About Dr Saumya Jamuar
Board-Certified Clinical Geneticist & Senior Consultant
Dr Saumya Jamuar
Dr Saumya Jamuar is a Board Certified Clinical Geneticist and brings extensive expertise in genomic medicine, pediatric genetics, and rare disease diagnosis to the Centre for Precision Health and Paediatrics.
Dr Jamuar was previously a Senior Consultant at KK Women's and Children's Hospital in Singapore. He held several prestigious leadership positions including Director of the SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Precision Medicine, Inaugural Head of SingHealth Duke-NUS Genomic Medicine Center, Lead Principal Investigator of the Singapore Childhood Undiagnosed Disease Programme, and is the Chair of Chapter of Genomic Medicine, Academy of Medicine, Singapore.
His academic journey includes graduation from the National University of Singapore, pediatric training at SingHealth, and fellowship training in clinical genetics at Harvard Medical School. He also completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Christopher A. Walsh Lab at Harvard Medical School.
Notable Achievements
- Identified the world's first known case of a rare genetic syndrome named "Jamuar Syndrome"
- Published research in top-tier journals including The New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Genetics, Neuron, and Nature Communications
- Leading expert in childhood undiagnosed diseases and precision medicine
- Extensive experience in genomic medicine and clinical genetics