2017 Spring NCGMA Meeting

When: Back to Calendar » March 31, 2017 (all-day)
Where: Carolinas Medical Center - Northeast
Concord
NC
USA
Contact: Beth Dellinger
919-442-2200
beth.dellinger@carolinashealthcare.org

Event Schedule:

8:30-9:00am Breakfast/Registration

9:00-9:15am Opening remarks & Announcements: Beth Dellinger, MS CGC, Levine Cancer Institute, Carolinas Medical Center

9:15-10:00am “Where Science and Beliefs Intersect: When Parents Refuse Traditional Treatment – An Open Discussion”: Laura Noonan, MD, Director, Center for Advancing Pediatric Excellence, CMC Department of Pediatrics

10:00-10:30am “Long term follow up of Genetic conditions- a tale of Sickle cell disease”: Ify Osunkwo, MD MPH, Levine Cancer Institute, Carolinas Healthcare System

10:30-11:00am “An update on CDG-Ia (PMM2-CDG): Are We Missing the Diagnosis”: Berrin Monteleone, MD, Clinical Geneticist, UNC Charlotte Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Carolinas Health System, Levine Children’s Hospital

11:00-11:30am “Metabolic Profiling: From Genotype to Phenotype to Treatment”: Charles Edward Schwartz, PhD, Board Certified Clinical Molecular Genetics, Director – JC Self Research Institute, Director – Center for Molecular Studies, Greenwood Genetic Center

11:30-12:45pm Lunch

12:45-1:45pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS:  “Finding Answers: Comprehensive Genetic Testing for Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Neonatal Death”: Diane Joan Allingham-Hawkins, B.Sc. Ph.D., FCCMG, FACMG, Prevention Genetics, LLC and Elizabeth (Elspeth) Wright McPherson, MD, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation – Center for Human Genetics MLR

1:45-2:30pm “Skeletal Dysplasias:  Classification, Etiology, and Diagnosis- A bony buffet!”: Richard Curtis Rogers, MD, Senior Clinical Geneticist – Greenwood Genetic Center

2:30-2:45pm Break

2:45-3:15pm “Implementation of a Genomics Program with Integration of Cancer Genetics in a Community-based

Hospital System”: Carol J. Farhangfar, PhD, MBA, Levine Cancer Institute Assistant Vice President, LCI Translational Research

3:15-3:30pm “Hereditary diabetes referral and counseling practices in a prenatal setting”: Elizabeth Mizerik, BS, Candidate for MS in Genetic Counseling, Genetic Counseling Program, University of North Carolina – Greensboro     

3:30-3:45pm “Assessment of Patient Satisfaction with the Provision of Fertility Information in Women with Lynch Syndrome”: Rachel Hickey, BS, Candidate for MS in Genetic Counseling, Genetic Counseling Program, University of South Carolina

3:45pm Evaluations and Adjournment