Agenda:
Historical overview of clinical genetics services in upstate NY since 1978
Luba Djurdjinovic, MS
Executive Director, Ferre Institute Inc.
11:20 am Current landscape and future directions of clinical genetics services in upstate NY
Celeste S. Wyman, ScM, CGC
Senior Associate Faculty, Departments of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics, University of Rochester
11:30 am NYMAC resources and community engagement in expanding access to genetics
Alissa Terry, ScM, CGC
Ferre Institute Inc., Project Manager and Telegenetics Navigator for the New York Mid-Atlantic Caribbean Regional Genetics Network
12:00 pm Newborn screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy – laboratory perspective
Norma P. Tavakoli, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, biomedical Sciences, NYS Department of Health Wadsworth Center
12:30 pm Newborn screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy – clinical perspective
Bo Hoon Lee, MD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology, Child Neurology, and Pediatrics, University of Rochester
1:00 pm Lunch Break
2:00 pm Mosaic results from PGT-A testing of embryo biopsies
Jennifer Luque, MGC CGC
Senior Reproductive Genetics Specialist, CooperSurgical
2:30 pm Somatic genetic testing in oncology
Jessica Stoll, MS CGC
Senior Director of Genetic Counseling, Tempus AI