Chester Whitley, PhD, MD

Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Chester Whitley

Contact Info

whitley@umn.edu

Office Phone 612-624-7975

Fax 612-624-2682

Office Address:
Pediatric Gene Therapy
12-169 PWB
516 Delaware St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Mailing Address:
Pediatric Genetics
MMC 446 Mayo
8446A (Campus Delivery Code)
420 Delaware St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Faculty Member, Division of Genetics and Metabolism

Faculty Member, Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (ECP)

Team Member, Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) Center

Faculty, PhD Program in Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology and Genetics


Physician - Genetics and Metabolism


MD, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN

Residency in Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN

Fellowship in Pediatric Genetics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN

PhD, Human Biochemical Genetics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Summary

Awards & Recognition

  • Minnesota Monthly “Top Doctors” (2016-2017)
  • Champions of Hope Award, Global Genes (2014)
  • Best Doctors in America® (2011-2012, 2013)
  • Award for Outstanding Research in Mucopolysaccharidosis, Daniel Molinaro Foundation (1990)

Clinical

Specialties

  • Genetics and Metabolism
  • Pediatrics

Clinics

Pediatric Specialty Care-Discovery Clinic;Pediatric Specialty Care-Explorer Clinic

Board Certifications

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

Clinical Interests

Genetics; Phenylketonuria; Inborn errors of metabolism

Media

Video

View Dr. Whitley's talk on The ‘New’ Lysosomal Disease Network