Professional History

Board Certification

• Clinical Genetics - American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics
  
• Medical Biochemical Genetics - American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics
  
• Pediatrics - American Board of Pediatrics
  

Medical Education

• MD - Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School
  Newark, NJ
  2007
  

Residency/Fellowship

• Residency - St Christopher's Hospital for Children
  Philadelphia, PA
  
• Fellowship - Mayo Clinic
  Rochester, MN
  
• Fellowship - Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School
  Newark, NJ
  

Contact Information

Primary Location:

Childrens Minnesota Genetics
2545 Chicago Ave S STE 700
Minneapolis, MN 55404
(612) 813-7240

Secondary Location(s):

Childrens Minnesota Down Syndrome Clinic
2525 Chicago Ave S CSC 390
Minneapolis, MN 55404
(612)813-6777

Childrens Minnesota Down Syndrome Clinic
345 N Smith Ave STE 70-302
St Paul, MN 55102
(612)813-6777

Personal Biography

Marcelo P. Vargas, MD is a clinical and biochemical geneticist and the Medical Director of Genetics and Genomics at Children's MN. He completed his medical education at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, NJ and his pediatrics residency at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, PA. He then returned to Rutgers New Jersey Medical School for his clinical genetics fellowship. He also finished a clinical biochemical genetics fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. His primary clinical interests include the genetics of autism spectrum disorders, application of novel genetic technologies to clinical practice, and expansion of clinical genetic services in pediatric medicine.