Genomics and personalized medicine: a perspective

Dr Desnick is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences and Associate Dean for Genome-Based Research at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine (NY, USA) and Physician-in-Chief of the Department of Medical Genetics and Genomics at the Mount Sinai Hospital (NY, USA). In 1977 he joined the faculty of The Mount Sinai School of Medicine as the Arthur J and Nellie Z Cohen Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics, and as Chief of the Division of Medical and Molecular Genetics. In 1993 he became the first Chairman of the Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr Desnick's research interests include molecular and biochemical genetics. He has published over 600 research papers and chapters, including nine edited books. He is Board Certified in clinical, biochemical and molecular genetics by the American Board of Medical Genetics (MD, USA) and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (IL, USA). He has been the recipient of various fellowships and awards and is a past Chair of the American Association of Medical Colleges (DC, USA), a Fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (DC, USA) and a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (DC, USA).