David Sillence

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David Owen Sillence,^[1] AM (born 1944 (age 77–78)) is the foundation chair (Professor) of Medical Genetics in the University of Sydney. An honours graduate of the University of Sydney, he obtained his MD in Medical Genetics from the University of Melbourne 1978 in bone dysplasia.

David Sillence was a founding member of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia (1978), the (1981), the (1990), and the American College of Medical Genetics (1993) and has held office in the Human Genetics Society of Australasia from 1981 to 2000, often with more than one concurrent position. He has also held office in the Royal Australasian College of Physicians from 1994 to 2000. He has been a member of many committees within the , and the University of Sydney. He currently serves on the education committee of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia, the for Constitutional Disorders of the Skeletal, the International Mucopolysaccharidosis type I , the National Fabry Disease and MPS expert committees for the LSDP.

David Sillence was instrumental in establishing the first working party to write guidelines for training in Clinical Genetics in Australia and was granted Clinical Geneticist status (1987) through the grandfather clause. This has been used by other Special Interest Groups within the Human Genetics Society of Australasia. He has been involved in a considerable amount of collaborative research as well as those within his department. He has published over 130 original articles, has contributed over 30 book chapters, 8 books/monographs, and has contributed to conference proceedings more than a dozen times. He has been a peer reviewer/editor to 8 different groups/journals.^[2]

David Sillence created the standard four-type system of osteogenesis imperfecta in 1979.^[3] It enabled progress into the molecular causes of the disorder and collagen mutations.

In 2012, David delivered the , a prestigious lecture in his field.^[4] David was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2013 Australia Day Honours.

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