2021 Annual Spring PAGC Meeting
Agenda for 2021 Conference
Thursday, April 22nd
12:00-12:10 Presidential Welcome
12:10-12:15 Housekeeping Notes
Session 1: Genetic Counseling Specialties Review: Where are we in 2021?
12:15
Neuromuscular Genetics
Tanya Bardakjian, MS, LCGC
University of Pennsylvania
12:35
Metabolic Disorders
Nicole Engelhardt, MS, LCGC
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
12:55
Precision Medicine
Natasha Berman, MS, MPH, LCGC
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
1:15
Pharmacogenomics
Sony Tuteja, PharmD, MS
University of Pennsylvania
1:40-1:50 Break
Session 2: Submitted Abstracts Session
1:50 – 2:05
Prenatal Genetic Counselors' Response to Recommendations on Fetal Exome Sequencing by the ACMG
Brooke Meader
Thomas Jefferson University
2:05 – 2:20
Experiences of Genetic Testing among Individuals with Retinitis Pigmentosa
Emily Krauss
Thomas Jefferson University
2:20 – 2:35
Exploring the impact of genetic testing for non-syndromic hearing loss on parental attitudes and beliefs
Jamie Atondo
University of Pennsylvania
2:35 – 2:50
Drivers of Quality-of-Life in Individuals with Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies
Stacey Cohen
University of Pennsylvania
2:50 – 3:05
Uptake and outcomes of small intestinal and urinary tract cancer surveillance in Lynch syndrome
Jeshua DeJesse
University of Pennsylvania
3:05 – 3:20
Investigation of Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Patients with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome
Jacqueline Cappadocia
University of Pennsylvania
3:20 – 3:35
Next-Generation Sequencing Panels for Hereditary Hearing Loss Testing With Approaches for Difficult-to-Sequence Regions
Kimberly Gall, MSc, CGC
Blueprint Genetics
3:35 – 3:50
Characterizing Genetic Counseling Clinical Supervision during the COVID-19 pandemic
Michaela Mundt
University of Pennsylvania
*Selected for Best Student Abstract Award
3:50 – 4:05
Diagnostic utility of next-generation sequencing panel tests in the diagnosis of skeletal dysplasias
Alicia Scocchia, MS, LCGC
Blueprint Genetics
*Selected for Best Member Abstract Award
Friday, April 23rd
8:30 – 9:00 PAGC Business Meeting
9:00 – 9:10 Housekeeping notes
Session 3: Professional and Leadership Development
9:10 – 10:10
Impact of COVID-19 on Genetic Counseling Practice
Colleen Muraresku, MS, LCGC and Elizabeth McCormick, MS, LC
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
10:10 – 10:40
Update on the Pennsylvania Cancer Coalition Cancer Genetics and Genomics Work Group
Julia Verbiar, MS, LCGC
UPMC Pinnacle
10:40 – 11:10
Committees to assist in professional evolution of GCs – The Genetic Counseling Professional Council at Geisinger as an example
Cassidi Kalejta, MS, CGC
Geisinger Health System
11:10 – 11:25 Beverly Tenenholz Memorial Scholarship Introduction
11:25 – 12:00 Break
Session 4: Neonatal and Prenatal Genetic Counseling
12:00 – 12:30
Description of PA Dept of Health Newborn Screening and Follow-up program
Jordan Shover
PA Dept of Health Division of Newborn Screening and Genetics
12:30 – 1:00
Use of whole exome sequencing in in NICU/Prenatal setting – the clinic perspective
Natalie Burrill, MS, LCGC
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
1:00 – 1:45
Use of Fetal Surgery in management of recognized birth defects
Julie Moldenhauer, MD, FACOG, FACMG
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
1:45 – 2:00 Break
Session 5: Professional Issues Panel: Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (JEDI) within Genetic Counseling – beginning the conversation within PAGC
2:00 – 3:30
Aishwarya Arjunan, MS, MPH, CGC, CPH
Myriad Women’s Health
Erica Price, MS, CGC
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Jodie Vento, MGC, LCGC
University of Pittsburgh Genetic Counseling Program
3:30 – 3:40 Wrap-up and Closing Remarks