Mahmoud Aarabi, MD, PhD | Department of Pathology

Dr. Aarabi is the Medical Director of the UPMC Cytogenetics Laboratories.

Clinical Cytogenetics, Molecular Diagnostics, Clinical Genomics

American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics, 2019-

Laboratory Genetics and Genomics

2024-2026: Committee Chair, Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI), American College of Medical Genetics & Genomics (ACMG)

2023-2024: Vice Chair, Social, Ethical and Legal Issues Committee (SELI), American College of Medical Genetics & Genomics (ACMG)

2023- : Associate Editor, Human and Medical Genomics, Frontiers in Genetics Journal

2021-2023: Member, Social, Ethical and Legal Issues Committee (SELI), American College of Medical Genetics & Genomics (ACMG)

2018-2021: Member, Professional Workgroup on Carrier Screening, American College of Medical Genetics & Genomics (ACMG)

Education & Training

MD - Shaheed Beheshti Medical University, 2004

PhD- Queen’s University, 2013

Fellowship- McGill University, Epigenetics and Epigenomics, 2016

Fellowship- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Laboratory Genetics and Genomics, 2019

Awards

2023: CAP Inspector Excellence, College of American Pathologists (CAP)

2020: Patricia Mackey Patient- and Family-Centered Care Educational Award, North York General Hospital, Canada

2016: Trainee Merit Award, American Society of Andrology (ASA)

2015: Best Clinical Paper, Canadian Fertility & Andrology Society (CFAS)

2014: Lipshultz & Lamb Traveling Scholar Award, Society for Male Reproduction & Urology, and the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)

2013: Professors' Prize for Outstanding Graduate Work in Anatomy & Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Queen’s University, Canada

2010: Dean’s Award for Research Excellence, School of Medicine, Queen’s University, Canada

Research Interests

Dr. Aarabi’s research is focused on genetic and genomic diagnosis of human diseases.

Representative Publications