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

• 2014 - PresAmerican Board of Pediatrics
• 2014 - PresMO, State Medical License

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 (23)

Publication Co-Authors

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

Marwan Shinawi, M.D.

Barbara B. Warner, M.D., MSc

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. Accogli A, Calabretta S, St-Onge J, Boudrahem-Addour N, Dionne-Laporte A, Joset P, Azzarello-Burri S, Rauch A, Krier J, Fieg E, Pallais JC, Undiagnosed Diseases Network., McConkie-Rosell A, McDonald M, Freedman SF, Rivière JB, Lafond-Lapalme J, Simpson BN, Hopkin RJ, Trimouille A, Van-Gils J, Begtrup A, McWalter K, Delphine H, Keren B, Genevieve D, Argilli E, Sherr EH, Severino M, Rouleau GA, Yam PT, Charron F, Srour M. De Novo Pathogenic Variants in N-cadherin Cause a Syndromic Neurodevelopmental Disorder with Corpus Collosum, Axon, Cardiac, Ocular, and Genital Defects. Am J Hum Genet. 2019;105(4):854-868. PMID:31585109 
2. Geng LN, Kohler JN, Levonian P, Members of the Undiagnosed Diseases Network., Bernstein JA, Ford JM, Ahuja N, Witteles R, Hom J, Wheeler M. Genomics in medicine: a novel elective rotation for internal medicine residents. Postgrad Med J. 2019;95(1128):569-572. PMID:31439813 
3. McConkie-Rosell A, Schoch K, Sullivan J, Cope H, Spillmann R, Palmer CGS, Pena L, Jiang YH, Daniels N, Walley N, Tan KG; Undiagnosed Diseases Network, Hooper SR, Shashi V.. The genome empowerment scale: An assessment of parental empowerment in families with undiagnosed disease. Clin Genet.. 2019. PMID:31448412 
4. Kanca O, Andrews JC, Lee PT, Patel C, Braddock SR, Slavotinek AM, Cohen JS, Gubbels CS, Aldinger KA, Williams J, Indaram M, Fatemi A, Yu TW, Agrawal PB, Vezina G, Simons C, Crawford J, Lau CC, Undiagnosed Diseases Network., Chung WK, Markello TC, Dobyns WB, Adams DR, Gahl WA, Wangler MF, Yamamoto S, Bellen HJ, Malicdan MCV. De Novo Variants in WDR37 Are Associated with Epilepsy, Colobomas, Dysmorphism, Developmental Delay, Intellectual Disability, and Cerebellar Hypoplasia. Am J Hum Genet. 2019;105(2):413-424. PMCID:PMC6699142  PMID:31327508 
5. Shashi V, Geist J, Lee Y, Yoo Y, Shin U, Schoch K, Sullivan J, Stong N, Smith E, Jasien J, Kranz P, Undiagnosed Diseases Network., Lee Y, Shin YB, Wright NT, Choi M, Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos A. Heterozygous variants in MYBPC1 are associated with an expanded neuromuscular phenotype beyond arthrogryposis. Hum Mutat. 2019;40(8):1115-1126. PMCID:PMC6688907  PMID:31264822 
6. Johnson BV, Kumar R, Oishi S, Alexander S, Kasherman M, Vega MS, Ivancevic A, Gardner A, Domingo D, Corbett M, Parnell E, Yoon S, Oh T, Lines M, Lefroy H, Kini U, Van Allen M, Grønborg S, Mercier S, Küry S, Bézieau S, Pasquier L, Raynaud M, Afenjar A, Billette de Villemeur T, Keren B, Désir J, Van Maldergem L, Marangoni M, Dikow N, Koolen DA, VanHasselt PM, Weiss M, Zwijnenburg P, Sa J, Reis CF, López-Otín C, Santiago-Fernández O, Fernández-Jaén A, Rauch A, Steindl K, Joset P, Goldstein A, Madan-Khetarpal S, Infante E, Zackai E, Mcdougall C, Narayanan V, Ramsey K, Mercimek-Andrews S, Pena L, Shashi V, Undiagnosed Diseases Network., Schoch K, Sullivan JA, Pinto E Vairo F, Pichurin PN, Ewing SA, Barnett SS, Klee EW, Perry MS, Koenig MK, Keegan CE, Schuette JL, Asher S, Perilla-Young Y, Smith LD, Rosenfeld JA, Bhoj E, Kaplan P, Li D, Oegema R, van Binsbergen E, van der Zwaag B, Smeland MF, Cutcutache I, Page M, Armstrong M, Lin AE, Steeves MA, Hollander ND, Hoffer MJV, Reijnders MRF, Demirdas S, Koboldt DC, Bartholomew D, Mosher TM, Hickey SE, Shieh C, Sanchez-Lara PA, Graham JM Jr, Tezcan K, Schaefer GB, Danylchuk NR, Asamoah A, Jackson KE, Yachelevich N, Au M, Pérez-Jurado LA, Kleefstra T, Penzes P, Wood SA, Burne T, Pierson TM, Piper M, Gécz J, Jolly LA. Partial Loss of USP9X Function Leads to a Male Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Disorder Converging on Transforming Growth Factor β Signaling. Biol Psychiatry. 2019. PMID:31443933 
7. Bhatia A, Mobley BC, Cogan J, Koziura ME, Brokamp E, Phillips J, Newman J, Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN)., Moore SA, Hamid R, Members of the Undiagnosed Diseases Network.. Magnetic Resonance Imaging characteristics in case of TOR1AIP1 muscular dystrophy. Clin Imaging. 2019;58:108-113. PMID:31299614 
8. Nicoli ER, Weston MR, Hackbarth M, Becerril A, Larson A, Zein WM, Baker PR 2nd, Burke JD, Dorward H, Davids M, Huang Y, Adams DR, Zerfas PM, Chen D, Markello TC, Toro C, Wood T, Elliott G, Vu M, Undiagnosed Diseases Network., Zheng W, Garrett LJ, Tifft CJ, Gahl WA, Day-Salvatore DL, Mindell JA, Malicdan MCV. Lysosomal Storage and Albinism Due to Effects of a De Novo CLCN7 Variant on Lysosomal Acidification. Am J Hum Genet. 2019;104(6):1127-1138. PMCID:PMC6562152  PMID:31155284 
9. Wambach JA, Wegner DJ, Patni N, Kircher M, Willing MC, Baldridge D, Xing C, Agarwal AK, Vergano SAS, Patel C, Grange DK, Kenney A, Najaf T, Nickerson DA, Bamshad MJ, Cole FS, Garg A. Bi-allelic POLR3A Loss-of-Function Variants Cause Autosomal-Recessive Wiedemann-Rautenstrauch Syndrome. Am J Hum Genet. 2018;103(6):968-975. PMCID:PMC6288318  PMID:30414627 
10. Cheng C, Deng PY, Ikeuchi Y, Yuede C, Li D, Rensing N, Huang J, Baldridge D, Maloney SE, Dougherty JD, Constantino J, Jahani-Asl A, Wong M, Wozniak DF, Wang T, Klyachko VA, Bonni A. Characterization of a Mouse Model of Börjeson-Forssman-Lehmann Syndrome. Cell Rep. 2018;25(6):1404-1414.e6. PMCID:PMC6261530  PMID:30403997 
11. 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 
12. 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 
13. 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 
14. 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 
15. 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 
16. 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 
17. 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 
18. 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 
19. 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 
20. 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 
21. 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 
22. 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 
23. 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