Dr. Angela E. Lin

Chair - MSF Professional Advisory Board

Dr. Angela E. Lin, MD is a Board-certified pediatrician and clinical geneticist who is dedicated to the care of people with physical differences, especially syndromes which involve the cardiovascular system. She is active in numerous research projects, and has published over 100 articles and chapters. She  is committed to teaching families and trainees. 

Dr. Lin attended St. Joseph's University and Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, and completed a pediatric residency at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. After a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at UCLA, and additional training at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, she completed a genetics fellowship at the West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh. From 1990-1994, she worked at the National Birth Defects Center in Boston. After a maternity leave, she joined the Massachusetts General Hospital in 1997, where she is a Staff Geneticist, and a Professor in Pediatrics, Part-Time at Harvard Medical School.

In 2011, she and Dr. Lynne Levitsky started the multi-specialty Turner Syndrome Clinic, joined in 2012 by Dr. Frances Hayes (REU). She has been a member of the Professional Advisory Board of the Turner Syndrome Society of the United States for 10 years. She co-founded the MGH HHT Center in 2010, and now, as a Center of Excellence, directs the pediatric and genetics sections. Recently, she organized a national clinic committed to Myhre Syndrome, with Dr. Mark Lindsay from pediatric cardiology.  Dr. Lin also developed a clinical cardiogenetics service, sees patients with "rasopathy" syndromes and works closely with the craniofacial team.

Dr. Lin also works in birth defects surveillance at the MA Dept. of Public Health, Birth Defects Monitoring Program. She is also an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Medical Genetics. She is committed to teaching trainees at all levels.