Dr. Pavani Upendram

• Highly qualified Clinical Molecular Geneticist/Cytogeneticist/Genetic counsellor/Genomics Consultant with sixteen years of experience
• Board certified Senior (level II) genetic counselor- National Board of Genetic Counselors (BGCI)
• Elected General Secretary of BGC-I (2023- 2027)
• Young Scientist awardee – Indian Society of Human Genetics, 2014
• NABL authorized signatory for Cytogenetics, Molecular Genetics and Transplant Immunology
• Cancer genetics training at CGI and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer center, New York
• Counseling expertise – Cancer, pre-marital, pre-conception, fertility, neurology, personalized medicine, preventive genetics and lifestyle
• Thirty presentations in National & International Conferences/Meetings and two best presentation awards
• Ten International publications in the area of Human Medical Genetics
• Mentoring Genetic counselling students
• Community genetic counselling and awareness on genetic disorders and their management

• National Board of Genetic Counselors of India (BGC) certified senior level (Level II)
• Ph D in Human Genetics from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India (2008-2014)
• Masters in Genetics (Specialization – Human Medical Genetics) from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India (2005-2007)

• Consultant Geneticist & Genetic Counselor, KIMS Hospitals, Hyderabad (June, 2015 – till date)
• Genetic Counselor and Senior Scientific Officer, Department of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Kamineni Life Sciences, Moula-ali, Hyderabad (May, 2012 to July, 2014)
• Genetic Counselor and Senior Technical Officer, Department of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Kamineni Hospitals, Hyderabad (March 2008 to April 2012)

Life Memberships:

• Indian Society of Human Genetics (ISHG).
• Board of Genetic Counseling, India (BGCI)
• Hyderabad Science Society (HSS)
• Molecular Pathology Association of India (MPAI)
• Indian Society for Histocompatibility and Immuno genetics (ISHI)

Academic Activities:

• Six sigma and statistics in Clinical laboratory by Dr. Neeraj Jain at Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad (2022)
• Molecular diagnostics – Covid 19 and lab safety by Dr. Neeraj Jain at Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad (2022)
• Quality management systems and Internal audit in medical laboratories as per ISO 15189-2012 by MELAP at Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad (2022)
• ICGCW workshop on Genetic counseling by ACTREC, Mumbai (2019)
• Genetic Counseling and psychology workshop by Can talk, headed by Dr. Sameer Kaul, Oncologist, Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi (2016)
• International workshop on dysmorphology, DBT- Centre for Human Genetics, Bangalore (2009)
• International workshop on radiological and clinical approaches to the diagnosis of skeletal Dysplasias and inherited bone disorders, Centre for Human Genetics, Bangalore (2010)
• Workshop on 50 years of Down syndrome, Centre for Human Genetics, Bangalore (2010)