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Ravi Savarirayan
M.B.B.S., F.R.A.C.P., H.G.S.A., M.D.
EDUCATION
| 1990 |
M.B., B.S. - University of Adelaide, South Australia |
| 1997 | F.R.A.C.P. - Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
| 1998 | Human Genetics Society of Australasia |
| 2004 | Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) - University of Melbourne, Victoria |
TRAINING
| 1990-1991 |
Internship, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia |
| 1991-1995 | Resident Medical Officer, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia |
| 1996-1997 | Clinical Fellow, Dept of Medical Genetics and Epidemiology, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia |
| 1997-1998 | Senior Fellow, Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria |
| 1998-1999 | Fulbright Senior Scholar, International Skeletal Dysplasia Registry, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/Steven Spielberg Pediatric Research Center, Los Angeles, California, USA |
HOSPITAL/ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
| 2001-Present | Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne |
| 2001-Present | Head of Unit, Royal Children's Hospital Clinical Genetics Service, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria |
AWARDS/HONORS
| 1991 |
Thomas L. Borthwick Memorial Prize - Final Year M.B.B.S. student placed first in Public Health and Preventative Medicine |
| 1996 | First-Placed in Human Genetics Theory (Biology 345) course, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia |
| 1997 | Mucopolysaccharide (MPS) and Related Disorders Society Educational Grant |
| 1997 | Short Statured People of Australia Award |
| 1997 | Royal Children's Hospital "Uncle Bob's Foundation" Scholarship and Commemorative Medallion in Paediatrics |
| 1998-1999 | J William Fulbright Professional Award for Australia |
| 1998 | Fulbright Senior Scholar Special Travel Award to visit Organization Working with Physically Challenged, New York, USA |
| 1999 | Fulbright Senior Scholar "Occasional Lecturer Program" Travel Award |
| 2001 | British Skeletal Dysplasia Group Travel Grant, awarded by executive committee, London, UK |
| 2001 | Invited member of International Working Group on Constitutional Diseases of Bone. Nomenclature Group, St John's College, Oxford |
| 2003 | Invited member of the POSSUM International Review Panel |
| 2003 | Elected to Council of the International Skeletal Dysplasia Society (ISDS) |
| 2005 | Invited member of International Working Group on Constitutional Diseases of Bone. Nomenclature Group, Martigny, Switzerland |
RESEARCH GRANTS
| 1999 |
Novartis Establishment Grant [$6 000] |
| 1999 | Windermere Foundation Special Services grant [$12 000] |
| 2000 | Osteogenesis Imperfecta Association of Victoria, Medical Research Grant [$10 000] |
| 2000 | Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) Project Grant, Elucidation of the genetic basis of amelogenesis imperfecta. Awarded by MCRI Research Advisory Committee [$40 000] |
| 2001 | Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) Project Grant, Elucidation of the genetic basis of amelogenesis imperfecta. Awarded by MCRI Research Advisory Committee, [$50 000] |
| 2001 | Melbourne Research Unit for Facial Disorders, Research grant for studies into molecular basis of dental disorders [$17,419]. |
| 2001-2003 | Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) Theme Grant, "Bone Dysplasia Programme". Awarded by MCRI Executive on recommendation from the International Scientific Advisory Committee (Co-Chief Investigator). [$450 000 over 3 years] |
| 2003 | Royal Children's Hospital, Small Clinical Grant. Type III Syndactyly Gene Mapping Project [$5 000] |