B.C. McGillivray, MD

Professor
Department of Medical Genetics
Children's and Women's Health Centre of BC
C234 - 4500 Oak Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6H 3N1

Phone: (604) 875-2157
Fax: (604) 875-2376
Email: bmcgillivray@cw.bc.ca

Research Interests: Clinical Genetics, Research Ethics.

One area of concern has been the incidence and differential diagnosis of gender abnormalities. The B.C. Health Surveillance Registry was used to ascertain the incidence and characteristics of hypospadias in B.C. Presently, we are undertaking DNA linkage studies on androgen insensitivity families.

Confined placental mosaicism and paediatric follow up; predictive testing and familial cancers.

Others:
Ethics of prenatal diagnosis
Gender abnormalities

Selected Publications:

Baird, P.A., A.D. Sadovnick and B.C. McGillivray. Temporal Changes in the Utilization of Amniocentesis for Prenatal Diagnosis by Women of Advanced Maternal Age, 1976-1983. Pren. Diagn. 5:191-198, 1985.

Allanson, J.E. and B.C. McGillivray. Familial clefting syndrome with ectropion and dental anomaly - without limb anomalies. Clin. Genet. 27:426-429, 1985.

McGillivray, B.C., D.S. Herbst, F.J. Dill, H.J. Sandercock and B. Tischler. Infantile Autism: An Occasional Manifestation of Fragile (X) Mental Retardation. Am. J. Med. Genet. 23:353-358, 1986.

Froster-Iskenius, U., B.C. McGillivray, F.J. Dill, J.G. Hall and D.S. Herbst. Normal Male Carriers in the Fragile (X) Form of X-Linked Mental Retardation (Martin-Bell Syndrome). Am. J. Med. Genet. 23:619-631, 1986.