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Healthcare Providers Can’t Afford to Ignore Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing
The DTC genetic testing revolution is here. More than 12 million people have had testing via an at-home spit kit and the numbers are skyrocketing. People have their own raw genetic data in hand, are curious, and are searching for answers in their DNA. It is safe to...
Matloff Chosen to Launch First Genetic Counselor Awareness Day
We are pleased to announce that Ellen Matloff, our President and CEO, has been chosen by the National Society of Genetic Counseling (NSGC) to launch the first Genetic Counselor Awareness Day on November 9, 2017 as a webinar speaker. The goal of the day is to empower...
Mixed Reviews of At-Home Genetic Testing
National guidelines recommend that patients meet with a genetics expert before undergoing genetic testing for cancer risk. Genetic counseling can help patients decide whether genetic testing is right for them and order the most appropriate test. Once test results are...
Ellen Matloff Weighs in on Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing to FORCE
Ellen Matloff, a certified genetic counselor and president and CEO of My Gene Counsel, explains that, "Some patients who had 23andMe testing believed that they had been screened for all mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2. In reality, they had only been screened for the...
Shouting the Importance of Genetic Counseling by a Certified Provider from the Rooftops
I’ve been a certified genetic counselor for more than two decades and have played several roles in the field: a pediatric/general genetic counselor; a creator and facilitator of a cystic fibrosis parent group; a founder and director of a cancer genetic counseling...
Why Is That Genetic Counselor Holding a Business Meeting in an Uber?
Five years ago, if you had asked me what I’d be doing in November 2016, I would have told you, with confidence, that I’d be directing the Cancer Genetic Counseling Program at Yale School of Medicine, as I had since its inception in 1996. I can assure you that I never...
NSGC Magazine Features Article by Ellen Matloff
The cover article in The National Society of Genetic Counselor's most recent issue of "Perspectives In Genetic Counseling" was written by our CEO/President, Ellen Matloff. "Why Is That Genetic Counselor Holding A Business Meeting In An Uber?" recounts the exciting...
For Scientists At First Protest, ‘This Is Where We Had To Be’
NEW HAVEN — Clare Wurm and Mary Harris brought homemade rally signs. They showed up at the March for Science decked out in white lab coats and pink pussycat hats. But they had a look of wonderment, unlike most of the other protesters. That's because Wurm and Harris,...
CURE Quotes Ellen Matloff
Our President/CEO shares her genetic counseling expertise about hereditary cancer syndromes in the article, "All in the Family: Discussing Screenings and Preventative Surgery for Inherited Cancers". She highlights that both men and women can inherit these disorders...