Dr. Anna Rajab

Dr. Anna is a Senior Consultant Clinical Geneticist at Muscat Private Hospital, with a background in paediatrics and neonatology and more than 50 years in medicine. She has spent much of her career in Oman, where she helped build the country's neonatal and genetic services.

Dr. Anna graduated from Kiev Medical University in 1972. She went on to earn the Diploma in Child Health (DCH) in Dublin, Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) in London, and a PhD in Medical Genetics, with research focused on genetic blood disorders, congenital anomalies and population genetics.

In Oman she played a key role in establishing the country's first neonatal unit at Khoula Hospital, and later contributed to the development of neonatal and paediatric services at the Royal Hospital. She led the establishment of the National Programme for the Control of Genetic Blood Disorders and the national genetic counselling services, and was instrumental in developing the National Genetic Center.

She has published more than 100 scientific papers and has served as a consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Union Research Commission. Her work was recognised with a WHO Award in 2005 and the Hamdan Award for Distinguished Personalities in the Arab World in 2012.

Her clinical work centres on diagnosing inherited conditions in children and families, including chromosomal disorders, rare diseases, developmental delay and dysmorphic syndromes. She also provides genetic counselling, helping couples and families understand their risk of passing on a condition, with carrier screening, prenatal genetic counselling and assessment of inherited cancer risk.