What is Clinical Genetics?
Clinical Genetics is an essential specialised field of medicine that focuses on identifying, diagnosing, and managing diseases that are caused by genetic mutations or changes in the human genome that can affect any age group. The key roles of a clinical geneticist are to accurately diagnose inherited disorders and birth defects, estimate genetic risks, organise appropriate genomic or other testing and interpret significance of test results, and to provide advice to individuals who may have, or be at risk of, a genetic disorder.
Conditions seen by our Clinical Geneticist
- chromosomal abnormalities, which cause birth defects, intellectual disability and/or reproductive problems
- single gene disorders such as cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, Huntington's disease and sickle cell disease
- familial cancer and cancer-prone syndromes such as inherited breast or colorectal cancer and neurofibromatosis
- birth defects with a genetic component such as neural tube defects and cleft lip and palate
- inherited cardiac conditions associated with sudden death
- learning difficulties associated with other problems or a family history
- prenatal genetic counselling (abnormal detail scan and prenatal genetic result)
- premarital genetic counselling for couples who are at risk of genetic disorder
- Interpreting significance of genetic results
Our Centres Of Excellence
Orthopaedic
Paediatrics
Women's Health
Fertility
ENT, Head and Neck Laser Surgery
Meet Our Paediatric Clinical Genetics Specialists
Get to know our specialists here at Thomson Hospital Kota Damansara.
Dr Muzhirah Aisha Binti Md Haniffa
Consultant Paediatrician & Clinical Geneticist
Sessional Consultant
Specialty
General Paediatrics & Clinical Genetics
Qualifications
MBBCh BAO (NUI), MRCPH (UK), Fellowship in Clinical Genetics
Suite Number
Level 2 - A-L2-06 (SPC8)
Spoken Language
English, Malay
Doctor Availability
Thursday9:00am - 1:00pm