Garrett Kenneth Gotway, MD
Pediatric Genetics Specialist
Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Interim Division Director at Children's Health
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Biography
Garrett Gotway, M.D., Ph.D., is a pediatric clinical geneticist and serves as the program director for Medical Genetics Residency at UT Southwestern. He is an Associate Professor of pediatrics at UT Southwestern.
Dr. Gotway works with children and adolescents to diagnose and treat both hereditary or suspected metabolic conditions. As a member of the multi-specialty pediatric genetics and metabolism team, Dr. Gotway specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of inborn errors of metabolism (rare genetic disorders in which the body cannot properly turn food into energy).
Dr. Gotway earned his medical degree and Ph.D. from UT Southwestern. He also completed two residencies at UT Southwestern, one in pediatrics and a second in genetics and metabolism. He is board certified by American Board of Medical Genetics and the American Board of Pediatrics.
Passionate about academics, Dr. Gotway is a leader in the field of hereditary and genetic factors which play a role in disease and susceptibility. He teaches medical students, residents and fellows at UT Southwestern and serves on several committees designed to guide the genetics educational programs. He also supervises fourth-year medical students rotating in pediatric genetics and metabolism.
Dr. Gotway is an active researcher focused on cutting-edge discoveries and studying various genetic mutations and conditions to understand best and improve the health care of his patients. His work has been published in several journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Neurology and Clinical Genetics. He is the recipient of several grants for his research and teaching.
Dr. Gotway is a recognized Texas Super Doctor in Texas Monthly Magazine and acknowledged as one of the best pediatric specialists by D magazine.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2007)
- Internship
- UT Southwestern - Children's Medical Center (2008), Pediatric Residency
- Residency
- UT Southwestern - Children's Medical Center (2012), Medical Genetics
Children's Medical Center Dallas (2010), Pediatrics - Board Certification
- American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Mudd's disease
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Publications
- FBXL4 defects are common in patients with congenital lactic acidemia and encephalomyopathic mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome. Dai H, Zhang VW, El-Hattab AW, Ficicioglu C, Shinawi M, Lines M, Schulze A, McNutt M, Gotway G, Tian X, Chen S, Wang J, Craigen WJ, Wong LJ Clin. Genet. 2017 Apr 91 4 634-639
- De Novo Mutations in CHD4, an ATP-Dependent Chromatin Remodeler Gene, Cause an Intellectual Disability Syndrome with Distinctive Dysmorphisms. Weiss K, Terhal PA, Cohen L, Bruccoleri M, Irving M, Martinez AF, Rosenfeld JA, Machol K, Yang Y, Liu P, Walkiewicz M, Beuten J, Gomez-Ospina N, Haude K, Fong CT, Enns GM, Bernstein JA, Fan J, Gotway G, Ghorbani M, van Gassen K, Monroe GR, van Haaften G, Basel-Vanagaite L, Yang XJ, Campeau PM, Muenke M Am. J. Hum. Genet. 2016 Sep
- IKBKG Mutation With Incontinentia Pigmenti and Ring-Enhancing Encephalopathy. Eksambe D, Agim N, Uddin N, Gotway G, Pascual JM JAMA Neurol 2015 Dec 72 12 1533-5
- Adult-onset liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma in S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase deficiency. Stender S, Chakrabarti RS, Xing C, Gotway G, Cohen JC, Hobbs HH Mol. Genet. Metab. 2015 Oct
- Mudd's disease (MAT I/III deficiency): a survey of data for MAT1A homozygotes and compound heterozygotes. Chien YH, Abdenur JE, Baronio F, Bannick AA, Corrales F, Couce M, Donner MG, Ficicioglu C, Freehauf C, Frithiof D, Gotway G, Hirabayashi K, Hofstede F, Hoganson G, Hwu WL, James P, Kim S, Korman SH, Lachmann R, Levy H, Lindner M, Lykopoulou L, Mayatepek E, Muntau A, Okano Y, Raymond K, Rubio-Gozalbo E, Scholl-Bürgi S, Schulze A, Singh R, Stabler S, Stuy M, Thomas J, Wagner C, Wilson WG, Wortmann S, Yamamoto S, Pao M, Blom HJ Orphanet J Rare Dis 2015 10 99
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Awards and Honors
- D Magazine Best Pediatric Specialist, (2015-2020)
- Texas Super Doctors (2017), Texas Monthly Magazine
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