Connect Sign InClinical Cytogenetic Testing: Applications in Constitutional and Oncology Settings
Cytogenetic testing is utilized across multiple areas of medicine for the diagnosis of heritable (constitutional) genetic conditions, as well as in cancer, particularly hematologic disease. This presentation will provide an overview on the utility of clinical cytogenetic testing for patients with developmental constitutional disorders, prenatal and perinatal diagnosis, pregnancy loss, and in cancer.
Dr. Andersen is an assistant professor of pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She received her PhD in genetics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and completed a clinical cytogenetics fellowship at the University of Utah. She is board certified by the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics and is a fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics. Dr. Andersen’s interests include both constitutional and oncology cytogenetics. She is an active member of the Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) group’s efforts to improve constitutional structural variant interpretation, and her oncology research projects include improving the diagnosis and monitoring for myelodysplastic syndromes and understanding the genetic etiology of rare histiocytic and dendritic cell neoplasms.
