Tara Lynn Wenger, MD, PhD

Tara Lynn Wenger, MD, PhD

Vascular Anomalies, Genetics, Craniofacial Genetics Clinic

On staff since July 2014

Academic Title: Assistant Professor

    • Suzanne Port Orchard Washington 03.24.17

      Dr. Tara Wenger has been my sons physician since utero. She's cared for them as if they were her own children. When looking for their diagnosis she was very thorough. My sons were diagnosed with a rare genetic syndrome that is very uncommon, and unknown in the health care community. Dr. Tara Wenger is not only an outstanding physician to my sons, but also a liaison between all the sub specialists my children see. She's walked me carefully through some hard moments in my sons lives. Shes also celebrated my sons milestones and always remained positive. She's listened to all of my concerns and has always put me at ease by answering them or finding a solution. Dr. Wenger has always had my sons best interests at heart. She has every intention of helping facilitate their best quality of life. We were truly blessed to have such an empathetic, knowledgeable, and genuinely honest Doctor. Dr. Tara Wenger will forever be important to our family, and I will always trust her judgement and seek her council. Thank you from the bottom of my heart Dr. Wenger for being the amazing driving force in my sons health care, for diagnosing them, and for always putting my sons first.

    • Nicole Ellensburg, WA 08.25.16

      Dr. Wenger is incredible as a doctor. She sits and explains everything in detail and answers all questions as thoroughly as she can. She has made me and my family as comfortable as possible during a very difficult time and has the best bed side manner with my daughter. I am so grateful we have someone as wonderful as her on our team to help us through this process.

  • Award Name Award Description Awarded By Award Date
    Travel Award Teratology Society 2014
    Robert Gorlin Award Best poster presentation by a fellow David W. Smith Workshop on Malformations and Morphogenesis 2013
    Senior Resident Teaching Award Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 2012
    Seymour Hoffman Distinguished First year Resident Award Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 2009
    American Medical Women's Association Award Awarded to a woman medical student for graduating with class rank #1 in her medical school class University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 2008
    Class of 1996 Community Service Award University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 2007 - 2008
    Alpha Omega Alpha membership University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 2007
    Gilbert B. Forbes Prize in Pediatrics University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 2003
    Mary and Robert Sproull Fellowship University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 2002
  • Manuscripts in Refereed Journals

    • Tara Lynn Wenger, MD, PhD, Arndt TL, Stodgell CJ, Rodier PM
      The teratology of autism
      International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience , 2005 : 23(2-3)189-199
    • Tara Lynn Wenger, MD, PhD, 3. Cole TB, Jampsa RL, Walter BJ, Arndt TL, Richter RJ, Shih DM, Tward A, Lusis A, Jack RM, Costa LG, Furlong CE
      Expression of human paraoxonase (PON1) during development
      12777966 Pharmacogenetics , 2003 : 13(6)357-364
    • Tara Lynn Wenger, MD, PhD, 2. Knopp EA, Arndt TL, Eng KL, Caldwell M, LeBoeuf RC, Deeb SS, OBrien KD
      Murine phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase: cDNA sequence, tissue expression, and mapping
      Mammalian Genome , 1999 : 10(6)601-605
    • Tara Lynn Wenger, MD, PhD, 1. Noble KD, Arndt TL, Nicholson TM, Sletten T, Zamora AD
      Different strokes: Perceptions of social and emotional development among early college entrants
      Journal of Secondary Gifted Education , 1999 : 10(2)77-84

    Other Publications

    • Wenger TL, Earl D, Chow P, Sanchez-Lara PA
      Role of Pediatric Geneticists in Craniofacial Teams: The Identification of Craniofacial Conditions with Cancer Predisposition.
      27289500 The Journal of pediatrics, 2016 Jun 8
    • Wenger TL, Dahl J, Bhoj EJ, Rosen A, McDonald-McGinn D, Zackai E, Jacobs I, Heike CL, Hing A, Santani A, Inglis AF, Sie KC, Cunningham M, Perkins J
      Tracheal cartilaginous sleeves in children with syndromic craniosynostosis.
      27228464 Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics, 2016 May 26
    • Wenger TL, Harr M, Ricciardi S, Bhoj E, Santani A, Adam MP, Barnett SS, Ganetzky R, McDonald-McGinn DM, Battaglia D, Bigoni S, Selicorni A, Sorge G, Monica MD, Mari F, Andreucci E, Romano S, Cocchi G, Savasta S, Malbora B, Marangi G, Garavelli L, Zollino M, Zackai EH
      "CHARGE-like presentation, craniosynostosis and mild Mowat-Wilson Syndrome diagnosed by recognition of the distinctive facial gestalt in a cohort of 28 new cases" American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 164:2557-2566, 2014.
      26097173 American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2015 July : 167(7)1682-3
    • Wenger TL, Harr M, Ricciardi S, Bhoj E, Santani A, Adam MP, Barnett SS, Ganetzky R, McDonald-McGinn DM, Battaglia D, Bigoni S, Selicorni A, Sorge G, Monica MD, Mari F, Andreucci E, Romano S, Cocchi G, Savasta S, Malbora B, Marangi G, Garavelli L, Zollino M, Zackai EH
      CHARGE-like presentation, craniosynostosis and mild Mowat-Wilson Syndrome diagnosed by recognition of the distinctive facial gestalt in a cohort of 28 new cases.
      25123255 American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2014 Oct. : 164A(10)2557-66

Overview

Board Certification(s)

Pediatrics
Clinical Genetics and Genomics (MD)

Medical/Professional School

University of Rochester School of Medicine/Dentistry, Rochester, NY

Residency

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Clinical Interests

Birth defects and neurodevelopmental disabilities; genetic syndromes; prenatal exposures