Bianca Russell, MD

Dr. Russell sees general genetics, cancer, and metabolic patients in Westwood and San Luis Obispo in-person and through telemedicine.

Her clinical interests include state newborn screening, metabolic disorders, chromatin modifying disorders (Chromatinopathies), hearing loss, renal disease, epilepsy, congenital malformations, and cancer predisposition syndromes.

She also has a specialized Chromatinopathies Clinic and does clinical research on disorders caused by genetic changes in the ASXL gene family (Bohring-Opitz Syndrome, Shashi-Pena Syndrome, Bainbridge-Ropers Syndrome). She maintains a registry and biobank for these conditions and is considered an expert on Bohring-Opitz Syndrome.