A/Professor David Amor

contact details

A/Professor David Amor
Genetic Health Services Victoria
Royal Children's Hospital
Flemington Road
Parkville 3052
AUSTRALIA

T +61 3 8341 6293
F +61 3 8341 6390
E david.amor@mcri.edu.au

biography

Dr David Amor is a graduate of the University of Melbourne and trained in paediatrics at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne.  David completed subspecialty training in the field of Clinical Genetics in 2000, and subsequently undertook a PhD in chromosome biology at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, completed in 2004.  Since that time David has worked as a consultant clinical geneticist at the Royal Children's Hospital, in Tasmania and at Melbourne IVF.

David has clinical and research interests in chromosome disorders, rare genetic syndromes, genetic disorders associated with infertility, preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and the possible association between IVF conception and birth defects. 

research focus & interest

Our research focuses on six main areas:

• The identification of the genetic basis of rare syndromes
• Natural history studies of children and adults affected by genetic conditions
• The study of chromosomal disorders including disorders of imprinting
• Reproductive genetics including prenatal diagnosis and genetic issues associated with in vitro fertilisation (IVF)
• Genetic counselling and the social and psychological impacts of genetic testing
• Pharmacogenomics