Our core genetics faculty include more than 20 MD or MD/PhD geneticists and genetic counselors. We also have several affiliated faculty geneticists in metabolic genetics at Children’s Hospital of Orange County near UCI Medical Center and in molecular genetics at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Because we have only one or two residents in genetics, they train directly with genetics faculty in clinics and inpatient consultations and receive a considerable amount of one-on-one teaching as they progress toward independent practice. Residents also have the opportunity to interact with a large number of trainees in pediatrics, obstetrics and other specialties, and with our graduate students in genetic counseling. 

Natalie Gallant, MD
Natalie Gallant, MD

Professor — Division of Genetic and Genomic Medicine, Pediatrics

Program Director – Residency in Medical Genetics and Genomics
Fuki Marie Hisama, MD
Fuki Marie Hisama, MD

Division Chief — Genetic and Genomic Medicine, Pediatrics

Professor — Genetic and Genomic Medicine, Pediatrics
Kathryn Singh, MPH, MS, LCGC
Kathryn Singh, MPH, MS, LCGC

Professor — Division of Genetic and Genomic Medicine, Pediatrics

Assistant Director — Genetic Counseling Graduate Program, Pediatrics
Pamela Flodman, MSc, MS, LCGC
Pamela Flodman, MSc, MS, LCGC

Professor, Pediatrics

Director, Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling
Changrui Xiao, MD
Changrui Xiao, MD

Assistant Professor, Neurology

Leslie Raffel, MD
Leslie Raffel, MD

Clinical Professor, Pediatrics
Kira Molas-Torreblanca, DO, MPH
Kira Molas-Torreblanca, DO, MPH

Associate Professor, Pediatrics

Division of Pediatric Genetic & Genomic Medicine Faculty

Leslie Raffel, MD
Leslie Raffel, MD

Clinical Professor, Pediatrics
Kathryn E. Singh, MPH, MS, LCGC
Kathryn E. Singh, MPH, MS, LCGC

Professor — Division of Genetic and Genomic Medicine, Pediatrics

Assistant Director — Genetic Counseling Graduate Program, Pediatrics
Moyra Smith, MD
Moyra Smith, MD

Professor Emeritus — Pediatrics
Anusha Vaidyanathan, MS, LCGC
Anusha Vaidyanathan, MS, LCGC

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Eric J. Vilain, MD, PhD
Eric J. Vilain, MD, PhD

Vice Dean — Clinical Research

Professor — Pediatrics
Raymond Yu-Jeang Wang, MD
Raymond Yu-Jeang Wang, MD

Associate Professor — Division of Genetic and Genomic Medicine, Pediatrics
Changrui Xiao, MD
Changrui Xiao, MD

Assistant Professor, Neurology

Jason A. Zell, DO
Jason A. Zell, DO

Associate Professor — Division of Hematology and Oncology, Medicine

Program Director — Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Training Program, Medicine

For questions related to the UC Irvine Residencies in Categorical Medical Genetics and Genomics, and combined Pediatrics and Medical Genetics and Genomics, please contact us.

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