Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BS, Summa Cum Laude, University of Dallas, 2002
• PhD, Baylor College of Medicine, 2010
• MD, Baylor College of Medicine, 2011

Training

• Residency, St. Louis Children's Hospital and Washington University in St. Louis, 2011 - 2014
• Chief Residency, St. Louis Children's Hospital and Washington University in St. Louis, 2014 - 2015

Licensure and Board Certification

• American Board of Pediatrics , 2014
• MO, State Medical License , 2014

Honors

• Partners in Excellence Scholarship to the University of Dallas, 1998 - 2002
• Honorable Mention, Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Foundation, 2000
• Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, 2001
• Phi Beta Kappa Member, 2001
• Sister Clodovia Lockett Endowed Scholarship in Pre-Medical Studies, 2001
• Young Investigator Award from the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 2007
• 3rd Place Oral Presentation, Baylor College of Medicine Genetics Department Retreat, 2009
• American Society of Human Genetics Trainee Research Award Finalist, 2009
• Certificate of Completion, Baylor College of Medicine Ethics Track, 2011
• Genius Prize, Washington University ICTS Precision Medicine Symposium, 2018

Recent Publications view all (13)

Publication Co-Authors

Marcia C. Willing, M.D., Ph. D.

Marwan Shinawi, M.D.

Jennifer A Wambach, M.D.

Thomas Ferkol, M.D.

Dorothy Katherine Grange, M.D.

Beth A. Kozel, M.D., Ph.D.

Francis Sessions Cole, III, M.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Dustin Baldridge

1. Wambach JA, Wegner DJ, Yang P, Shinawi M, Baldridge D, Betleja E, Shimony JS, Spencer D, Hackett BP, Andrews MV, Ferkol T, Dutcher SK, Mahjoub MR, Cole FS. Functional characterization of biallelic RTTN variants identified in an infant with microcephaly, simplified gyral pattern, pontocerebellar hypoplasia, and seizures. Pediatr Res. 2018. PMID:29967526 
2. Wambach JA, Stettner GM, Haack TB, Writzl K, Škofljanec A, Maver A, Munell F, Ossowski S, Bosio M, Wegner DJ, Shinawi M, Baldridge D, Alhaddad B, Strom TM, Grange DK, Wilichowski E, Troxell R, Collins J, Warner BB, Schmidt RE, Pestronk A, Cole FS, Steinfeld R. Survival among children with "Lethal" congenital contracture syndrome 11 caused by novel mutations in the gliomedin gene (GLDN). Hum Mutat. 2017. PMID:28726266 
3. Baldridge D, Heeley J, Vineyard M, Manwaring L, Toler TL, Fassi E, Fiala E, Brown S, Goss CW, Willing M, Grange DK, Kozel BA, Shinawi M. The Exome Clinic and the role of medical genetics expertise in the interpretation of exome sequencing results. Genet Med. 2017. PMID:28252636 
4. Fleischer J, Shenoy A, Goetzinger K, Cottrell CE, Baldridge D, White FV, Shinawi M. Digynic triploidy: utility and challenges of noninvasive prenatal testing. Clin Case Rep. 2015;3(6):406-10. PMCID:PMC4498852  PMID:26185638 
5. Wangler MF, Gonzaga-Jauregui C, Gambin T, Penney S, Moss T, Chopra A, Probst FJ, Xia F, Yang Y, Werlin S, Eglite I, Kornejeva L, Bacino CA, Baldridge D, Neul J, Lehman EL, Larson A, Beuten J, Muzny DM, Jhangiani S, Baylor-Hopkins Center for Mendelian Genomics, Gibbs RA, Lupski JR, Beaudet A. Heterozygous de novo and inherited mutations in the smooth muscle actin (ACTG2) gene underlie megacystis-microcolon-intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome. PLoS Genet. 2014;10(3):e1004258. PMCID:PMC3967950  PMID:24676022 
6. Shapiro JR, Lietman C, Grover M, Lu JT, Nagamani SC, Dawson BC, Baldridge DM, Bainbridge MN, Cohn DH, Blazo M, Roberts TT, Brennen FS, Wu Y, Gibbs RA, Melvin P, Campeau PM, Lee BH. Phenotypic variability of osteogenesis imperfecta type V caused by an IFITM5 mutation. J Bone Miner Res. 2013;28(7):1523-30. PMCID:PMC3688672  PMID:23408678 
7. Kelley BP, Malfait F, Bonafe L, Baldridge D, Homan E, Symoens S, Willaert A, Elcioglu N, Van Maldergem L, Verellen-Dumoulin C, Gillerot Y, Napierala D, Krakow D, Beighton P, Superti-Furga A, De Paepe A, Lee B. Mutations in FKBP10 cause recessive osteogenesis imperfecta and Bruck syndrome. J Bone Miner Res. 2011;26(3):666-72. PMCID:PMC3179293  PMID:20839288 
8. Baldridge D, Lennington J, Weis M, Homan EP, Jiang MM, Munivez E, Keene DR, Hogue WR, Pyott S, Byers PH, Krakow D, Cohn DH, Eyre DR, Lee B, Morello R. Generalized connective tissue disease in Crtap-/- mouse. PLoS One. 2010;5(5):e10560. PMCID:PMC2868021  PMID:20485499 
9. Alanay Y, Avaygan H, Camacho N, Utine GE, Boduroglu K, Aktas D, Alikasifoglu M, Tuncbilek E, Orhan D, Bakar FT, Zabel B, Superti-Furga A, Bruckner-Tuderman L, Curry CJ, Pyott S, Byers PH, Eyre DR, Baldridge D, Lee B, Merrill AE, Davis EC, Cohn DH, Akarsu N, Krakow D. Mutations in the gene encoding the RER protein FKBP65 cause autosomal-recessive osteogenesis imperfecta. Am J Hum Genet. 2010;86(4):551-9. PMCID:PMC2850430  PMID:20362275 
10. Baldridge D, Shchelochkov O, Kelley B, Lee B. Signaling pathways in human skeletal dysplasias. Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet. 2010;11:189-217. PMID:20690819 
11. Baldridge D, Schwarze U, Morello R, Lennington J, Bertin TK, Pace JM, Pepin MG, Weis M, Eyre DR, Walsh J, Lambert D, Green A, Robinson H, Michelson M, Houge G, Lindman C, Martin J, Ward J, Lemyre E, Mitchell JJ, Krakow D, Rimoin DL, Cohn DH, Byers PH, Lee B. CRTAP and LEPRE1 mutations in recessive osteogenesis imperfecta. Hum Mutat. 2008;29(12):1435-42. PMCID:PMC2671575  PMID:18566967 
12. Pal T, Napierala D, Becker TA, Loscalzo M, Baldridge D, Lee B, Sutphen R. The presence of germ line mosaicism in cleidocranial dysplasia. Clin Genet. 2007;71(6):589-91. PMID:17539909 
13. Baldridge D, Lecanda F, Shin CS, Stains J, Civitelli R. Sequence and structure of the mouse connexin45 gene. Biosci Rep. 2001;21(5):683-9. PMID:12168774