Delivering Genomics services in Low-Resource settings: Lessons from Pakistan

​Dr. Salman Kirmani is a Medical Geneticist & Pediatric Endocrinologist associated with the Aga Khan University as a Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, and Chair (Division of Women & Child Health), and the Director of the Center of Excellence for Women & Child Health. He is also the Interim Director of the Human Development Program at AKU. Dr. Kirmani did his MBBS (MD) from Dow Medical College, Karachi followed by Residency & Fellowships from Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Dr. Kirmani is certified by the American Board of Medical Genetics (Clinical Genetics), and the American Board of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics & Pediatric Endocrinology). He was on faculty at the Mayo Clinic till he returned to Pakistan to join the Aga Khan University in 2014.

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​His talk will focus on the challenges and opportunities in the field of Rare Diseases in low-resourced settings like Pakistan, which have few genetics professionals and a huge disease burden. He will discuss how centers in the Global South can collaborate and learn from each other, to improve access to precision interventions for populations that need them the most.