Klaas J. Wierenga MD

Dr. Klaas Wierenga is a senior consultant in the Department of Clinical Genomics at Mayo Clinic hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. His main interests and expertise include NeuroGenetics and Metabolic Genetics. He specializes in diagnosing and treating genetic disorders in adults and children with a specific focus on rare Mendelian disorders using modern genetic diagnostic tools.

Dr. Wierenga has an M.Sc. in Biology and an M.D. from Groningen State University, the Netherlands, and received a Doctor of Medicine in Pediatrics from the University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica. He completed his residency in Medical Genetics at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida, and is double boarded, certified in Medical Genetics and Medical Biomechanical Genetics by the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG).

Dr. Wierenga has designed clinical homozygosity mapping software, which leads to faster and more effective interpretations when diagnosing rare genetic disorders. In addition to being highly involved with clinical trials, Dr. Wierenga was the McLaughlin Family Endowed Chair in Genetics for the Children's Hospital Foundation at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC).