Donald Basel

Dr. Basel is the Chief of the Division of Genetics within the Department of Pediatrics. He is the Director for both the National Organization for Rare Disease Center of Excellence and the Diagnostic Center of Excellence for the Undiagnosed Disease Network at CW/MCW. He is the Program Director for the Medical Genetics Residency training program at MCW. He is the incoming chair for the Medical Genetics and Genomics RRC and the incoming chair for the Program Directors group affiliated with the APHMG. He completed his medical training and a fellowship in Genetics in South Africa, moved to America in 2001 where he worked as a Research Fellow with a focus on bone dysplasias and connective tissue disorders. He repeated elements of his Genetic and Pediatric training in Portland Oregon prior to joining the MCW faculty in 2010.