Sharon Plon
MD, PhD
Scientific Advisory Board Member
Dr. Sharon Plon is a board-certified medical geneticist and a longstanding cancer genetics researcher identifying new cancer susceptibility genes and studying the implementation of genomic testing in medicine.
Dr. Plon holds the Dan L .Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center Professorship at Baylor College of Medicine and serves as principal investigator (PI) with Donald (Will) Parsons and Amy McGuire on the National Human Genome Research Institute/National Cancer Institute (NCI)-funded Texas KidsCanSeq, a multi-institutional trial that studies the incorporation of CLIA clinical genome-scale exome sequencing into the care of childhood cancer patients in the diverse patient populations in Texas.
Since 2013, Dr. Plon has served as a PI of the Clinical Genome (ClinGen) Resource and co-chairs the ClinGen hereditary cancer effort. She also currently co-chairs the germline reporting effort of the national NCI/Children’s Oncology Group Pediatric MATCH Precision Oncology trial.
Position
Professor
Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, United States
Education
Post-Doctoral Fellowship at National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, Maryland United States
Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington United States
Clinical Fellowship at University Of Washington Affiliate Hospitals
Seattle, Washington United States
Residency at University Of Washington Affiliate Hospitals
Seattle, Washington United States
MD from Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA United States
PhD from Harvard University
Cambridge, MA United States
BS from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA United States
Certifications
- Clinical Genetics
American Board of Medical Genetics