Dr. Naif Ahmad Almontashiri

Dr. Almontashiri is an associate professor of medical genetics, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia. In 2015, he received his Ph.D in Cardiovascular Genetics from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Canada. In 2018, he completed his 3-years of dual training in clinical molecular and biochemical genetics at Harvard Medical School. He is the only Saudi Ph.D. who is dual board-certified in Clinical Molecular and Biochemical Geneticist by the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG). Dr. Almontashiri has years of experience in molecular and biochemical assay development and interpretation for diagnostic applications. He signed out more than 20K genetic tests (Gene panels, WES, WGS) for Saudi and non-Saudi patients with genetic diseases. He served as senior clinical molecular and biochemical genetic consultant for major hospitals like KFSHRC, KFMC, and KKESH His major clinical and research interests involve the “Mendeliome” of consanguineous populations, candidate genes discovery and functional characterization, and laboratory developed tests and clinical validation. Raising the awareness about the autosomal recessive diseases associated with consanguinity is one of his interests to reduce the burden of the inherited disorders.