CLINICAL TRAINING SITES AND SUPERVISORS
Perinatal Assessment Center
The Perinatal Assessment Center provides a full range of consultative and diagnostic services, including genetic counseling, prenatal diagnosis (chorionic villus sampling, amniocentesis, umbilical cord sampling), prenatal screening (first trimester screening, second trimester maternal serum screening, ultrasound, carrier testing, etc) and perinatal consultation and management. The Perinatal Assessment Center is staffed by three genetic counselors and multiple perinatologists.
Pediatric Genetics Clinic
The Pediatric Genetics Clinic provides service in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of birth defects, structural abnormalities, inherited diseases, chromosomal abnormalities and mental retardation. It is staffed by five clinical geneticists and two genetic counselors, Jane Schuette, MS and Beverly Yashar, MS, PhD.
Medical Genetics Clinic
The Medical Genetics Clinic provides counseling for adult patients who either have or are at-risk for a genetic condition. Services provided include diagnosis, care management, genetic counseling and genetic testing. It is staffed by four clinical geneticists and one genetic counselor, Wendy Uhlmann, MS.
Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk Evaluation Clinic
The Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk Evaluation Program provides individuals with an accurate assessment of their personal risk for developing breast and other related cancers and offers a plan for follow-up and preventive care. It is staffed by medical oncologist and clinic director, Sofia Merajver, MD, PhD and genetic counselor, Kara Milliron, MS.
Cancer Genetics Clinic
The Cancer Genetics Clinic provides counseling for all types of cancer including: familial colon cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, cancer of the uterus, prostate cancer, melanoma, thyroid cancer, sarcoma, childhood cancers and other less common tumors. It is staffed by medical oncologist, and clinic director, Stephen Gruber, MD, PhD and three genetic counselors.
Genetics Outreach Program
The Division of Pediatric Genetics conducts genetics field clinics in Traverse City, Gaylord and Marquette, Michigan. Outreach clinics are a unique opportunity to evaluate and manage genetics patients in diverse settings.
Ophthalmic Genetics
The Ophthalmic Genetics Clinic is a specialty clinic, which provides services primarily to patients with or at risk for inherited retinal diseases such as Stargardt’s disease, Best Disease, and Retinitis pigmentosa. Part of this rotation also includes experience in the Ophthalmic Molecular Genetics Diagnostics Laboratory. The clinic is staffed by ophthalmologist, John Heckenlively, MD and genetic counselor, Kari Branham, MS.
Biochemical Genetics
The Biochemical Genetics Clinic is a specialty clinic that provides services primarily to patients with known or suspected metabolic conditions. The clinic is staffed by two biochemical geneticists and four clinical geneticists.
Cardiovascular Genetics
Primary Supervisor: Rajani Aatre, MS, CGC
The Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic provides comprehensive, state-of-the-art diagnostic and testing services for adult and pediatric patients and their families. Services provided include diagnosis, risk stratification, familial screening, and genetic counseling. The clinic is staffed by cardiologist Sharlene Day, MD and genetic counselor, Rajani Aatre, MS.
OFFCAMPUS CLINICAL TRAINING SITES
Beaumont Hospital: Reproductive, Pediatric & Cancer Genetics
Bronson Hospital: Reproductive Genetics
Children's Hospital of Michigan: Pediatric and Metabolic Genetics
Henry Ford Hospital: Reproductive, Medical & Cancer Genetics
Hutzel Hospital: Reproductive Genetics
Michigan State University: Reproductive, Pediatric & Cancer Genetics
Oakwood Hospital: General, Cancer & Reproductive Genetics
Spectrum Health: Reproductive, Pediatric & Cancer Genetics
NONTRADITIONAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
If a student’s clinical training and research project are in good standing, during the second half of the final semester, students have the option of participating in a half semester non-traditional clinical internship. These optional internships allow students to work in a wide variety of clinical settings and to begin developing an understanding of the impact of genomic medicine.
SAMPLE NONTRADITIONAL ROTATION SITES
Neurogenetics Disorder Clinic
Reproductive Endocrinology
Teratology/Fetal Pathology
Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Cystic Fibrosis Center
Sickle Cell Clinic