Yavuz Bayram, MD, FACMG
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Director, Division of Genomic Diagnostics
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Contact InformationChildren’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Division of Genomic Diagnostics
Abramson Pediatric Research Center
3615 Civic Center Boulevard, Room 710A
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: 267-426-1373
Email: yavuz.bayram@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Specialty Division
CHOP Genomic Diagnostics
Clinical Expertise
Genomic Diagnostics
Molecular Genetics
Cytogenetics
Education
MD University of Istanbul, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine-English Section, Istanbul, Turkey, 2007
Specialty Certification
Turkish Board-Certified Medical Geneticist, 2012
Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (DABMGG), Certified in Laboratory Genetics and Genomics, 2021
Postgraduate Training
Resident in Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Genetics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, 2008-12
Visiting Scientist, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Human Genetics Institute, Jena, Germany, 2011
Post-Doctoral Associate, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Dr. James R. Lupski Lab, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2013-17
Post-Doctoral Fellow, ABMGG Lab Genetics and Genomics Fellowship Program, Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 2017-20
Awards and Honors
Best Oral Presentation for “3-M Syndrome: Clinical – Radiological – Molecular Evaluation of Six Cases,” 2009
Full bursary for Germany visit expenses by German Academic Exchange Service, Project name: Genotype-Phenotype Correlation of the Patients with Small Supernumerary Marker Chromosome, 2011
Best Oral Presentation for “The role of Turkey in Baylor-John`s Hopkins Mendelian Exome Sequencing Project,” 2014
Memberships and Professional Organizations
American Society of Human Genetics, 2013-present
European Society of Human Genetics, 2015-16
American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG), 2021-present
Reviewer, ACMG Systemic Evidence Review (SER) Team, Advanced Paternal Age SER workgroup, 2022-23
Web Links
Selected Publications
Comprehensive Gene Panel Testing for Hearing Loss in Children: Understanding Factors Influencing Diagnostic Yield
Yamamoto N, Balciuniene J, Hartman T, Diaz-Miranda MA, Bedoukian E, Devkota B, Lawrence A, Golenberg N, Patel M, Tare A, Chen R, Schindler E, Choi J, Kaur M, Charles S, Chen J, Fanning EA, Dechene E, Cao K, Jill MR, Rajagopalan R, Bayram Y, Dulik MC, Germiller J, Conlin LK, Krantz ID, Luo M. J Pediatr 262:113620, Nov 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113620. Epub 2023 Jul 19. PMID: 37473993.
Brain monoamine vesicular transport disease caused by homozygous SLC18A2 variants: A study in 42 affected individuals
Saida K, Maroofian R, Sengoku T, Mitani T, Pagnamenta AT, Marafi D, Zaki MS, O'Brien TJ, Karimiani EG, Kaiyrzhanov R, Takizawa M, Ohori S, Leong HY, Akay G, Galehdari H, Zamani M, Romy R, Carroll CJ, Toosi MB, Ashrafzadeh F, Imannezhad S, Malek H, Ahangari N, Tomoum H, Gowda VK, Srinivasan VM, Murphy D, Dominik N, Elbendary HM, Rafat K, Yilmaz S, Kanmaz S, Serin M, Krishnakumar D, Gardham A, Maw A, Rao TS, Alsubhi S, Srour M, Buhas D, Jewett T, Goldberg RE, Shamseldin H, Frengen E, Misceo D, Strømme P, Magliocco Ceroni JR, Kim CA, Yesil G, Sengenc E, Guler S, Hull M, Parnes M, Aktas D, Anlar B, Bayram Y, Pehlivan D, Posey JE, Alavi S, Madani Manshadi SA, Alzaidan H, Al-Owain M, Alabdi L, Abdulwahab F, Sekiguchi F, Hamanaka K, Fujita A, Uchiyama Y, Mizuguchi T, Miyatake S, Miyake N, Elshafie RM, Salayev K, Guliyeva U, Alkuraya FS, Gleeson JG, Monaghan KG, Langley KG, Yang H, Motavaf M, Safari S, Alipour M, Ogata K, Brown AEX, Lupski JR, Houlden H, Matsumoto N. Genet Med 25(1):90-102, Jan 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2022.09.010. Epub 2022 Oct 31. PMID: 36318270.
Variant-specific changes in RAC3 function disrupt corticogenesis in neurodevelopmental phenotypes
Scala M, Nishikawa M, Ito H, Tabata H, Khan T, Accogli A, Davids L, Ruiz A, Chiurazzi P, Cericola G, Schulte B, Monaghan KG, Begtrup A, Torella A, Pinelli M, Denommé-Pichon AS, Vitobello A, Racine C, Mancardi MM, Kiss C, Guerin A, Wu W, Gabau Vila E, Mak BC, Martinez-Agosto JA, Gorin MB, Duz B, Bayram Y, Carvalho CMB, Vengoechea JE, Chitayat D, Tan TY, Callewaert B, Kruse B, Bird LM, Faivre L, Zollino M, Biskup S; Undiagnosed Diseases Network; Telethon Undiagnosed Diseases Program; Striano P, Nigro V, Severino M, Capra V, Costain G, Nagata KI. Brain 145(9):3308-3327, Sep 2022. doi: 10.1093/brain/awac106. PMID: 35851598; PMCID: PMC9473360.
Phenotypic and mutational spectrum of ROR2-related Robinow syndrome
Lima AR, Ferreira BM, Zhang C, Jolly A, Du H, White JJ, Dawood M, Lins TC, Chiabai MA, van Beusekom E, Cordoba MS, Caldas Rosa ECC, Kayserili H, Kimonis V, Wu E, Mellado C, Aggarwal V, Richieri-Costa A, Brunoni D, Canó TM, Jorge AAL, Kim CA, Honjo R, Bertola DR, Dandalo-Girardi RM, Bayram Y, Gezdirici A, Yilmaz-Gulec E, Gumus E, Yilmaz GC, Okamoto N, Ohashi H, Coban-Akdemir Z, Mitani T, Jhangiani SN, Muzny DM, Regattieri NAP, Pogue R, Pereira RW, Otto PA, Gibbs RA, Ali BR, van Bokhoven H, Brunner HG, Sutton VR, Lupski JR, Vianna-Morgante AM, Carvalho CMB, Mazzeu JF. Hum Mutat 43(7):900-918, Jul 2022. doi: 10.1002/humu.24375. Epub 2022 May 10. PMID: 35344616; PMCID: PMC9177636.
Phenotypic expansion illuminates multilocus pathogenic variation
Karaca E, Posey JE, Coban-Akdemir Z, Pehlivan D, Harel T, Jhangiani SN, Bayram Y, Song X, Bahrambeigi V, Ozalp Yuregir O, Bozdogan S, Yesil G, Isikay S, Muzny D, Gibbs RA, Lupski JR., Genet Med 20(12): 1528-1537, 2018, PMID:29790871
REST final-exon-truncating mutations cause hereditary gingival fibromatosis
Bayram Y, White JJ, Elcioglu N, Cho MT, Zadeh N, Gedikbasi A, Palanduz S, Ozturk S, Cefle K, Kasapcopur O, Coban Akdemir Z, Pehlivan D, Begtrup A, Carvalho CMB, Paine IS, Mente A, Bektas Kayhan K, Karaca E, Jhangiani SN, Muzny DM, Gibbs RA, Lupski JR., Am J Hum Genet. 101(1): 149-156, 2017, PMID:28686854
Homozygous and hemizygous CNV detection from exome sequencing data in a Mendelian disease cohort
Gambin T, Akdemir ZC, Yuan B, Gu S, Chiang T, Carvalho CM, Shaw C, Jhangiani S, Boone PM, Eldomery MK, Karaca E, Bayram Y, Stray-Pedersen A, Muzny D, Charng WL, Bahrambeigi V, Belmont JW, Boerwinkle E, Beaudet AL, Gibbs RA, Lupski JR., Nucleic Acids Res. 45(4): 1633-1648, 2017, PMID:27980096
Primary immunodeficiency diseases: Genomic approaches delineate heterogeneous Mendelian disorders
Stray-Pedersen A, Sorte HS, Samarakoon P, Gambin T, Chinn IK, Coban-Akdemir ZH, Erichsen HC, Forbes LR, Gu S, Yuan B, Jhangiani SN, Muzny DM, Rødningen OK, Sheng Y, Nicholas SK, Noroski LM, Seeborg FO, Davis CM, Canter DL, Mace EM, Vece TJ, Allen CE, Abhyankar HA, Boone PM, Beck CR, Wiszniewski W, Fevang B, Aukrust P, Tjønnfjord GE, Gedde-Dahl T, Hjorth-Hansen H, Dybedal I, Nordøy I, Jørgensen SF, Abrahamsen TG, Øverland T, Bechensteen AG, Skogen V, Osnes LT, Kulseth MA, Prescott TE, Rustad CF, Heimdal KR, Belmont JW, Rider NL, Chinen J, Cao TN, Smith EA, Caldirola MS, Bezrodnik L, Lugo Reyes SO, Espinosa Rosales FJ, Guerrero-Cursaru ND, Pedroza LA, Poli CM, Franco JL, Trujillo Vargas CM, Aldave Becerra JC, Wright N, Issekutz TB, Issekutz AC, Abbott J, Caldwell JW, Bayer DK, Chan AY, Aiuti A, Cancrini C, Holmberg E, West C, Burstedt M, Karaca E, Yesil G, Artac H, Bayram Y, Atik MM, Eldomery MK, Ehlayel MS, Jolles S, Flatø B, Bertuch AA, Hanson IC, Zhang VW, Wong LJ, Hu J, Walkiewicz M, Yang Y, Eng CM, Boerwinkle E, Gibbs RA, Shearer WT, Lyle R, Orange JS, Lupski JR., J Allergy Clin Immunol. 139(1): 232-245, 2017, PMID:27577878
Genes that affect brain structure and function identified by rare variant analyses of Mendelian neurologic disease
Karaca E, Harel T, Pehlivan D, Jhangiani SN, Gambin T, Coban Akdemir Z, Gonzaga-Jauregui C, Erdin S, Bayram Y, Campbell IM, Hunter JV, Atik MM, Van Esch H, Yuan B, Wiszniewski W, Isikay S, Yesil G, Yuregir OO, Tug Bozdogan S, Aslan H, Aydin H, Tos T, Aksoy A, De Vivo DC, Jain P, Geckinli BB, Sezer O, Gul D, Durmaz B, Cogulu O, Ozkinay F, Topcu V, Candan S, Cebi AH, Ikbal M, Yilmaz Gulec E, Gezdirici A, Koparir E, Ekici F, Coskun S, Cicek S, Karaer K, Koparir A, Duz MB, Kirat E, Fenercioglu E, Ulucan H, Seven M, Guran T, Elcioglu N, Yildirim MS, Aktas D, Alikaşifoğlu M, Ture M, Yakut T, Overton JD, Yuksel A, Ozen M, Muzny DM, Adams DR, Boerwinkle E, Chung WK, Gibbs RA, Lupski JR., Neuron 88(3): 499-513, 2015, PMID:26539891