Medical Advisors

Dr Clair Francomano

Medical Advisor

Dr. Francomano received her undergraduate degree at Yale University and her medical degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She trained in internal medicine and medical genetics at Johns Hopkins and joined the full-time Hopkins faculty in 1984. From 1994-2005, she served in the Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health. She joined Greater Baltimore Medical Center’s Harvey Institute of Human Genetics in 2005 and was Director of Adult Genetics from 2005 – 2019. In 2019 she moved to Indiana University School of Medicine as Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics. Dr. Francomano is board-certified in internal medicine, clinical genetics and clinical molecular genetics. She is a member of the American College of Physicians, the American Society of Human Genetics and the American Society for Clinical Investigation, and is a founding fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics. Her clinical and research interests include the hereditary disorders of connective tissue, with an emphasis on the Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders. She received EDNF’s Shining Star award in 2012 and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Ehlers-Danlos Society in 2019 for her dedication to people with EDS. As a Medical Advisor to The ILC, she values the opportunity to interact with the Canadian patient population and providers caring for patients with EDS and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders.