Dr. Aarabi is the Associate Director of the UPMC Medical Genetics and Genomics Laboratories.
Clinical Expertise:
Clinical Cytogenetics, Molecular Diagnostics, Clinical Genomics
Certifications:
American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics, 2019-
Specialties:
Laboratory Genetics and Genomics
Professional Service:
2021-2023: Member, Social, Ethical and Legal Issues Committee (SELI), American College of Medical Genetics & Genomics (ACMG)
2018-2021: Member, Professional Workgroup on Carrier Screening, American College of Medical Genetics & Genomics (ACMG)
Education & Training
MD - Shaheed Beheshti Medical University, 2004
PhD- Queen’s University, 2013
Fellowship- McGill University, Epigenetics and Epigenomics, 2016
Fellowship- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Laboratory Genetics and Genomics, 2019
Awards
2020: Patricia Mackey Patient- and Family-Centered Care Educational Award, North York General Hospital, Canada
2016: Trainee Merit Award, American Society of Andrology (ASA)
2015: Best Clinical Paper, Canadian Fertility & Andrology Society (CFAS)
2014: Lipshultz & Lamb Traveling Scholar Award, Society for Male Reproduction & Urology, and the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)
2013: Professors' Prize for Outstanding Graduate Work in Anatomy & Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Queen’s University, Canada
2010: Dean’s Award for Research Excellence, School of Medicine, Queen’s University, Canada
Research Interests
Dr. Aarabi’s research is focused on genetic and genomic diagnosis of human diseases.
Representative Publications
View Dr. Aarabi’s publications in Google Scholar.