Lee Health is pleased to announce Dr. Jeffrey Innis as the health system’s new pediatric genetic specialist. Dr. Innis has more than 35 years of experience with human medical and molecular genetics and is the region’s first pediatric geneticist. Dr. Innis will be based at Lee Physician Group Pediatrics – Coconut Point and Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida.
Before joining Lee Health, Dr. Innis simultaneously held multiple roles at the University of Michigan, including division chief of Pediatric Genetics, Metabolism and Genomic Medicine, director of the University of Michigan ABMGG Programs, founder and medical director of the Michigan Medical Genetics Laboratories, medical director of the Genetic Counseling Program for the Department of Human Genetics, and professor of Human Genetics and Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases.
Dr. Innis earned his Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry degrees from the University of Miami School of Medicine in Miami, FL.
