Dr. Maya Chopra

Dr. Chopra is the Director of the Translational Genomic Medicine, Rosamund Stone Zander Translational Neuroscience Centre at Boston Children's Hospital. She is an Assistant Professor at the Harvard Medical School. She is a fully qualified as a Clinical Geneticist and Pediatrician, having obtained her specialist qualifications in Australia in 2010 through the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Human Genetics Society of Australasia. She has experience in the assessment and diagnosis of children with rare genetic disorders, with previous positions in Sydney (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital), Shanghai (Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital) and Paris (Imagine Institute of Genetic Diseases). In her role as Director of Translational Genomic Medicine at the RSZ-Translational Neuroscience Center, she leads the evaluation of genetic disorders for suitability for gene-based therapies, clinical-trial readiness, and multidisciplinary clinics.