Journal of Psychiatry

Michael Urban

Biography

Dr Michael Urban is a Head of Clinical Unit: Clinical Genetics and Genetic Counselling Tygerberg Hospital and Stellenbosch University.Mike Urban qualified as a paediatrician and clinical geneticist at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, and now provides a clinical genetic service at Tygerberg Hospital and its referral area in the Western Cape. He also has national commitments through his positions in the Southern African Society of Human Genetics and the College of Medical Geneticists. He is committed to making clinical genetics locally relevant, and his research interests include public health aspects of clinical genetics and fetal alcohol syndrome.He finished his education in BSc(Med), MBBCh, FCPaed(SA), Subspeciality(Med Genetics), MMed.

Research Interest

Public health aspects of clinical genetics Fetal alcohol syndrome