NAME: Aya Abu-El-Haija MD MPH

POSITION TITLE: Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Medical Geneticist at Boston Children's Hospital.

EDUCATION/TRAINING
Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan MBBS 2007 Medicine
University of New Mexico (UNM), Albuquerque, NM MPH 2016
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), Newark, NJ Pediatrics Resident 07/2010-07/2013
University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA Medical Genetics Resident 07/2016- 06/2018


Personal Statement
I am a general geneticist at Boston Children's hospital, with special interests in overgrowth syndromes, vascular anomalies, cancer predisposition syndromes, Kabuki syndrome, and conditions with developmental delays and autism spectrum disorder. I am currently the Clinical director of International Genetics program that welcomes patients from all over the world to be seen in our division at Boston Children's Hospital, and the Co-director of Kabuki Program, with a distinguished team of scientists that collectively study how to manage this condition. I enjoy teaching residents and fellows, active ACMG member, and have been participating in national genetic meetings annually to continue to learn and provide insight into what I consider the rapidly evolving field of medical genetics.


Licensure and Certification
2021- American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics
2013- Certification, American Board of Pediatrics