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Genetic Screening - A Partial Directory
by Yael Rosenberg, RN
Genetic Screening – A Partial Directory
There are thousands of Genetic Laboratories around the globe, but the list below comprises of those that specifically focus on genetic disorders that affect the Jewish Community.
The list is not complete, and will continue to be updated as information is gathered. A comprehensive list of Prenatal Genetic Testing Centers will be available in time.
Los Angeles, California
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Medical Genetics
444 S. San Vicente Blvd, Suite 1001
Los Angeles, CA 90048
David Rimoin, MD
Appointments: 310-423-9990
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
4650 Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Julian Williams, MD
Appointments: 213-669-2290
UCLA
760 Westwood Plaza, 68-225 NPI
Los Angeles, CA 90024-1759
Stephen Cederbaum, MD
Appointments: 310-825-4529
Oakland, California
Children's Hospital Medical Center
Department of Medical Genetics
5275 Claremont Avenue
Oakland, CA 94618
Edward Lammer, MD
Appointments: 510-428-3550
Orange, California
UC Irvine Medical Center
101 The City Dr. S., 2ZOT4482
Orange, CA 92868-3298
Maureen Bocian, MD
Appointments: 714-456-5791
Panorama City, California
Kaiser - Panorama City
13652 Cantara Street
Panorama City, CA 91402
Harold Bass, MD
Appointments: 818-375-2073 Stanford, California
Stanford Medical Center
Medical Genetics H-315
Department of Pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA 94305
H. Eugene Hoyme, MD
Appointments: 650-723-5198 (Joanne Taylor) The Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Diseases Screen will screen for three genetic diseases. These include Tay Sachs disease, Canavan disease, and cystic fibrosis.
This program offers bi-monthly information and screening sessions for three diseases (Tay-Sachs, Canavan, and Cystic Fibrosis). Tay-Sachs screening is offered at a subsidized rate. Sacramento, California
UC Davis Medical Center
Prenatal Diagnosis
1621 Alhambra Blvd, Room 2719
Sacramento, CA 95816
Dena Towner, MD
Appointments: 916-734-6124 (Barbara Briscoe)
San Diego, California
California Tay-Sachs Disease Prevention Program - Children's Hospital
San Diego, CA 92123
Director: Michael M. Kaback, PhD
Co-Main Contact: Nancy Levy
Co-Main Contact: Molla Braunstein
Telephone: 858-495-7737
Fax: 858-279-8379
Testing: Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic
San Francisco, California
UC - San Francisco Medical Center
533 Parnassus, U-262
San Francisco, CA 94143
Mary Norton, MD
Appointments: 415-476-4808 or 415-731-3437 San Juan Capistrano, California
Quest Diagnostics
Medical Director, Charles Strom, MD, PhD
33608 Ortega Highway
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92690
Contact: Joy Redman, MS, Genetic Counselor
Phone: 949-728-4279
Contact: Cathi Franklin
Phone: 818-376-6157
Santa Barbara, California
Tri-Counties Revional Center
520 E. Montecito Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
Gary Feldman, MD
Appointments: 805-884-7204, X204 (Alyson Delbrook)
Tarzana, California
Encino-Tarzana Regional Health Center
18321 Clark Street
Tarzana, CA 91356
Barbara Luftman, Coordinator
Shirley Eskoff, Coordinator
Appointments: (818) 881-1061 Van Nuys, California
SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories -
Genetic Testing Center
Van Nuys, CA 91405
Director: Jean Amos, PhD
Main Contact: Danielle Lagrave
Telephone: 800-SB-PROBE
Fax: 818-376-6212
Email:
Danielle.m.lagrave@questdiagnostics.com Miami, Florida
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Victor Program
Deborah Zimablist Wasserman, M.S.
Genetic Counselor/Coordinator
Miami, Florida
Telephone: 305-243-4524
Cellular: 786-897-9587
Douglasville, Georgia
Save Babies Through Screening Foundation, Inc.
P. O. Box 5037 • Douglasville, GA 30154
Toll Free: 1-888-454-3383 • Fax: (770) 726-4635
http://www.savebabies.org/index.html
Baltimore, Maryland
Jewish Family Services Genetic Education & Screening Project
5750 Park Heights Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21215
(410) 542-6300 ext. 150
http://www.jfs.org
This project consists of community educational events which are followed by screening for five diseases (Tay-Sachs, Canavan, Niemann-Pick, Gaucher, and Cystic Fibrosis). The screening is free of charge, however tax-deductible donations are appreciated.
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston University School of Medicine -
Center for Human Genetics
Boston MA 02118
Director: Aubrey Milunsky, MD, DSc
Co-Main Contact: Susan Cheney, MS
Email:scheney@bu.edu
Co-Main Contact: Anne Yesky, MS
Email:ayesky@bu.edu
Telephone: 617-638-7083
Fax: 617-638-7092
Massachusetts General Hospital -
Amino Acid Disorder / Neurochemistry Laboratory
Boston, MA 02129
Director: Vivian E. Shih, MD
Main Contact: Roseann Mandell
Telephone: 617-726-3884
Fax: 617-726-5739
Email:rmandell@partners.org Victor Outreach and Screening Program for Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Diseases
Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
( 617) 636-7721
http://www.tufts-nemc.org/OurServices/SpecialServicesandCenters/JewishGeneticDiseasesScreening
The Victor Program provides preconception counseling and screening for Tay-Sachs, Canavan, Niemann-Pick A, Gaucher Disease Type I, Familial Dysautonomia, Bloom Syndrome, Fanconi Anemia Type C, Cystic Fibrosis, Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia, Mucolipidosis IV,and Maple Syrup Urine Disease. For couples found to be at increased risk, reproductive counseling, prenatal diagnosis and treatment will be coordinated. The program also provides education in the community and at college and graduate school campuses.
Farmingham, Massachusetts
Genzyme Genetics - Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory
Framingham, MA 01701-9322
Director: Bernice Allitto, PhD
Director: Jean DeMarchi, PhD
Director: Ruth A. Heim, PhD
Director: Lynne Rosenblum-Vos, PhD
Co-Main Contact: Amy Merrill, MS
Telephone: 800-255-7357 X2209
Fax: 508-820-9742
Co-Main Contact: Karen Treat, MS
Telephone: 800-255-7357
Fax: 508-820-9742 Detroit, Michigan
Henry Ford Hospital, Department of Medical Genetics
2799 West Grand Blvd., CFP-4
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 916-3188
This genetics clinic offers genetic counseling and screening for nine diseases (Cystic Fibrosis, Tay-Sachs, Familial Dysautonomia, Canavan, Fanconi anemia, Niemann-Pick, Mucolipidosis IV, Bloom's Syndrome, and Glycogen storage disease type 1a). Additionally, the department provides educational programs to the community.
Wayne State University, Reproductive Genetics Department
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 745-7067
This genetics clinic offers genetic counseling for nine diseases (Cystic Fibrosis, Tay-Sachs, Familial Dysautonomia, Canavan, Fanconi anemia, Niemann-Pick, Mucolipidosis IV, Bloom's Syndrome, and Glycogen storage disease type 1a). Wayne State University
DMC University Laboratories
Molecular Genetics Diagnostic Laboratory
Detroit, MI 48202
Director: Gerald L. Feldman, MD, PhD
Co-Main Contact: Holly Pinder, MT
Co-Main Contact: Trieu D. Vo, PhD
Telephone: 313-993-2631
Fax: 313-745-9299
Rochester, Minnesota
Mayo Clinic Molecular Genetics Laboratory
Rochester, MN 55905
Co-Director: Karen Snow, PhD
Co-Director: Stephen Thibodeau, PhD
Telephone: 800-533-1710 or 507-284-4169
Fax: 507-284-0043 West Orange, New Jersey
Genetics Associates of New Jersey
West Orange, NJ and Englewood, NJ
(973) 831-6020
http://www.njgenetics.com The office's Jewish Genetic Disease Program offers educational sessions and screening, as well as genetic counseling, treatment, and other resources.
Brooklyn, New York
Dor Yeshorim
160 Wilson St., Suite 1B
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 384-2332 Modern Diagnostic Laboratory (Laboratory is a blood drawing station for "Dor Yeshorim")
Tel: 718-837-5222
Tel: 718-837-LAB2
Fax: 718-259-0088
Outside 718 area code Call 800-98-MODERN
E-mail address moderndiag@gmail.com
or Yeshorim is an anonymous Jewish Genetic Disease carrier screening program that primarily serves the Orthodox Community. Participants are not given the results of their screening; instead, they receive an identification number. The screening is offered at a heavily subsidized rate. When a couple is considering marriage, both partners submit their identification numbers and are informed whether they are compatible or not. A couple is only considered incompatible if they are both carriers of the same disease.
New York City, New York
Jewish Genetic Screening Program, New York Methodist Hospital
506 6th St.
Brooklyn, NY 11215
(718) 780-5256
http://www.nym.org/services/women/genetics/ashkenazy.html
This program provides genetic counseling and screening for nine diseases (Tay-Sachs, Canavan, Gaucher, Niemann-Pick, Familial Dysautonomia, Cystic Fibrosis, Bloom's Syndrome, Fanconi anemia, and Mucolipidosis IV).
Mount Sinai Medical Center -
Molecular Diagnosis Laboratory
New York, NY 10029
Director: Christine Eng, MD
Main Contact: Wanda Aponte
Telephone: 212-241-6947
Fax: 212-860-3316
NYU School of Medicine
Human Genetics Program
550 First Avenue, MSB 136
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: 212 263-5746
Fax: 212 263-7590
Email:elsa.reich@med.nyu.edu
New York University Medical Center -
Molecular Genetics Laboratory
550 First Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Director: Harry Ostrer, MD
Main Contact: Carole Oddoux, PhD
Telephone: 212-263-7621
Fax: 212-562-2642
Email:oddouc01@mcrcr6.med.nyu.edu
(This lab is also a research laboratory.)
New York University School of Medicine -
Neurogenetics Laboratory
550 First Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Director: Edwin H. Kolodny, MD
Associate Director: Gregory M. Pastores, MD
Main Contact: Stanley Samuels, PhD
Telephone: 212-263-6628
Fax: 212-263-1018
Email: Stanley.Samuels@med.nyu.edu
In addition to lab testing, they also have experienced clinicians on staff who do the clinical evaluation component for people who live close enough to the area to avail themselves of that service.
(This lab is also a research laboratory.) The Division of Reproductive Genetics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
1695 Eastchester Rd., Suite 301
Bronx, NY 10461
Telephone: 718-405-8150
Fax: 718-405-8154 Albert Einstein College of Medicine provides services for the Bronx, Riverdale, Upper Manhattan and particularly Westchester communities.
Einstein is the only lab in the country that screens for Tay-Sachs using platelet assays Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Human Genetics
Cincinnati, OH
(800) 344-CHMC ext. 64760
Portland, Oregon
Oregon Health Sciences University -
Biochemical Genetics Laboratory
Portland, OR 97201-3098
Director: K. Michael Gibson, PhD
Telephone: 503-494-2400
Fax: 503-494-6922
Email:
gibsonm@ohsu.edu
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Victor Center for Jewish Genetic Diseases
5501 Old York Road
Philadelphia, PA 19141
Telephone: 215 456 8722
Fax: 215 456 2356
Shoshana Rosen, Victor Center Outreach Coordinator
Ms. Rosen is the liaison between the Victor Center and the community, and is available to run educational programs about the Victor Center and Jewish genetic disease screening, tailored to your organization's needs and interests. Contact Ms. Rosen for organizing a community or campus screening, or getting screened at the office. Email:
rosensh@einstein.edu Thomas Jefferson University
Tay-Sachs Prevention Program
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Director: Jerzy Tomczak, DVM
Telephone: 215-955-8320
Fax: 215-955-9990
(This lab is also a research laboratory.) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
(800) 640-GENE; (800) 334-7980
http://www.pitt.edu/~edugene/jewish.html The mission of the Education and Counseling Program is to raise awareness among community members and professionals about Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Diseases. In order to achieve this goal the Program provides brochures and educational workshops to Jewish communities throughout Western Pennsylvania, as well as referral information. The Center for the Study and Treatment of Jewish Genetic Diseases provides affordable carrier testing for five diseases (Gaucher, Tay-Sachs, Canavan, Fanconi anemia, and Cystic Fibrosis) and also offers genetic counseling, treatment, and management for those affected with or at risk for these conditions.
Houston, Texas
Baylor College of Medicine -
DNA Diagnostic Laboratory
Houston, TX 77030
Director: C. Sue Richards, PhD
Main Contact: Preethi Gunaratne, PhD
Telephone: 800-226-3624
Fax: 713-798-6584
Email:dnalab@bcm.tmc.edu
(This lab is also a research laboratory.)
Baylor Prenatal Genetics Center
Smith Tower 6550 Fannin, Suite 801
Houston, TX 77030
Referrals and Scheduling: 713-798-4363
KLEBERG GENETICS CLINIC
Texas Children's Hospital - Clinical Care Center
1102 Bates - Suite C570
Houston, Texas 77030
Referral & Scheduling: 713-770-4280
Fairfax, Virginia
Genetics & IVF Institute - Molecular Genetics Laboratory
Fairfax, VA 22031
Director: Anne Maddalena, PhD
Main Contact: Anne Maddalena, PhD
Telephone: 800-654-4363
Fax: 703-698-3988
Email:labs@givf.com
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Alberta Children's Hospital -
Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2T 5C7
Director: Peter Bridge, PhD
Main Contact: The Laboratory
Telephone: 403-229-7026
Fax: 403-229-7624
Email:pbridge@molecgen.ucalgary.ca
Petah Tikvah, Israel
Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Campus
Medical Genetics
Petah Tikva, 49100, Israel
Director: Motti Shohat, MD
Telephone: 972-3-9377658/9
Fax: 972-3-9377660
Email:mshohat@ccsg.tau.ac.il
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