Rachel D Burnside, PhD, MBA, FACMG
Clinical Professor And Section Director, Cytogenetics
About Rachel D Burnside
Dr. Burnside is an ABMGG Board Certified Clinical Cytogeneticist and brings a wide breadth of professional experience to her lab. She started her career as a cytogenetics technologist in Houston, TX in a private lab that was owned by the late genetics pioneer, Dr. Tom Caskey. This experience influenced her career, and she earned her doctorate degree from the University of Kentucky in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics. After completing a fellowship in Clinical Cytogenetics as the University of Alabama at Birmingham, she worked for 10 years as a Cytogenetics Director at LabCorp in Research Triangle Park, NC.
After later earning an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business with a certification in Health Sector Management, Dr. Burnside took her experience to industry, managing the global marketing and product management teams for Beckman Coulter Diagnostics hematology business unit based in Miami, FL.
After a brief stop with Bionano Genomics as the Senior Director of Clinical and Scientific Affairs, Dr. Burnside joined the UF Health Cytogenetics lab as Section Director in 2023. She is currently pursuing further molecular training and ABMGG board certification in Laboratory Genetics and Genomics.
Teaching Profile
Board Certifications
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Clinical Cytogeneticist license DRM-01004375California Dept of Public Health
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Clinical Cytogenetics and CytogenomicsAmerican Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics
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Cytogenetics Director license DI 56473Florida Department of Health MQA
Clinical Profile
Our lab specializes in the diagnosis of neoplastic and congenital genetic conditions using chromosome analysis and FISH testing.
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
- Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) – children
- Acute myeloid leukemia – adult
- B-cell leukemia/lymphoma panel
- Genetics
- Intellectual disability
- Multiple myeloma
- Myelodysplastic syndrome
Publications
Education
Contact Details
- Business:
- (352) 267-2006
- Business:
- rachelburnside@ufl.edu
- Business Mailing:
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PO Box 100275
GAINESVILLE FL 32610 - Business Street:
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Rocky Point Lab
GAINESVILLE FL 32611