Shashikant Kulkarni

Biography

Shashikant Kulkarni, M.S (Medicine), Ph.D., FACMG is a Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) and senior Vice President (Operations) in Baylor Genetics. He is also the Vice Chairman for Research and a Professor in the department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine. He trained at Harvard Medical School, Imperial College at London, UK and at AIIMS, India. He is an ABMGG Board-certified medical geneticist. In his role, Dr. Kulkarni is responsible for building a dedicated research and development team that will help translate research findings to novel clinical tests and to use human genomic data as the starting point for identifying new therapies for both constitutional and somatic disorders. He is responsible for all medical and scientific affairs activities serving as the company liaison to physician, medical, genetics and research industry groups. As the senior vice president of operations, he also oversees all aspects of laboratory operations for the laboratory.

Research Interest

 Cancer