Dr. Alaa Eldin Abdel Hakeim Elshafey

Doctor Alaa Eldin Abdel Hakeim Elshafey is a consultant of clinical molecular genetics at Kuwait Medical Genetic center (KMGC) and a former associate professor of medical genetics in Egypt. He graduated from the faculty of medicine and finished his training in pediatrics where he got master degree in pediatrics from Egypt. He got his PhD in clinical molecular genetics from the faculty of medicine, the university of Glasgow, UK. He worked as a university member in the pediatric departments in Egyptian universities till 2003. He joined KMGC in the year 2003 till now. He is one of the members who developed the molecular genetic laboratories at KMGC. Now, these laboratories are the leading diagnostic genetic laboratories in Kuwait. He established the prenatal diagnostic and bioinformatic analysis units. He is responsible for NGS-database at KMGC. He is involved in establishing premarital and newborn screening programs for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). He got many publications in pediatrics and clinical molecular genetics.