Department of Pediatrics

Clinical Interests

Skeletal dysplasias, achondroplasia, connective tissue disease

Education

• BS, Magna Cum Laude Dominic Dean Award Honors Diploma, Christian Brothers University, 2012
• MD, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 2016

Training

• Resident, Chief Resident , University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2016 - 2020

Licensure and Board Certification

• AL
• MO, Medical License
• IL, Medical License
• 2020American Board of Pediatrics

Recent Publications view all (12)

1. van Woerden GM, Senden R, de Konink C, Trezza RA, Baban A, Bassetti JA, van Bever Y, Bird LM, van Bon BW, Brooks AS, Guan Q, Klee EW, Marcelis C, Rosado JM, Schimmenti LA, Shikany AR, Terhal PA, Nicole Weaver K, Wessels MW, van Wieringen H, Hurst AC, Gooch CF, Steindl K, Joset P, Rauch A, Tartaglia M, Niceta M, Elgersma Y, Demirdas S. The MAP3K7 gene: Further delineation of clinical characteristics and genotype/phenotype correlations. Hum Mutat. 2022;43(10):1377-1395. PMID:35730652 
2. Catherine Gooch 1, Jaclyn Paige Souder 2, Matthew L Tedder 3, Jennifer Kerkhof 4, Jennifer A Lee 3, Raymond J Louie 3, Bekim Sadikovic 4 5, Robin S Fletcher 3, Nathaniel H Robin 1. Near complete deletion of KMT2D in a college student American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 2022. PMID:35040536 
3. Carvajal HG, Gooch C, Merritt TC, Fox JC, Pourney AN, Kumaresan HD, Canter MW, Eghtesady P. Mid-Term Outcomes of Heart Transplantation in Children with Genetic Disorders. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022. PMID:35007503 
4. Megan Yabumoto, Jessica Kianmahd, Meghna Singh, Maria F Palafox, Angela Wei, Kathryn Elliott, Dana H Goodloe, S Joy Dean, Catherine Gooch, Brianna K Murray, Erin Swartz, Samantha A Schrier Vergano, Meghan C Towne, Kimberly Nugent, Elizabeth R Roeder, Christina Kresge, Beth A Pletcher, Katheryn Grand, John M Graham Jr, Ryan Gates, Natalia Gomez-Ospina, Subhadra Ramanathan, Robin Dawn Clark, Kimberly Glaser, Paul J Benke, Julie S Cohen, Ali Fatemi, Weiyi Mu, Kristin W Baranano, Jill A Madden, Cynthia S Gubbels, Timothy W Yu, Pankaj B Agrawal, Mary-Kathryn Chambers, Chanika Phornphutkul, John A Pugh, Kate A Tauber, Svetlana Azova, Jessica R Smith, Anne O'Donnell-Luria, Hannah Medsker, Siddharth Srivastava, Deborah Krakow, Daniela N Schweitzer, Valerie A Arboleda . Novel variants in KAT6B spectrum of disorders expand our knowledge of clinical manifestations and molecular mechanisms Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine. 2021. PMID:34519438 
5. Angela Lee, Samuel Cortez, Peter Yang, Diane Aum, Prapti Singh, Catherine Gooch, Matthew Smyth . Neonatal hydrocephalus: an atypical presentation of malignant infantile osteopetrosis Childs Nervous System. 2021. PMID:34519872 
6. Gooch C, Rudy N, Smith RJ, Robin NH. Genetic testing hearing loss: The challenge of non syndromic mimics. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2021;150:110872. PMID:34433113 
7. Donohue KE, Gooch C, Katz A, Wakelee J, Slavotinek A, Korf BR. Pitfalls and challenges in genetic test interpretation: An exploration of genetic professionals experience with interpretation of results. Clin Genet. 2021;99(5):638-649. PMID:33818754 
8. Gooch C, Wright C, Nelson K, Robin N. Inherited cause of in utero digital malformations. BMJ Case Rep. 2020;13(3). PMID:32209574 
9. Gooch C, Dean SJ, Marzullo L. Repeatedly in Rhabdomyolysis. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2020. PMID:32205805 
10. Gooch C, Robin NH, Hurst ACE. Editorial: Neonatal management of achondroplasia: one hospital's geosocial approach to improve patient outcomes. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2019;31(6):691-693. PMID:31693574 
11. Wright BT, Gluszek CF, Heldt SA. The effects of repeated zolpidem treatment on tolerance, withdrawal-like symptoms, and GABAA receptor mRNAs profile expression in mice: comparison with diazepam. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2014;231(15):2967-79. PMID:24531568 
12. Catherine Gooch 1, Jaclyn Paige Souder 2, Matthew L Tedder 3, Jennifer Kerkhof 4, Jennifer A Lee 3, Raymond J Louie 3, Bekim Sadikovic 4 5, Robin S Fletcher 3, Nathaniel H Robin 1. Near complete deletion of KMT2D in a college student American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. PMID:35040536