NSGC 2017

National Society of Genetic Counselors

Please Join Us for a Dinner Seminar

Precisely Paired: Applying Somatic/Germline Testing for Lynch Syndrome

Thursday, September 14 7:00pm

Greater Columbus Convention Center 400 North High Street, Short North B, Columbus, OH 43215 US

Moderator Kory Jasperson, MS, CGC, Ambry Genetics
Laura Panos Smith, MS, CGC, Ambry Genetics

Featuring Andrea Forman, MS, LCGC, Sr. Genetic Counselor, Department of Clinical Genetics, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Registration Please sign up through NSGC.

Note: The National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) has authorized Ambry Genetics to offer up to 0.1 CEU or 1.00 Category 1 contact hour for the Sponsored Lunch Session: Precisely Paired: Applying Somatic and Germline Testing for Lynch Syndrome. The American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) will accept CEUs earned at this program for the purposes of genetic counselor certification and recertification.

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7th Annual Genetic Counselor Appreciation Party

Wednesday, September 13 8:30pm

The Big Bang Dueling Piano Bar 401 N Front St #95, Columbus, OH 43215 US

Come join us for our Annual Genetic Counselor Appreciation Night.

Research

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Scientific Posters

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Poster # B-290

Thursday, September 14, 2017 5:45 - 7:00pm Poster

Zöe Powis, Yuan Tian, Kelly Farwell Hagman, Dajun Qian, Layla Shahmirzadi, Dena Freeman, Sha Tang. After 6 years: Diagnostic Exome sequencing expands to the non-geneticists and is becoming a first-line test.

Poster # B-272

Thursday, September 14, 2017 5:45 - 7:00pm Poster

Christian Gund, Kelly Farwell Hagman, Sha Tang, Zöe Powis. Analysis of differences in detection rates between parent-proband trios and non-parent-trios in Diagnostic Exome Sequencing.

Poster # B-116

Thursday, September 14, 2017 5:45 - 7:00pm Poster

Heather Workman, Lily Hoang, Tami Johnston, Alizabeth Berg, Amybeth Weaver, Andrea Nagl, Dagny Noeth, Christian Antolik, Jill Dolinsky. Down the Rabbit Hole: Tales of A Tiered Approach to Genetic Testing for HCM.

Poster # B-80

Thursday, September 14, 2017 5:45 - 7:00pm Poster

Lindsey Stobie, Eve Karloski, Arlene Colvin, Cynthia Lim, Mary Linton Peters, Jill Krejdovsky, Kim DeLeonardis, Melissa Luna, Arthur J Moser, Kyle Allen, Virginia Speare, Jill Dolinsky, Erkut Borazanci, Nadine Tung, Randall Brand, Beth Dudley. Family Communication (FC) of Test Results among an Unselected Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PC) Cohort who Underwent Germline Genetic Testing.

Poster # B-77

Thursday, September 14, 2017 5:45 - 7:00pm Poster

Laura Panos Smith, Andrew Castillo, Kelly Fulk. Is Bigger Always Better? An Updated Comparison of Multi-gene Panel Results for Common Cancers.

Poster # B-251

Thursday, September 14, 2017 5:45 - 7:00pm Poster

Zöe Powis, Samantha Brummitt, Christina L. Alamillo, Kendra Walker, Jessica Gage, Regina Arvon, Deepali Shinde, Kelly Radtke. Prenatal Genetic Counseling for a Novel Genetic Etiology identified in a fetus with Compound Heterozygous Alterations in MYH6.

Poster # B-110

Thursday, September 14, 2017 5:45 - 7:00pm Poster

Benjamin Feldmann, Zöe Powis, Christina L. Alamillo, Brigette Tippin Davis. Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death(?): Exome Secondary Findings in Cardiovascular Genes.

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Poster # A-28

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 5:15 - 6:30pm Poster

Layla Shahmirzadi, Sebastien Marcq, Stephanie Connor, Kelly Farwell Hagman, Melissa Para, Brigette Tippin Davis. Consumer and Healthcare Provider (HCP) motivations and concerns in personalized genomic sequencing among over 2,500 individuals.

Poster # A-112

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 5:15 - 6:30pm Poster

Bess Wayburn, Tricia Zion, Sourat Darabi, Devon Lamb Thrush, Erica Smith, Tami Johnston, Brissa Martin, Kelly Farwell Hagman, Melissa Para, Brigette Tippin Davis. Gene Characterization: A scientific approach to multi-gene panel testing design..

Poster # A-109

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 5:15 - 6:30pm Poster

Zöe Powis, Holly LaDuca, Amanda Bergner, Pia Summerour, Brigette Tippin Davis. The results are in: who is testing positive for NF1 on hereditary cancer multi-gene panels?.

Poster # A-1

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 5:15 - 6:30pm Poster

Amanda Bergner, Deepti Babu, Shelly Cummings, Susan Hahn, Kirsty McWalter, Christopher Tan. Understanding Characteristics of Industry Genetic Counselors to Inform Ongoing Workforce Discussions.

Friday, September 15, 2017

Poster # C-63

Friday, September 15, 2017 1:15 - 2:30pm Poster

Jessica Profato, Michelle Jackson, Holly LaDuca. Experience of a Genetic Testing Laboratory with Customizable Hereditary Cancer Panels.

Poster # C-84

Friday, September 15, 2017 1:15 - 2:30pm Poster

Michelle Jackson, Carin Espenschied, Lauren Bowling, Holly LaDuca. Multi-gene Panel Testing for Prostate Cancer: What Have We Learned So Far?.

Poster # C-108

Friday, September 15, 2017 1:15 - 2:30pm Poster

Tripti Paudyal, Andrew Castillo, Carin Espenschied. Results of multi-gene panel testing in a gastric cancer cohort: it’s not all CDH1.

Oral Presentations

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Session # Pre-Conference Symposium

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 8:00 - 2:00pm

Ambry Speaker: Jill S. Dolinsky, MS, CGC. Navigating variant interpretation differences in cardiovascular genetics: emerging data & perspectives from clinicians & laboratories

Session # Pre-Conference Symposium

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 8:00 - 2:00pm

Ambry Speaker: Michelle Jackson, MS, CGC. The Expanding Genetic Counseling Landscape for Cancers of Childhood, Blood, and Brain.

Session # Pre-Conference Symposium

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 8:00 - 2:00pm

Ambry Speaker: Amanda Bergner, MS, CGC. What’s Loss Got to do With It? Working with Grief as a Genetic Counselor

Friday, September 15, 2017

Session # Pre-Conference Symposium

Friday, September 15, 2017 10:30 - 2:00pm

Ambry Speaker: Zöe Powis, MS, CGC. Inside Pandora’s Box: Implications of ACMG Secondary Findings for Cardiology & Oncology Clinical Practice - Inside Scoop from the laboratory: a review of lab-based outcomes research.

Session # 1129

Friday, September 15, 2017 3:30 - 3:45pm

Kory Jasperson, Mary Pritzlaff. Phenotype and Colorectal Cancer Risk in APC I1307K Homozygotes