Dr. Lacbawan received her undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of the Philippines and became a faculty member of the Department of Human Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the UP College of Medicine. She had her Clinical and Anatomic Pathology residency training at the State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University and her fellowship in Clinical Genetics at the National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health (NHGRI-NIH).
She is board certified by the American Board of Pathology and Clinical Genetics by the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics. She served as a faculty member with the highest rank of Clinical Professor at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, the Georgetown University School of Medicine and the SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. Dr. Lacbawan became the Vice President, Advanced Diagnostics – Genetics and Genomics, Research and Development, and Bioinformatics at the largest clinical diagnostics reference laboratory in the United States. She was a member of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) Subcommittee on Biochemical and Molecular Genetics, CAP Subcommittee on Pharmacogenomics and the American College of Medical Genetics Professional and Practice Guidelines Committee, and also served as a special volunteer at the Undiagnosed Disorders Program at the NHGRI-NIH. Her publications are on various developmental, mitochondrial and neurological genetic disorders, chromosomal anomalies, cancer diagnostics, and molecular genetic test proficiency and test utilization.

Felicitas L. Lacbawan, MD

Director, Philippine Genome Center

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Dr. Lacbawan received her undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of the Philippines and became a faculty member of the Department of Human Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the UP College of Medicine. She had her Clinical and Anatomic Pathology residency training at the State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University and her fellowship in Clinical Genetics at the National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health (NHGRI-NIH).
She is board certified by the American Board of Pathology and Clinical Genetics by the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics. She served as a faculty member with the highest rank of Clinical Professor at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, the Georgetown University School of Medicine and the SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. Dr. Lacbawan became the Vice President, Advanced Diagnostics – Genetics and Genomics, Research and Development, and Bioinformatics at the largest clinical diagnostics reference laboratory in the United States. She was a member of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) Subcommittee on Biochemical and Molecular Genetics, CAP Subcommittee on Pharmacogenomics and the American College of Medical Genetics Professional and Practice Guidelines Committee, and also served as a special volunteer at the Undiagnosed Disorders Program at the NHGRI-NIH. Her publications are on various developmental, mitochondrial and neurological genetic disorders, chromosomal anomalies, cancer diagnostics, and molecular genetic test proficiency and test utilization.