Felicitas L. Lacbawan MD, FCAP, FACMG

Dr. Lacbawan received her undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of the Philippines (UP) and became a faculty member of the Department of Human Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the UP College of Medicine. She served her Clinical and Anatomic Pathology residency at SUNY Upstate Medical University and her fellowship in Clinical Genetics at the National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health (NHGRI-NIH).

She is board certified in Clinical Pathology, Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Genetics and Molecular Genetic Pathology. She has previously worked at the Medical Genetics Branch, NHGRI-NIH, Children’s National Medical Center (CNMC), Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC), and SUNY-Downstate Medical Center in various capacities as a clinical geneticist and a molecular genetic pathologist. She was a member of the faculty at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, the Georgetown University School of Medicine and at the SUNY Downstate College of Medicine as a Clinical Professor. Dr. Lacbawan was a recipient of the Interagency Personnel Agreement between CNMC and NHGRI-NIH for five years.

Dr. Lacbawan was the founding Director of the CLIA-certified molecular diagnostic laboratory at the Medical Genetics Branch, NHGRI and the NYSDOH-certified molecular pathology laboratory at SUNY-DMC. She is currently a member of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) Subcommittee on Biochemical and Molecular Genetics, CAP Subcommittee on Pharmacogenomics and the American College of Medical Genetics Professional and Practice Guidelines Committee, and also serves as a special volunteer at the Undiagnosed Disorders Program at the NHGRI-NIH. Her publications are on various developmental, mitochondrial and neurological genetic disorders, chromosomal anomalies, and molecular genetic test proficiency and test utilization.