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LAUREN WESTERFIELD

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionBaylor College of Medicine
DepartmentDepartment of Molecular & Human Genetics
Address6651 MAIN STREET
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    TitleAssistant Professor
    InstitutionBaylor College of Medicine
    DepartmentDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology
    DivisionObstetrics and Gynecology


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    1. Galloway SN, Giordano JL, Shawber C, Chandler N, Westerfield L, Prenatal GCEP Panel members, Wapner RJ, Chung W, Veyver IBVD. Curating the Fetal Genome: Experience of the ClinGen Prenatal Gene Curation Expert Panel (GCEP). Prenat Diagn. 2026 Sep 23. PMID: 42776142.
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    2. Burnett BA, Parobek CM, Munoz JL, Westerfield LE, Poling K, Buskmiller C, Shamshirsaz AA, Donepudi RV, Van den Veyver IB, Cortes MS, Belfort MA, Nassr AA. Cytogenetic and Molecular Findings in Hydrops-Related Mirror Syndrome. Prenat Diagn. 2026 Sep 10. PMID: 42721954.
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    3. Stevens BK, Araji S, Maktabi MA, Liu R, Westerfield L, Wassef M, Lai D, Van den Veyver IB, Krishnan M, Lawrence C, Prakash SK. Diagnostic Testing After Positive Cell-Free DNA Screening for Sex Chromosome Aneuploidies: Clinical and Socioeconomic Determinants. Prenat Diagn. 2026 Sep; 46(10):1529-1535. PMID: 42542383; PMCID: PMC13571795.
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    4. Beheshti ST, Jolly A, Saad AK, Du H, Westerfield LE, Munderloh C, Kalra D, Wu Y, Chen Y, Gingras MC, Jhangiani SN, Yilmaz S, Zaki MS, Calame DG, Pehlivan D, Gibbs RA, Lewis RA, Lupski JR, Posey JE, Beheshti ST, Jolly A, Saad AK, Du H, Westerfield LE, Munderloh C, Kalra D, Wu Y, Chen Y, Gingras MC, Jhangiani SN, Yilmaz S, Zaki MS, Calame DG, Pehlivan D, Gibbs RA, Lewis RA, Lupski JR, Posey JE. Expanding the clinical and molecular spectrum of TUBB2B through distinct variants identified across multiple families. HGG Adv. 2026 Oct 08; 7(4):100654. PMID: 42470103; PMCID: PMC13471236.
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    5. Beheshti ST, Jolly A, Saad AK, Du H, Westerfield LE, Munderloh C, Kalra D, Wu Y, Chen Y, Gingras MC, Jhangiani SN, Yilmaz S, Zaki MS, Calame DG, Pehlivan D, Gibbs RA, Lewis RA, Lupski JR, Posey JE. Expanding the Clinical and Molecular Spectrum of TUBB2B Through Distinct Variants Identified Across Multiple Families. medRxiv. 2025 Dec 29. PMID: 41503485; PMCID: PMC12772676.
      Citations: 1     
    6. Weingarten LS, Rosenbaum A, de Voest J, Galloway S, Giordano JL, Stover S, Westerfield LE, Bonesteele G, Gilmore KL, Tolusso L, Wong B, Wittman AT, Swarr DT, Leslie N, Johnson A, Van den Veyver IB, Vora NL, Clifton RG, Caughey AB, Wapner RJ, Chung WK. The Perspectives and Experiences of Prospective Parents Declining Diagnostic Prenatal Genome Sequencing in Continuing Pregnancies With Fetal Structural Anomalies. Prenat Diagn. 2026 05; 46(5-6):727-736. PMID: 41339121.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Garcia BT, Westerfield L, Yelemali P, Gogate N, Rivera-Munoz EA, Du H, Dawood M, Jolly A, Lupski JR, Posey JE. Improving automated deep phenotyping through large language models using retrieval-augmented generation. Genome Med. 2025 08 18; 17(1):91. PMID: 40826123; PMCID: PMC12359922.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Araji S, Westerfield L, Zemet R, Van den Veyver IB. Prenatal Genetic Consultation and Testing. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2025 09 01; 68(3):425-431. PMID: 40462300.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Garcia BT, Westerfield L, Yelemali P, Gogate N, Andres Rivera-Munoz E, Du H, Dawood M, Jolly A, Lupski JR, Posey JE. Improving Automated Deep Phenotyping Through Large Language Models Using Retrieval Augmented Generation. medRxiv. 2024 Dec 02. PMID: 39677442; PMCID: PMC11643181.
      Citations: 2     
    10. Zemet R, Krispin E, Johnson RM, Kumar NR, Stover S, Nassr AA, Donepudi R, Espinoza J, Whitehead WE, Belfort MA, Shamshirsaz AA, Van den Veyver IB, Westerfield LE, Mann DG, Castillo J, Castillo HA, Sanz Cortes M. Implication of chromosomal microarray analysis prior to in-utero repair of fetal open neural tube defect. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2023 06; 61(6):719-727. PMID: 36610024; PMCID: PMC10238557.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Sagaser KG, Malinowski J, Westerfield L, Proffitt J, Hicks MA, Toler TL, Blakemore KJ, Stevens BK, Oakes LM. Expanded carrier screening for reproductive risk assessment: An evidence-based practice guideline from the National Society of Genetic Counselors. J Genet Couns. 2023 06; 32(3):540-557. PMID: 36756860.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Kernie CG, Wynn J, Rosenbaum A, de Voest J, Galloway S, Giordano J, Stover S, Westerfield L, Gilmore K, Wapner RJ, Van den Veyver IB, Vora NL, Clifton RG, Caughey AB, Chung WK. Information is power: The experiences, attitudes and needs of individuals who chose to have prenatal genomic sequencing for fetal anomalies. Prenat Diagn. 2022 06; 42(7):947-954. PMID: 35476893; PMCID: PMC11561471.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Edwards SD, Schulze KV, Rosenfeld JA, Westerfield LE, Gerard A, Yuan B, Grigorenko EL, Posey JE, Bi W, Liu P. Clinical characterization of individuals with the distal 1q21.1 microdeletion. Am J Med Genet A. 2021 05; 185(5):1388-1398. PMID: 33576134.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    14. Arian SE, Erfani H, Westerfield LE, Buffie A, Nassef S, Gibbons WE, Van den Veyver IB. Prenatal testing in pregnancies conceived by in vitro fertilization with pre-implantation genetic testing. Prenat Diagn. 2020 06; 40(7):846-851. PMID: 32297346.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. Szot JO, Campagnolo C, Cao Y, Iyer KR, Cuny H, Drysdale T, Flores-Daboub JA, Bi W, Westerfield L, Liu P, Leung TN, Choy KW, Chapman G, Xiao R, Siu VM, Dunwoodie SL. Bi-allelic Mutations in NADSYN1 Cause Multiple Organ Defects and Expand the Genotypic Spectrum of Congenital NAD Deficiency Disorders. Am J Hum Genet. 2020 01 02; 106(1):129-136. PMID: 31883644; PMCID: PMC7042491.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    16. Donepudi R, Westerfield L, Stonecipher A, A Nassr A, Cortes MS, Espinoza J, Belfort M, Shamshirsaz A. A family affair-Severe fetal and neonatal hemolytic anemia due to novel alpha-spectrin mutations in two siblings. Am J Med Genet A. 2020 03; 182(3):561-564. PMID: 31854503.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    17. Normand EA, Braxton A, Nassef S, Ward PA, Vetrini F, He W, Patel V, Qu C, Westerfield LE, Stover S, Dharmadhikari AV, Muzny DM, Gibbs RA, Dai H, Meng L, Wang X, Xiao R, Liu P, Bi W, Xia F, Walkiewicz M, Van den Veyver IB, Eng CM, Yang Y. Clinical exome sequencing for fetuses with ultrasound abnormalities and a suspected Mendelian disorder. Genome Med. 2018 09 28; 10(1):74. PMID: 30266093; PMCID: PMC6162951.
      Citations: 27     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    18. Westerfield LE, Stover SR, Mathur VS, Nassef SA, Carter TG, Yang Y, Eng CM, Van den Veyver IB. Reproductive genetic counseling challenges associated with diagnostic exome sequencing in a large academic private reproductive genetic counseling practice. Prenat Diagn. 2015 Oct; 35(10):1022-9. PMID: 26275793.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    19. Westerfield L, Darilek S, van den Veyver IB. Counseling Challenges with Variants of Uncertain Significance and Incidental Findings in Prenatal Genetic Screening and Diagnosis. J Clin Med. 2014 Sep 12; 3(3):1018-32. PMID: 26237491; PMCID: PMC4449641.
      Citations: 20     
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