Dr Melita Irving, Consultant Clinical Geneticist
Dr Melita Irving
Consultant Clinical Geneticist
Dr Melita Irving MBBS MD (Res) FRCPCH BSc (Hons)
Consultant Clinical Geneticist
Dr Melita Irving
Consultant Clinical Geneticist MBBS MD (Res) FRCPCH BSc (Hons)
Areas of expertise
- Cardiomyopathy
- Down Syndrome
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Edward's Syndrome
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)
About Dr Melita Irving
GMC number: 4311733
Year qualified: 1996
Place of primary qualification: University of London
Dr Melita Irving is a consultant and honorary reader in clinical genetics at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust. She trained in paediatrics and specialised in genetic conditions.
Dr Irving has extensive experience in the diagnosis and management of a range of genetic conditions, including chromosomal disorders, rare genetic syndromes, and conditions with an underlying genetic cause. She sub-specialises in rare diseases of the skeleton. After completing her fellowship in skeletal dysplasia at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, Dr Irving established multidisciplinary paediatric clinics in skeletal dysplasia and achondroplasia at Evelina London Children's Hospital. These clinics offer close monitoring and management services to affected patients.
Actively involved in research, Dr Irving is the chief investigator for clinical trials in children with skeletal dysplasia, aiming to develop new methods and improve existing ones for the diagnosis of severe skeletal conditions. She is the leading author of numerous peer-reviewed publications on various aspects of clinical genetics and is also the author of the Human DNA Manual (Haynes).
Dr Irving is also dedicated to teaching. She served as the President of the Medical Genetics Section for three years (2016-2019) and is the vice-chair of the Royal Society of Medicine’s Ellison Cliffe Foundation. In 2019, she won the Genetic Healthcare Provider (GHP) Private Healthcare Award.
Dr Irving’s areas of expertise include genetic testing, general genetic counselling, skeletal dysplasia conditions (including achondroplasia), fetal medicine genetics, chromosomal disorders, general genetics, and clinical genetics. She has been with Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust since her appointment and continues to contribute significantly to the field of clinical genetics.
Areas of expertise
- Cardiomyopathy
- Down Syndrome
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)
- Fabry Disease
- Hereditary Endocrine Syndromes
- Hypermobility Syndrome
- Loeys Dietz Syndrome
- Marfan Syndrome
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Noonan Syndrome
- Prader-Willi Syndrome
- Thrombophillia
- Turner Syndrome