As a clinical geneticist, my role is to help families affected by a suspected genetic condition get answers regarding what the condition is, how it occurred, and what can we do to best support the affected individual. Knowledge is empowering and one of the most important things we can do is give families the tools and resources to advocate for themselves in various venues including healthcare systems, schools, the community among others. We are also entering a fascinating time in genetics when knowing the underlying cause is beginning to reveal potential treatments that can make a significant impact in the lives of our patients.

I see a broad range of patients, including prenatal, pediatric, and adult patients with various genetic conditions. I have worked in clinics serving patients with craniofacial anomalies, differences of sexual development, and bone fragility disorders in addition to general genetics clinics seeing patients of all ages. I enjoy the diversity of patients and disorders in my practice. I am especially interested in evaluating children with possible fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and have worked on a number of educational and research projects related to FASD both in the US and abroad collaborating with the NIAAA and the WHO.

Dr. Abdul Rahman is chief of the Division of Medical Genetics in the Department of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital.

BOD Current