About Fort Worth Genomics Institute

Supporting Patients With Genetic Medical Conditions

The Fort Worth Genomics Institute is led by the husband-and-wife team of Dr. Mark Ziats, MD, PhD, and Dr. Catherine Ziats, MD, who specialize in genetic medicine, complex conditions, and undiagnosed disorders.

Our Mission

Bringing Advanced Genomic Medicine to Fort Worth

Our mission is to provide advanced genomic medicine to the Fort Worth area, elevating local healthcare standards by using the most state-of-the-art genomics technologies. We achieve this by supporting children with genetic medical conditions as they transition into adulthood, providing proactive genetic testing (polygenic risk scoring and other AI-enhanced 'omics' analytics via the Bioscope.AI platform) for adults in the Fort Worth area, and offering an undiagnosed diseases clinic that provides one-time, extensive genomics and AI-enhanced consultations for patients with as-yet unexplained symptoms or signs.

Philanthropic Support

A Mission Built Around Continuity of Care

This is a philanthropic mission that relies on the support of generous donors to cover the costs of our institution. In doing so, we are helping children in Fort Worth with genetic conditions as they age out of care at their local children’s hospital, a transition that is traditionally very stressful for families, who must find specialists, refill medications, and have home health agencies recertified, all on their own, often with adult providers who do not understand their genetic condition or the needs that go along with it. We help with all of this for the patients and their families.

Furthermore, we are elevating care for adults in Fort Worth by offering the first proactive, genomics-based wellness evaluations using the Bioscope.AI platform, providing patients and their doctors in Fort Worth with additional insight into how they can be more proactive about their health.

Lastly, our undiagnosed diseases clinic helps those who are struggling through a diagnostic odyssey without answers. We provide an extremely comprehensive, genomics- and AI-enhanced evaluation of the patient’s complaints and prior evaluations, and we provide the patient and their providers with possible differential diagnoses and next steps to consider.

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Patient Support

Supporting children with genetic medical conditions as they transition to adult care.

Genetic Testing

Providing proactive genomics-based wellness evaluations using the Bioscope.AI platform.

Consultations

Offering extensive genomics- and AI-enhanced consultations for unexplained symptoms.

Leadership

Meet the Doctors

Fort Worth Genomics Institute is led by physicians with extensive training in internal medicine, clinical genetics, genomics, complex conditions, and undiagnosed disorders.

Internal Medicine

Dr. Mark N Ziats, MD, PhD

After earning his B.S. in Biochemistry from Clemson University, Mark Ziats received a National Institutes of Health Academy Fellowship to work at the National Human Genome Research Institute as part of the newly established Undiagnosed Diseases Program. He then completed a combined MD/PhD program supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, completing his medical training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, and his PhD research at the University of Cambridge (U.K.). He finished his Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Michigan.

Dr. Ziats is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and has extensive clinical experience in acute care, post-acute care, and general outpatient Internal Medicine, with a particular focus on geriatric patients and complex or undiagnosed disorders.

Clinical Genetics

Dr. Catherine A Ziats, MD

Catherine Ziats earned her B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Florida. She then received a fellowship from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, where she researched genetic disorders of neurodevelopment. Dr. Ziats completed her medical training at the University of Florida Medical School and an internship at the University of Michigan Hospitals. She finished her residency in Medical Genetics at the Greenwood Genetics Center and pursued additional training in Biochemical and Metabolic Genetics and Genomics at the University of Texas at Houston.

Dr. Ziats is Board Certified in Clinical Genetics and was honored by the American College of Medical Genetics with the 2021 David L. Rimon Excellence Award for her contributions to the field. She has extensive experience, focusing mainly on neurodevelopmental disorders and adult genetics.

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Help Advance Genetic Medicine in Fort Worth

Your support helps fund our institution, patient transition support, proactive genetic testing, and the advancement of genomic medicine.

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