Dr. Brian Meyer is currently Chairman of the Clinical Genomics Department, Centre for Genomic Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSHRC). He is undertook his undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the University of Western Australia. He has worked at KFSHRC for 25 years studying primarily the genetic basis of recessive Mendelian diseases and has authored more than 150 related articles in peer reviewed journals.