Sid is a Clinician Scientist who combines genomics with clinical and functional studies to improve diagnosis, management and treatment of rare human genetic disorders. Sid is a Clinician Scientist who combines genomics with clinical and functional studies to improve diagnosis, management and treatment of rare human genetic disorders. Sid graduated in Medicine (MBBS) from Lokmanya Tilak Medical College (University of Mumbai) in 2002, obtained Membership of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH) in 2006 and joined Clinical Genetics training programme in Manchester in 2007. He was an NIHR Research Training Fellows from 2008 to 2011 and was awarded PhD by the University of Manchester in 2012. He was appointed as Clinical Senior Lecturer and Consultant Clinical Geneticist in 2013 and made a full professor in 2021. Currently, Sid is a Professor of Genomic Medicine and Rare Diseases at the University of Manchester, a Consultant Clinical Geneticist at the Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, Founding Clinical Director of the Manchester Rare Conditions Centre, Co-lead of the Rare Conditions theme of the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Co-Director of the EpiGenRare node of the MRC UK Rare Disease Research Platform, and Co-lead for the NHSE Rare Disease Genomics Network of Excellence. His current research programs focus on novel disease and disease-gene discovery; improving diagnosis of undiagnosed patients through innovative data analysis and multi-omic approaches; understanding mechanisms of neurodevelopmental diseases, including chromatin disorders and inborn errors of metabolism; and natural history studies and therapeutic clinical trials in developmental diseases.