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2021 MNGCA Fall Education Conference

MNGCA Fall Education Conference
Oct 15, 2021, 7:45 AM - 4:00 PM CDT


Virtual Meeting / Zoom

Schedule

7:45 AM - 8:00AM     |     

Introductions/MNGCA Updates

15 minutes

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM     |     

Invisible Families: Adoption as a Health Risk

60 minutes

Shannon Gibney; Heewon Lee, MS, CGC

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM     |     

30 minutes

Laboratory Case: CGD2 Variant with Complex Allele Frequency Data and Conflicting ClinVar Classifications

Marissa Ellingson, MS, CGC (she/her)

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM     |     

Break

15 minutes

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 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM  |     

Start Here: Crowdsourcing from the Ground Up for Justice/Equity/Diversity and Inclusion

60 minutes

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM   |     

Laboratory Case: Characterization of a Novel Pathogenic Variant in the FECH Gene Associated with Erythropoietic Protoporphyria

60 miuntes

Sue Gore; Shellie Kieke, PhD, MS, CGC

Elena Fisher, MS, CGC; Heewon Lee, MS, CGC; Krista Redlinger-Grosse, PhD, LP, LGC; Elisabeth Wurtmann, PhD, MS, CGC

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM    |     

Lunch

30 minutes

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM    |     

Service Delivery Highlight: Genetic Testing and Counseling Unit (GTAC) High Volume Cancer Clinic and Direct to Consumer Results Review

60 minutes

Joan Steyermark, MS, CGC; Brittany Thomas, MS, CGC

1:15 PM - 1:45 PM     |     

Laboratory Case: Complexities in Molecular Laboratory Testing for 21-Hydroxylase Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

30 minutes

Lea Coon, MS, LCGC; Emily Thoreson, MS, CGC

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM     |     

Break

15 minutes

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM     |     

Genetic Testing in the Parkinson's Disease Clinic: Benefits and Complexities

60 minutes

Martha A. Nance, MD

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM     |     

GCs and Their Personal Experiences with Genetic Conditions

60 minutes

Joline Dalton, MS, LCGC; Devin Shuman, MS, CGC

4:00 PM                     |     

Wrap up

Minnesota Genetic Counselors Association
Mailing Address:

PO Box 16056

1715 7th St W

St. Paul, MN 55116

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