Evgenia Sklirou, MD, FACMG

Evgenia Sklirou was born and raised in Athens, Greece, and graduated from Athens Medical School. She completed a 4-year Pediatric residency at the "P & A Kyriakou" Children's Hospital in Athens, one of the busiest pediatric hospitals in Greece. In order to pursue her dream of specializing in Genetics, she moved to the United States in 2013. After spending two years as an observer in the Medical Genetics Department at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, she was accepted into the Medical Genetics residency at UPMC. Following a two-year training, she completed a one-year fellowship in Medical Biochemical Genetics. During her fellowship, she participated in a research project to develop and test a point of care device to test blood phenylalanine levels in patients with phenylketonuria. She was awarded the Richard Koch Award for Biochemical Genetics Training by the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics in support of this work. She is board certified in Clinical Genetics and Medical Biochemical Genetics. She joined the faculty of the Division of Medical Genetics July 2018 and she sees a substantial number of patients with genetic disorders, including inborn errors of metabolism.

Professional and Sciectific Society Memberships

• American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
• American Medical Association
• Medical Association of Athens, Greece
• Hellenic Pediatric Society