sergovich, F.R.: The Clinical Syndrome of Triploidy. Obstet. Gynecol. 47(1):69 (1976).</LI> <LI>Wertelecki, W., Superneau, D.W., Blackburn, W.R., Varakis, J.N.: Neurofibromatosis, Skin Hemangiomas, and Arterial Disease. In: Dysmorphology. Part B of Annual Review of Birth Defects, 1981. Eds., Nyhan, W.L., Jones, K.L., Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York (1982).</LI> <LI>Wertelecki, W., Rouleau, G.A., Superneau, D.W., Forehand, L.W., Williams, J.P., Haines, J.L., Gusella, J.F.: Neurofibromatosis-2: Clinical and DNA Linkage Studies of a Large Kindred. N. Eng. J. Med. 319(5):278 (1988).</LI> <LI>Vogel, H., Urich, H., Horoupian, D.S., Wertelecki, W.: The Brain in the 18q-Syndrome. Dev. Med. Child Neurol. 32:732-737 (1990).</LI> <LI>Wertelecki, W., Smith, L.T., Byers, P.: Initial Observations of Human Dermatosparaxis:  Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Type VIIC. J. Pediatr. 121:558-564 (1992).</LI> <LI>Wertelecki W. Malformations in a Chornobyl-Impacted Region. Pediatrics. 2010 Apr;125(4):e836-43.</LI>

Most Recent Publications
<LI> Carlson CR Jr, Uriu-Adams JY, Chambers CD, Yevtushok L, Zymak-Zakutnya N, Chan PH, Schafer JJ, Wertelecki W, Keen CL. Vitamin D Deficiency in Pregnant Ukrainian Women: Effects of Alcohol Consumption on Vitamin D Status. J Am Coll Nutr. 2017 Jan;36(1):44-56. doi: 10.1080/07315724.2016.1174091. . http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07315724.2016.1174091</LI> <LI>Mesa DA, Kable JA, Coles CD, Jones KL, Yevtushok L, Kulikovsky Y, Wertelecki W, Coleman TP, Chambers CD; CIFASD. The Use of Cardiac Orienting Responses as an Early and Scalable Biomarker of Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Impairment. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2016 Nov 24. doi: 10.1111/acer.13261. [Epub ahead of print]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acer.13261</LI>

<LI>Balaraman S, Schafer JJ, Tseng AM, Wertelecki W, Yevtushok L, Zymak-Zakutnya N, Chambers CD, Miranda RC. Plasma miRNA Profiles in Pregnant Women Predict Infant Outcomes following Prenatal Alcohol Exposure. PLoS One. 2016 Nov 9;11(11):e0165081. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165081. . http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0165081</LI>

<LI>Wertelecki W, Chambers CD, Yevtushok L, Zymak-Zakutnya N, Sosyniuk Z, Lapchenko S, Ievtushok B, Akhmedzhanova D, Komov O. Chornobyl 30 years later: Radiation, pregnancies, and developmental anomalies in Rivne, Ukraine. Eur J Med Genet. 2017 Jan;60(1):2-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2016.09.019. Epub 2016 Sep 30. . http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S176972121630372X</LI>

<LI>Montag AC, Hull AD, Yevtushok L, Zymak-Zakutnya N, Sosyniuk Z, Dolhov V, Jones KL, Wertelecki W, Chambers CD; CIFASD. Second-Trimester Ultrasound as a Tool for Early Detection of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2016 Nov;40(11):2418-2425. doi: 10.1111/acer.13232. . http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acer.13232/abstract</LI>

<LI>Kable JA, Coles CD, Jones KL, Yevtushok L, Kulikovsky Y, Wertelecki W, Chambers CD; CIFASD. Cardiac Orienting Responses Differentiate the Impact of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure in Ukrainian Toddlers. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2016 Nov;40(11):2377-2384. doi: 10.1111/acer.13221. ; . http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acer.13221/abstract</LI>

<LI>Bandoli G, Coles CD, Kable JA, Wertelecki W, Granovska IV, Pashtepa AO, Chambers CD; CIFASD. Assessing the Independent and Joint Effects of Unmedicated Prenatal Depressive Symptoms and Alcohol Consumption in Pregnancy and Infant Neurodevelopmental Outcomes. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2016 Jun;40(6):1304-11. doi: 10.1111/acer.13081. ; . http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acer.13081/abstract</LI>

<LI>Wertelecki W, Koerblein A, Ievtushok B, Zymak-Zakutnia N, Komov O, Kuznietsov I, Lapchenko S, Sosyniuk Z. Elevated congenital anomaly rates and incorporated cesium-137 in the Polissia region of Ukraine. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2016 Mar;106(3):194-200. doi: 10.1002/bdra.23476. . http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bdra.23476/abstract</LI>