David L. Rimoin, MD, PhD
Director, Medical Genetics Institute
Steven Spielberg Family Chair in Pediatrics
Distinguished Professor in Pediatrics
David L. Rimoin, MD, PhD, is Director of the Medical Genetics Institute, holds the Steven Spielberg Family Chair in Pediatrics and is a Distinguished Professor in Pediatrics at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center He also is Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Human Genetics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Dr. Rimoin served as Chair of Pediatrics at Cedars-Sinai for 18 years. Prior to joining Cedars-Sinai, Dr. Rimoin served as Chief of the Division of Medical Genetics at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He was also Director of the Genetics Clinic at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Dr. Rimoin's primary areas of research interest have focused on medical genetics, particularly short stature and the skeletal dysplasias, a group of disorders associated with abnormalities in the size and shape of the limbs, trunk and/or skull and heritable disorders of connective tissue. He is Director of the International Skeletal Dysplasia Registry, the largest such registry in the world. A prolific writer, he has written articles for over 440 peer-reviewed publications and the sixth edition of his book, Emery and Rimoin's Principles and Practices of Medical Genetics, is currently in press.
Dr. Rimoin was the Founding President of the American College of Medical Genetics and the American Board of Medical Genetics. In addition, he served as President of the American Society of Human Genetics, Western Society for Pediatric Research and Western Society for Clinical Research. A Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Dr. Rimoin is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and the Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars and a Master of the American College of Physicians.
Dr. Rimoin earned his medical degree from McGill University in Montreal and his doctorate in human genetics from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He has an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters Degree from Finch University of Health Sciences. He completed his internship and residency at Royal Victoria Hospital and Montreal Children's Hospital and a residency, fellowship, and doctorate in medical genetics at Johns Hopkins University.
