Summary
David Owen Sillence[1] AM (born 1944) is an academic and medical geneticist. He is an emeritus professor at the University of Sydney, where he was the foundation chair (Professor) of Medical Genetics. 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 Owen Sillence | |
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| Born | 1944 (age 79–80) |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney; University of Melbourne |
| Known for | Classification of osteogenesis imperfecta Founding clinical genetics in the Asia-Pacific |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medical Genetics |
| Institutions | University of Sydney; The Children's Hospital at Westmead |
| Website | www |
Sillence was a founding member of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia (1978), the Australian Teratology Society (1981), the Australian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (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 School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and the University of Sydney. He currently serves on the International Nomenclature Committee for Constitutional Disorders of the Skeleton, the International mucopolysaccharidosis type I expert committee, the National Fabry Disease and MPS expert committees for the LSDP.[citation needed]
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 certification model 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]
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, Sillence delivered the Human Genetics Society of Australasia Oration, a prestigious lecture in his field.[4]
Sillence was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2013 Australia Day Honours.
References edit
- ^ Mellor L (2008). "Sillence, David Owen". Faculty of Medicine Online Museum and Archive. University of Sydney. Archived from the original on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ "David Sillence". BiomedExperts. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
- ^ Sillence DO, Senn A, Danks DM (April 1979). "Genetic heterogeneity in osteogenesis imperfecta". Journal of Medical Genetics. 16 (2): 101–16. doi:10.1136/jmg.16.2.101. PMC 1012733. PMID 458828.
- ^ Sutherland GR (2008). "The history and development of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia" (PDF). Twin Research and Human Genetics. 11 (4). Adelaide: Department of Genetics, Women's and Children's Hospital: 363–367. doi:10.1375/twin.11.4.363. PMID 18637737. S2CID 32531881. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.