Aleksandar Rajkovic

Dr. Rajkovic is the UCSF Chief Genomics Officer, Professor of Pathology, and the Medical Director and Chief of the Center for Genetic and Genomic Medicine in the UCSF Health System.

Prior to his position at UCSF, he was the Chief of Medical and Laboratory Genetics at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center where he oversaw Pittsburgh molecular genomic laboratories as well as adult/cancer clinical services.

Dr. Rajkovic is also the Director of the Genomic Medicine Initiative, a translational arm of the Institute of Human Genetics.

He has served as a member and director on numerous NIH study sections and workshops, the March of Dimes advisory committee on prematurity, and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology Committee on Genetics.

His research investigates the use of genetics data for large-scale implementation and the genetic underpinnings of the formation and differentiation of gametes and reproductive tract, their role of these genes in human disease, embryo lethality, and origin of heritable human disorders.