Mahmoud Aarabi MD, PhD, MBA, Associate Professor of Pathology and Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Medical Director of UPMC Cytogenetics Laboratories

13 Mar 2026
Cytogenetics
Mahmoud Aarabi MD, PhD, MBA, is an Associate Professor of Pathology and Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and the Medical Director of UPMC Cytogenetics Laboratories. Dr. Aarabi is the current Chair of the Committee on Ethical, Legal and Social Issues (ELSI) at the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG), and co-author of the ACMG guidelines on reproductive carrier screening. He is known for his studies on the burden of carriers for genetic conditions in over 900,000 genomes and exomes from different populations in an effort to recommend the best approach for pan-ethnic carrier screening prior to or during pregnancy