Scientist Stories: Joel Zlotogora, Genetic carrier screening programs for reproductive purposes

Joël Zlotogora, M.D., Ph.D., is an adjunct professor of human genetics at the Hebrew University Jerusalem. Joël Zlotogora is a pediatrician who has completed a fellowship in medical genetics and a Ph.D. in biochemical genetics in the genetic department in Haddasah Medical Center where he was a senior physician till 1999 when he moved to the Ministry of Health. Since 2000, Dr. Zlotogora is the Director of the Department of Community Genetics in the Ministry of Health and is responsible for the genetic services in Israel and in particular for the national program for the detection and the prevention of birth defects.

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