Dr. Dra. Silvia Castillo Taucher

Specialist in Clinical Genetics and Cytogenetics

Chile

Chief Genetic Section, Dept. Medicine, Clinical Hospital University of Chile
Head of Cytogenetics Section Clinical Laboratory Clínica Alemana
Academic backgrounds :
1. Surgeon
Faculty of Medicine / University of Chile
2. Specialist in Clinical Genetics and Cytogenetics
Faculty of Medicine / University of Chile
3. Master in Medical Sciences mention Genetics
Faculty of Medicine / University of Chile
4. Technical improvement in tissue culture
Eppendorf Krankenhaus University Hamburg,
Germany, DAAD scholarship
5. Head of Genetics Service / Department of Medicine
Clinical Hospital University of Chile
6. Associate Professor
Faculty of Medicine / University of Chile
Scientific Societies and positions of academic responsibility
Member of the Chilean Genetics Society
Member Chilean Society of Pediatrics
Member of the Ibero-American Society of Human Genetics
In charge of the training program in the specialty of Clinical Genetics
Member of the European Society of Human Genetics
Member of the American Society for Human Genetics
President of the Committee for the Certification of Specialists in Clinical Genetics,
CONACEM
Head of CEMINER: Center for Comprehensive Management of Patients with
Rare Diseases.