Faculty and Staff
* = Program Faculty. Click on underlined faculty for Biosketch
Administration
Vivian Lee, MD, PhD, MBA, Senior Vice President for Health Science; Dean, School of Medicine
Department of Human Genetics
Lynn B. Jorde, PhD, Chair
Mario R. Capecchi, PhD, Nobel Laureate
Mark F. Leppert, PhD, Distinguished Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Edward B. Clark, MD, Chair
Division of Medical Genetics
Bonnie Jeanne Baty, MS, LCGC, UUGPGC Genetic Counselor, Program Director*
David H. Viskochil, MD, PhD, Clnical Geneticist, Medical Director*
John C. Carey, MD, MPH, Clinical Geneticist
Karin M. Dent, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor*
Sharon Ernst, MPH, RD, CD, Metabolic Dietician
Marcia Feldkamp, MSPH, Epidemiologist*
Susan O. Lewin, MD, Clinical Geneticist
Nicola Longo, MD, PhD, Clinical & Biochemical Geneticist, Div. Chief*
Diane S. Meyer, BS, Academic Coordinator/Supv. Clinical Support
John M. Opitz, MD, Clinical Geneticist*
Janice C. Palumbos, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor
Alan F. Rope, MD, Clinical Geneticist*
Sarah South, PhD, Director, Cytogenetics and Microarray Labs*
David Stevenson, MD, PhD, Clinical Geneticist*
Steven Bleyl, MD, Clinical Geneticist
Division of General Pediatrics
Jeffrey R. Botkin, MD, MPH, Medical Ethicist, Associate VP for Research Integrity
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
C. Matthew Peterson, MD, Chair
Division of Maternal & Fetal Medicine
Janice L. B. Byrne, MD, Clinical Geneticist, Maternal & Fetal Medicine*
Janice Rinsky, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor*
Amber Mathiesen, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor*
Department of Radiology
Jamie McDonald, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor*
Huntsman Cancer Institute
Mary C. Beckerle, PhD, Chief Executive Office and Director
Therese Tuohy, PhD, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor, Research Associate
Family Cancer Assessment Clinic
Randall W. Burt, MD, Medical Director and Gastroenterologist
Saundra S. Buys, MD, Medical Director and Oncologist
Joshua Schiffman, MD, Medical Director and Pediatric Oncologist
Sancy A. Leachman, MD, Oncologist
Jewel Samadder, MD, Gastroenterologist
Wendy Kohlmann, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor
Kory Jasperson, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor
Amanda Gammon, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor
Amanda Knoth, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor
Marjan Champine, MS, LCGC Genetic Counselor
ARUP Laboratories
Kimberly Hart, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor*
Elaine Lyon, PhD, Molecular Geneticist
Danielle LaGrave, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor*
Christine Miller, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor*
Marzia Pasquali, PhD, Biochemical Geneticist*
Amanda Openshaw, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor*
College of Nursing
Maureen Keefe, PhD, RN, Dean
Erin Rothwell, PhD, Recreational Therapist*
Other Participating Institutions
Intermountain Medical Center (IMC) , Reproductive Genetics
Brent Hafen, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor*
Nancy C. Rose, MD, Clinical Geneticist, Maternal & Fetal Medicine, Director*
Rebecca Hulinsky, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor*
Katheryn Charnyk, MS, LGC, Genetic Counselor
Clinical Genetics Institute
Janet Williams, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor*
Marc S. Williams, MD, Director, Intermountain Healthcare Clinical Genetics Institute
Utah State Department of Health, Pregnancy Riskline
Julia Robertson, Program Director
Marsha Leen-Mitchell, BS, Health Educator*
Myriad Genetics Laboratories, Inc.
Shraddha Goankar, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor*
Megan Judkins, MS, LGC
Praveen Kaushik, MS, LGC
Michelle Martin, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor
Heidi McCoy, MS, LGC
Willonie Mendonca, MS, LGC*
Eric Rosenthal, MS, PhD, LCGC, Genetic Counselor
Jennifer Saam, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor
Jeanie Schaller, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor*
Cindy Hoyle Solomon, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor
Brian Strike, MS, LGC
Lineagen, Inc.
Rena Vanzo, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor*
VA Salt Lake City Health Care System
Vickie Vennie, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor*
Katie Dunn, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor*