Elaine H. Zackai is a Professor of Pediatrics, Director of Clinical Genetics, and the Director of the Clinical Genetics Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).
She was born in Brooklyn in 1943, to a metallurgist and a high school teacher.
Zackai completed her B.A. at the New York University College of Arts & Science in 1964, followed by her M.D. at New York University School of Medicine in 1968.
She is a member of multiple professional organisations, sits on multiple academic and institutional committees, and holds multiple professorships.
She is also a founding Fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics.
Her research has included genetic factors relating to birth defects, syndromes relating to chromosomal translocation, and 22q gene deletion.