NGF Medical Board

Dr. Gregory Grabowski
The A. Graeme Mitchell Chair in Human Genetics, Professor and Director
Division of Human Genetics, MLC 4006
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3039
Tl: (513) 636-7290
Fax: (513) 636-2261
Email: greg.grabowski@cchmc.org

Gregory A. Grabowski earned his medical degree at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis. He continued his training at the University of Minnesota, where he completed a residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in molecular genetics. He moved to The Mount Siani School of Medicine in 1979 where he established the Gaucher Disease Treatment Center and Program. He is certified by the ABMG in clinical, biochemical and molecular genetics. Since 1992, Dr. Grabowski has been Director of the Division of Human Genetics at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Professor of Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Pediatrics at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Dr. Grabowski is widely recognized in the medical community for his expertise on genetic diseases and is considered one of the world’s foremost authorities on Gaucher disease. He has been the recipient of NIH Awards in Individual Fellowship and Research Career Development, and has been continuously funded by the NIH for the past 25 years for his work in Gaucher disease and other lysosomal diseases. In 1992, the National Gaucher Foundation bestowed him with the Excellence in Research Disease Award. Dr. Grabowski is a member of numerous advisory boards, including those at the International, National, and State levels.

Dr. Grabowski’s research interests include lysosomal storage diseases, the study of enzyme therapy in genetic diseases, and predictive genotyping. He has authored more than 240 scientific publications. He is a regular reviewer of 10 different medical journals, including the Journal of Clinical Investigation and the American Journal of Human Genetics. Dr. Grabowski also serves as an associate editor for biomedical genetics for Molecular Genetics and Metabolism and Genetics in Medicine.