Can Ficicioglu, MD, PhD
Areas of expertise: Fatty acid oxidation defects, Galactosemia, Lysosomal Storage Disorders, Newborn metabolic screening, Phenylketonuria (PKU), Metabolic genetic disorders, Pediatric clinical genetics
Locations: Main Building
About Can Ficicioglu, MD, PhD
Titles
Director, Newborn Metabolic Screening Program
Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Certifications
Clinical Biochemical Genetics – American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
Awards and Honors
2022, Philadelphia Magazine's Top Doctors in Clinical Genetics
Education & training
Medical Degree
University of Istanbul, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey
Internship
University of Istanbul, Cerrahpasa Medical School
Residency
Albert Einstein Medical College, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, New York Medical College and St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Center, New York, N.Y.
Fellowship
Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Mass.
Publications
Publications
Ficicioglu C, Hussa C, Gallagher PR, Thomas N, Yager C. Monitoring of biochemical status in children with Duarte galactosemia: utility of galactose, galactitol, galactonate, and galactose 1-phosphate. Clin Chem. 2010 Jul;56(7):1177-82. Epub 2010 May 20.
Freer DE, Ficicioglu C, Finegold D. Newborn screening for galactosemia: a review of 5 years of data and audit of a revised reporting approach. Clin Chem. 2010 Mar;56(3):437-44. Epub 2010 Jan 14.
Ficicioglu C, An Haack K. Failure to thrive: when to suspect inborn errors of metabolism. Pediatrics. 2009 Sep;124(3):972-9. Epub 2009 Aug 10.
Arnold GL, Van Hove J, Freedenberg D, Strauss A, Longo N, Burton B, Garganta C, Ficicioglu C, Cederbaum S, Harding C, Boles RG, Matern D, Chakraborty P, Feigenbaum A. A Delphi clinical practice protocol for the management of very long chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency. Mol Genet Metab. 2009 Mar;96(3):85-90. Epub 2009 Jan 20.
Ficicioglu C, Coughlin CR 2nd, Bennett MJ, Yudkoff M. Very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency in a patient with normal newborn screening by tandem mass spectrometry. J Pediatr. 2010 Mar;156(3):492-4. Epub 2010 Jan 8.
Coughlin CR 2nd, Ficicioglu C. Genotype-phenotype correlations: sudden death in an infant with very-long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2010 Jan 27. [Epub ahead of print]