Taylor Beecroft, MS, CGC
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Taylor Beecroft, MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor
Positions
- Genetic Counselor
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Pediatric Cardiology
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas United States
Addresses
- Texas Children's Hospital (Clinic)
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6651 Main St.
Houston, TX 77030
United States
beecroft@bcm.edu
Education
- MS from The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- 05/2018 - 77030, Texas United States
- Genetic Counseling
- BS from Arizona State University
- 05/2013 - Tempe, Arizona United States
- Genetics, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Certifications
- Certified Genetic Counselor
- American Board of Genetic Counseling
Professional Interests
- Aortopathy
- Inherited Arrhythmias
- Marfan syndrome
- Loeys-Dietz syndrome
- Vascular Ehlers Danlos syndrome
- Williams syndrome
Professional Statement
I am the lead genetic counselor for the Cardiovascular Genetics Program at Texas Children's Hospital, and a faculty Instructor within the Division of Cardiology at Baylor College of Medicine. I am passionate about access to genetic testing for early and accurate diagnosis of heritable cardiac disease.Selected Publications
- Sara Stephens et al. "Vertebral Tortuosity Is Associated With Increased Rate of Cardiovascular Events in Vascular Ehlers‐Danlos Syndrome." Journal of the American Heart Association. 2023 Sep 30; Pubmed PMID: 37776192
- K. Van Keuren-Jensen, I. Malencia, A. Courtright, L. Ghaffari, A. Starr, R. Metpally, T. Beecroft, E. Carlson, J. Keifer, P. Pockros, and J. Rakela "MicroRNA changes in liver tissue associated with fibrosis progression in patients with hepatitis C." Liver Int.. 2016 Mar; Pubmed PMID: 26189820
- A. Yeri, A. Courtright, R. Reiman, E. Carlson, T. Beecroft, A. Janss, A. Siniard, R. Richholt, C. Balak, J. Rozowsky, R. Kitchen, E. Hutchins, J. Winarta, R. McCoy, M. Anastasi, S. Kim, M. Huetelman, and K. Van Keuren-Jensen "Total Extracellular Small RNA Profiles from Plasma, Saliva, and Urine of Healthy Subjects." Sci Rep.. 2017 Mar 17; Pubmed PMID: 28303895
- Weyland CN, Salciccioli KB, Beecroft T, Soludczyk EN, Morris SA "Evaluating Variation in the Cardiac Management of Children with Hereditary Thoracic Aortic Disease in the United States." Pediatric Cardiology. 2023 Sep 27; Pubmed PMID: 37755470
- Lindsay R Freud et al. "Prenatal vs postnatal diagnosis of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: cardiac and noncardiac outcomes through 1 year of age." American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2023 Sep 16; Pubmed PMID: 37717890
- Stephens SB, Russo M, Shalhub S, Beecroft T, Weigand J, Milewicz DM, Morris SA "Evaluating perinatal and neonatal outcomes among children with vascular Ehlers–Danlos syndrome." Genetics in Medicine. 2022 Oct 24; Pubmed PMID: 35984436
- Hutchins E, Reiman R, Winarta J, Beecroft T, Richholt R, De Both M, Shahbander K, Carlson E, Janss A, Siniard A, Balak C, Bruhns R, Whitsett TG, McCoy R, Anastasi M, Allen A, Churas B, Huentelman M, Van Keuren-Jensen K "Extracellular circular RNA profiles in plasma and urine of healthy, male college athletes.." Nature Scientific Data. 2021 Oct 28; Pubmed PMID: 34711851
- Kalani MYS, Alsop E, Meechoovet B, Beecroft T, Agrawal K, Whitsett TG, Huentelman MJ, Spetzler RF, Nakaji P, Kim S, Van Keuren-Jensen K "Extracellular microRNAs in blood differentiate between ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke subtypes.." Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 2020 Jan 24; Pubmed PMID: 32128071
Memberships
- National Society of Genetic Counselors
- Member (05/2018)
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