Maria Guillen Sacoto, MD Scientific Director, Research and Innovation GeneDx

12 Mar 2026
Laboratory
Dr. Maria Guillen Sacoto is the Scientific Director of Research and Innovation at GeneDx, a commercial molecular testing laboratory specializing in genetic testing for rare diseases. Dr. Guillen Sacoto is an IMG physician with training in Internal Medicine and dual boards in Clinical Genetics and Molecular Genetics. Her research interests center around understanding gene-disease associations, translating genomic data into clinical outcomes, and leveraging cutting edge Machine Learning and other AI tools to bring more diagnosis to patients with rare diease. Her work has resulted in over 50 peer-reviewed publications in the past decade.