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    Advisory Board

    The Advisory Board provides guidance to the leadership of the Master of Science in Genetic Counseling  (MSGC) Program. Convening at least annually, the Advisory Board will offer feedback to Executive Committee (EC) on issues regarding program development, implementation, and ongoing evaluation. The Advisory Board helps the program align its educational, clinical and research goals with the current and emerging needs of the profession to continually improve the student experience and outcomes. 

    The Executive Committee (EC) comprises the leadership of the MSGC and includes the Director, Chair, and Medical Co-Directors, as well as the Program Manager. The EC meets at least quarterly to review program progress including, but not limited to, student evaluations and milestone completion, preceptor reports, updates in Typhon, faculty and fieldwork supervisor evaluations as well as feedback on fieldwork rotation sites.

    Advisory Board

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    • Omar Abdul-Rahman, MD, Professor of Pediatrics; Chief, Genetics Division, Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine
    • Yazmin Carrasco, PhD, Assistant Dean for Access, Belonging and Student Success
    • Megan Harlan Fleischut, MS, CGC, Manager, Clinical Genetics Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    • Ji-Sun Kim, MS, CGC, Center for Neurogenetics, Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine
    • Shenela Lakhani, MSc, CGC, CCGC, Assistant Professor of Research, Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine; Director, Genetic Counseling Graduate Program, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
    • Jennifer Leyton, MBA, Investment Banking Professional (retired); Nonprofit Board Executive and Patient Advocate
    • Kenneth Offit, MD, PhD, Chief, Clinical Genetics Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    • Michelle Primiano, MS, CGC, Genetic Counselor, Jay Moynihan Center, Weill Cornell Medicine
    • M. Elizabeth Ross, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, Brain and Mind Research Institute; Director, Center for Neurogenetics Weill Cornell Medicine; Chair Genetic Counseling Graduate Program, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
    • Brian Schoenfeld, Field Medical Affairs Senior Director of the Rare Disease, Genomic Science Liaison team at Ambry Genetics
    • Devorah Segal, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine; Associate Director, Neurofibromatosis Program
    • Michael Walsh, MD, Assistant Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    Executive Committee

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    • Alexis Melnick, MD, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Medical Director Oocyte Donation
    • Alicia Latham, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medical Director for the MSK-CATCH program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    • Diala Steitieh, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy program
    • Liming Bao, MD, PhD, Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Director of the Cytogenetics Laboratory
    • M. Elizabeth Ross, MD, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience, Chair, Master of Science in Genetic Counseling Program
    • Omar Abdul-Rahman, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of Medical Genetics in Pediatrics
    • Shenela Lakhani, MSc, Assistant Professor of Research in Neuroscience, Director of the Master of Science in Genetic Counseling Program
    • Tracy B Grossman, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist, Director of the Obstetric and Gynecology Imaging Center at New York-Presbyterian- Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
    • Manmeet Malik, DO, Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery, Director of Breast Program, Surgery
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