Dr. Ebner Bon Gatus Maceda earned, from the University of the Philippines Manila, a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and a Doctor of Medicine. He currently serves as a Pediatrician/Clinical Geneticist at the Institute of Human Genetics at the University of the Philippines Manila. He had his residency in Pediatrics at the Philippine General Hospital, then became a fellow in Clinical and Metabolic Genetics at the Philippine General Hospital. As part of the National Institutes of Health, he is involved in conducting research on clinical genetics, particularly on rare diseases, birth defects, and newborn screening.