Consultant, Clinical Genetics at the University Hospital of Wales
Hon. Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Medical Genetics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Lead Clinical Geneticist, Clinical Cardiovascular Genetics
Dr. Dhavendra Kumar is Consultant in Clinical Genetics at the University Hospital of Wales and Hon. Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Medical Genetics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. He is the lead Clinical Geneticist for Clinical Cardiovascular Genetics. After qualifying in Medicine from the King George’s Medical College, University of Lucknow, India, he completed postgraduate training in Pediatrics with an MD. Since 1980 he has pursued a career in Medical Genetics in the UK. In 1990 he became a Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Genetics. He is a Fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics (FACMG) and as well as Royal Colleges of Physicians (FRCP-London and FRCP-Ireland) and Paediatrics and Child Health (FRCPCH-UK).
He has published three books (Genetic disorders of the Indian Subcontinent-Springer/Kluwer, Genomics and Clinical Medicine- Oxford University Press and Principles and Practice of Clinical Cardiovascular Genetics-Oxford University Press) and has several publications in pediatrics and clinical genetics. He established and developed a new biomedical journal (Genomic Medicine-Springer) that led to setting up the official journal of the Human Genome Organization (‘The HUGO Journal’). He serves on the editorial board of the HUGO Journal as Editor in Chief. He is currently a member of the publications committee of HUGO.
Dr. Kumar’s current clinical and research interests include clinical cardiovascular genetics, applications of genomics in medicine and human health and promoting genetics and genomics for improving the health in emerging economies of the developing world. He is currently actively involved in promoting medical genetics and genomics in developing countries through education programs and establishing a comprehensive database on genomic variation and genetic disorders across several developing countries.
