Department of Pediatrics

Clinical Interests

Genetic Counseling, Education, Public Health

Education

• BA, Magna Cum Laude, University of Missouri, 2007
• MS, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2009

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2009 - 2010MA, Provisional Genetic Counselor
• 2010 - 2025American Board of Genetic Counseling
• 2010 - 2017MA, Genetic Counselor
• 2020 - 2023IL, Genetic Counselor

Honors and Awards

• Phi Beta Kappa, 2007

Recent Publications view all (16)

Publication Co-Authors

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

Dustin Baldridge

Marwan Shinawi, M.D.

Jennifer A Wambach, M.D.

Linda Manwaring

Jorge L Granadillo, MD, MSc.

Dorothy Katherine Grange, M.D.

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

Patricia Dickson

Jennifer Heeley

Francis Sessions Cole, III, M.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Tomi L. Toler, MS, CGC

1. Lines MA, Cuillerier A, Chakraborty P, Naas T, Duque Lasio ML, Michaud J, Pileggi C, Harper ME, Burelle Y, Toler TL, Sondheimer N, Crawford HP, Millan F, & Geraghty MT. A recurrent de novo ATP5F1A substitution associated with neonatal complex V deficiency. Eur J Hum Genet. 2021. PMID:34483339 
2. Harris HK, Nakayama T, Lai J, Zhao B, Argyrou N, Gubbels CS, Soucy A, Genetti CA, Suslovitch V, Rodan LH, Tiller GE, Lesca G, Gripp KW, Asadollahi R, Hamosh A, Applegate CD, Turnpenny PD, Simon MEH, Volker-Touw CML, Gassen KLIV, Binsbergen EV, Pfundt R, Gardeitchik T, Vries BBA, Immken LL, Buchanan C, Willing M, Toler TL, Fassi E, Baker L, Vansenne F, Wang X, Ambrus JL Jr, Fannemel M, Posey JE, Agolini E, Novelli A, Rauch A, Boonsawat P, Fagerberg CR, Larsen MJ, Kibaek M, Labalme A, Poisson A, Payne KK, Walsh LE, Aldinger KA, Balciuniene J, Skraban C, Gray C, Murrell J, Bupp CP, Pascolini G, Grammatico P, Broly M, Küry S, Nizon M, Rasool IG, Zahoor MY, Kraus C, Reis A, Iqbal M, Uguen K, Audebert-Bellanger S, Ferec C, Redon S, Baker J, Wu Y, Zampino G, Syrbe S, Brosse I, Jamra RA, Dobyns WB, Cohen LL, Blomhoff A, Mignot C, Keren B, Courtin T, Agrawal PB, Beggs AH, & Yu TW. Disruption of RFX family transcription factors causes autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, intellectual disability, and dysregulated behavior. Genet Med. 2021. PMID:33658631 
3. Klöckner C, Sticht H, Zacher P, Popp B, Babcock HE, Bakker DP, Barwick K, Bonfert MV, Bönnemann CG, Brilstra EH; Care4Rare Canada Consortium, Chung WK, Clarke AJ, Devine P, Donkervoort S, Fraser JL, Friedman J, Gates A, Ghoumid J, Hobson E, Horvath G, Keller-Ramey J, Keren B, Kurian MA, Lee V, Leppig KA, Lundgren J, McDonald MT, McTague A, Mefford HC, Mignot C, Mikati MA, Nava C, Raymond FL, Sampson JR, Sanchis-Juan A, Shashi V, Shieh JTC, Shinawi M, Slavotinek A, Stödberg T, Stong N, Sullivan JA, Taylor AC, Toler TL, van den Boogaard MJ, van der Crabben SN, van Gassen KLI, van Jaarsveld RH, Van Ziffle J, Wadley AF, Wagner M, Wigby K, Wortmann SB, Zarate YA, Møller RS, Lemke JR, & Platzer K. De novo variants in SNAP25 cause an early-onset developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. Genet Med. 2020. PMID:33299146 
4. Baldridge D, Spillmann RC, Wegner DJ, Wambach JA, White FV, Sisco K, Toler TL, Dickson PI, Cole FS, Shashi V, & Grange DK. Phenotypic expansion of KMT2D-related disorder: Beyond Kabuki syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2020. PMID:32083401 
5. Sanchez E, Laplace-Builhé B, Mau-Them FT, Richard E, Goldenberg A, Toler TL, Guignard T, Gatinois V, Vincent M, Blanchet C, Boland A, Bihoreau MT, Deleuze JF, Olaso R, Nephi W, Lüdecke HJ, Verheij JBGM, Moreau-Lenoir F, Denoyelle F, Rivière JB, Laplanche JL, Willing M, Captier G, Apparailly F, Wieczorek D, Collet C, Djouad F, & Geneviève D. POLR1B and neural crest cell anomalies in Treacher Collins syndrome type 4. Genet Med. 2020. PMID:31649276 
6. Bain JM, Cho MT, Telegrafi A, Wilson A, Brooks S, Botti C, Gowans G, Autullo LA, Krishnamurthy V, Willing MC, Toler TL, Ben-Zev B, Elpeleg O, Shen Y, Retterer K, Monaghan KG, & Chung WK. Pathogenic Variants in GPC4 Cause Keipert Syndrome. Am J Hum Genet. 2019. PMID:30982611 
7. Granadillo JL, Chung WK, Hecht L, Corsten-Janssen N, Wegner D, Nij Bijvank SWA, Toler TL, Pineda-Alvarez DE, Douglas G, Murphy JJ, Shimony J, & Shinawi M. Variable cardiovascular phenotypes associated with SMAD2 pathogenic variants. Hum Mutat. 2018. PMID:30157302 
8. 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 
9. Lavigne J, Sharr C, Elsharkawi I, Ozonoff A, Baumer N, Brasington C, Cannon S, Crissman B, Davidson E, Florez JC, Kishnani P, Lombardo A, Lyerly J, McDonough ME, Schwartz A, Berrier K, Sparks S, Stock-Guild K, Toler TL, Vellody K, Voelz L, & Skotko BG. Thyroid dysfunction in patients with Down syndrome: Results from a multi-institutional registry study. Am J Med Genet A. 2017. PMID:28332275 
10. Sharr C, Lavigne J, Elsharkawi IM, Ozonoff A, Baumer N, Brasington C, Cannon S, Crissman B, Davidson E, Florez JC, Kishnani P, Lombardo A, Lyerly J, McDonough ME, Schwartz A, Berrier KL, Sparks S, Stock-Guild K, Toler TL, Vellody K, Voelz L, & Skotko BG. Detecting celiac disease in patients with Down syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2016. PMID:27605215 
11. Amor DJ, Stephenson SEM, Mustapha M, Mensah MA, Ockeloen CW, Lee WS, Tankard RM, Phelan DG, Shinawi M, de Brouwer APM, Pfundt R, Dowling C, Toler TL, Sutton VR, Agolini E, Rinelli M, Capolino R, Martinelli D, Zampino G, Dumić M, Reardon W, Shaw-Smith C, Leventer RJ, Delatycki MB, Kleefstra T, Mundlos S, Mortier G, Bahlo M, Allen NJ, & Lockhart PJ. Variants in HNRNPH2 on the X Chromosome Are Associated with a Neurodevelopmental Disorder in Females. Am J Hum Genet. 2016. PMID:27545675 
12. Lavigne J, Sharr C, Ozonoff A, Prock LA, Baumer N, Brasington C, Cannon S, Crissman B, Davidson E, Florez JC, Kishnani P, Lombardo A, Lyerly J, McCannon JB, McDonough ME, Schwartz A, Berrier KL, Sparks S, Stock-Guild K, Toler TL, Vellody K, Voelz L, & Skotko BG. National down syndrome patient database: Insights from the development of a multi-center registry study. Am J Med Genet A. 2015. PMID:26249752 
13. Buchanan A, Sachs A, Toler T, & Tsipis J. NIPT: current utilization and implications for the future of prenatal genetic counseling. Prenat Diagn. 2014. PMID:24711206 
14. Stewart DR, Brems H, Gomes AG, Ruppert SL, Callens T, Williams J, Claes K, Bober MB, Hachen R, Kaban LB, Li H, Lin A, McDonald M, Melancon S, Ortenberg J, Radtke HB, Samson I, Saul RA, Shen J, Siqveland E, Toler TL, van Maarle M, Wallace M, Williams M, Legius E, & Messiaen L. Jaffe-Campanacci syndrome, revisited: detailed clinical and molecular analyses determine whether patients have neurofibromatosis type 1, coincidental manifestations, or a distinct disorder. Genet Med. 2014. PMID:24232412 
15. Hodge JC, Mitchell E, Pillalamarri V, Toler TL, Bartel F, Kearney HM, Zou YS, Tan WH, Hanscom C, Kirmani S, Hanson RR, Skinner SA, Rogers RC, Everman DB, Boyd E, Tapp C, Mullegama SV, Keelean-Fuller D, Powell CM, Elsea SH, Morton CC, Gusella JF, DuPont B, Chaubey A, Lin AE, & Talkowski ME. Disruption of MBD5 contributes to a spectrum of psychopathology and neurodevelopmental abnormalities. Mol Psychiatry. 2014. PMID:23587880 
16. Teekakirikul P, Milewicz DM, Miller DT, Lacro RV, Regalado ES, Rosales AM, Ryan DP, Toler TL, & Lin AE. Thoracic aortic disease in two patients with juvenile polyposis syndrome and SMAD4 mutations. Am J Med Genet A. 2013. PMID:23239472