Human Genetics Faculty
PhD, University of Brandeis. BS, University of Rhode Island. Special Topics Workshop, Maternal Serum Screening Unit. SLC, 1996-
MS, Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. BA, University of Pennsylvania. Genetic Counselor [ABGC]. Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Reproductive Genetics. SLC, 1995-
MS, Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. BS, Downstate Medical Center. Human Physiology. SLC, 2002-
MD, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. B.A., Wellesley College. [FACMG] Co-Director, Division of Human Genetics, and Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, New York – Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Medical College. Medical Genetics Seminar. SLC, 1972-
MD, Harvard University. BA, Brown University. Issues in Public Health Genetics, Epidemiology Unit. SLC, 2002-
MS, Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. Issues in Genetic Counseling IV. SLC, 2006-
BA, City College of New York. PhD, University of Chicago. Clinical internship in client-centered therapy, Counseling Center of the University of Chicago; postdoctoral fellowship at Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey. Contributed recent chapters and articles that deal with the changing nature of the psychotherapeutic relationship, the anatomy of an empathic understanding, we-centered psychotherapeutic relationships, and the clinical education of nondirective and directive psychotherapists. SLC, 1972–
MD, University of Toronto. BA, University of Toronto. Assistant Professor, Division of Reproductive Genetics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Reproductive Genetics. SLC, 1995-
BA, Syracuse University. JD, LLM, New York University School of Law. Assistant clinical professor of family practice and humanities in medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center; ethics consultant to New York Methodist Hospital. Formerly ethics consultant to the Brooklyn Hospital Center (1994-2003); formerly TV news and cultural affairs producer, director, and writer. Special interest in clinical ethics, particularly in channels/barriers between health-care professionals and patients/families, cultural diversity and its effect on physician/patient interaction, the role of palliative care in a high-tech environment, and the continuing dilemma in human subject research; currently involved in an initiative to change the guardianship law in New York State. Author: Autonomy, the Encyclopedia of Care of the Elderly (Springer Publishing Company, 2007); co-author with Burke and Swidler, “Three Stubborn Misconceptions About the Authority of Health Care Agents,” NYSBA’s Health Law. SLC, 1996—
MS, Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. MA, Columbia University. BA, Colgate. CGC Issues in Public Health Genetics, Ethics Unit. SLC, 2004-
MS, Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. BA, Columbia. Issues in Genetic Counseling IV. SLC, 2001-
Trinity College, Dublin Ireland, American Board of Medical Genetics 1994, recertified 2004. Biochemical Genetics. SLC, 2007-
MS, Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. BS, North Western. Special Topics Workshop, Teratology Unit. SLC, 2002-
MS, Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. BS, University of California. Davis Genetic Counselor [ABGC]. Issues in Genetic Counseling I, II, III, and IV. SLC, 1998-
BA, Kenyon College. MS (human genetics), Sarah Lawrence College. Specializes in behavioral science and counseling skills required to help people change health-related behaviors; involved in training and research on programs to help reduce risk of HIV/STDs in all at-risk populations in the New York City geographic area; has been involved in both primary and secondary prevention efforts and has provided training to social service and health care organizations on program development in these areas; teaches Issues in Genetic Counseling IV in the Human Genetics program. SLC, 1999-
MS, Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. BA, Barnard College. Genetic Counselor. Seminar in Genetic Counseling. SLC, 1997-
PhD, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn. MS, Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. BS, Cornell University. Associate Director, DNA Diagnostic Laboratory, NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities. Special Topics Workshop. SLC, 1998-
MS, Sarah Lawrence College. BS, University of Chicago. Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Genetic Counseling [ABGC], New York University Medical Center; research on craniofacial anomalies, Delivery of Genetic Services. SLC, 1980-
BA, Seton Hall University. MSW, University of Pennsylvania. DSW, Columbia University. Professor, Hunter College School of Social Work and Doctoral Program in Social Welfare, Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Research and evaluation consultant to social, health and mental health agencies in New York City; author of numerous books and articles on family care of the aged and disabled children, single-parent families, and mental health services; author of an introductory text in evaluation research, Program Evaluation in the Human Services (Springer Press, 1990), and Program Evaluation: Trends and Methods (Oxford University Press). SLC, 1993-
MS, Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. BS, University of Connecticut School of Allied Health Professions. Genetic Counselor [ABGC]. Advanced Human Genetics Seminar. SLC, 2002-