Lorraine Potocki (born August 18, 1961) is a medical geneticist and educator at

Texas Children's Hospital Texas Children's Hospital is an acute care women's and children's hospital located in Houston, Texas. With 973 beds, it is the primary pediatric teaching hospital affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine and is located within the Texas Medical ...

and is a professor at

Baylor College of Medicine The Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) is a private medical school in Houston, Texas, United States. Originally as the Baylor University College of Medicine from 1903 to 1969, the college became independent with the current name and has been se ...

. She is credited with the discovery of two genetic syndromes, Potocki-Lupski syndrome and Potocki-Shaffer syndrome.

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1961 births Living people American geneticists Baylor College of Medicine faculty Boston University School of Medicine alumni American women geneticists {{US-academic-bio-stub