Prof. Vajira Dissanayake MBBS, PhD, FNASSL is a Medical Geneticist. His special interests are Genetics & Genomic Medicine; Biomedical informatics; and Bioethics. He is currently the President of the Commonwealth Medical Association (2016-2019); a Steering Committee Member of the Global Genomic Medicine Collaborative (G2MC), a Steering Committee Member of the International Genetics Education Network; and a Board Member of the Forum for Ethical Review Committees in Asia and the Western Pacific (FERCAP).