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Dr Vardha Ismail
Dr Ismail has been a consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital since 2025, specialising in paediatric rare disease and orofacial clefting disorders and works within the North Thames Cleft Service.
Specialisms
Orofacial clefting disorders
Qualifications
Medical degree University of Manchester (2011)
PGCert Paediatrics Imperial College (2014, Merit)
MRCPCH (2016)
PGCert Medical Education University of Birmingham (2018, Merit)
PGCert Interpretation and Clinical Application of Genomic data St George's (2023)
Research Interests
Paediatric rare disease
Key Publications
Ismail V, Zachariassen LG, Godwin A, Sahakian M, Ellard S, Stals KL, Baple E, Brown KT, Foulds N, Wheway G, Parker MO, Lyngby SM, Pedersen MG, Desir J, Bayat A, Musgaard M, Guille M, Kristensen AS, Baralle D. Identification and functional evaluation of GRIA1 missense and truncation variants in individuals with ID: An emerging neurodevelopmental syndrome. Am J Hum Genet. 2022 Jul 7;109(7):1217-1241. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.05.009. Epub 2022 Jun 7. PMID: 35675825; PMCID: PMC9300760.
Baralle D, Ismail V. 'Next Generation Sequencing' as a diagnostic tool in paediatrics. Arch Dis Child. 2021 Jan;106(1):1-2. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-320251. Epub 2020 Oct 29. PMID: 33122330.