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Board Certified Medical Genetics Specialists

 

Purificação Tavares, MD., PhD.

  • Board Certification Medical Genetics; Member of Directors of the Board of Medical Genetics of the Portuguese Medical Association.
  • Professor of Medical Genetics, University of Porto, Portugal.
  • President and CEO of CGC Genetics, Inc.
  • CEO and Clinical Director of CGC Genetics / Centro de Genética Clínica, a CLIA Laboratory, with License for the State of California, and ISO 9001.
  • Member of the Board Stemmaters, Biotechnology and Regenerative Medicine, SA
  • President of APSOPPE, Association for the Study of Patients with Special Pathologies.

Franklin Desposito, MD.

  • Board Certification: Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Clinical Genetics, Clinical Cytogenetics, and Molecular Genetics.
  • Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Division of Human Genetics, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School.
  • Medical Director, Institute of Genomic Medicine, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School.
  • Director, Regional Newborn Screening Network, encompassing northern New Jersey.
  • Chair, NJ Advisory Panel on Newborn Screening.
  • Member, HRSA Region II Comprehensive Hemophilia Treatment Centers and the NJ Governor's Council on Autism.
     

James Dermody, PhD.

  • Board Certification: Clinical Molecular Genetics from American Board of Medical Genetics Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School.
  • Director of the Molecular Diagnostic CLIA Laboratory, Institute of Genomic Medicine, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School.
  • Bioanalytic Laboratory Director Certification from NJ Board of Medical Examiners.
  • Laboratory Director Certificate of Qualification from New York State Department of Health.
     

Gokce A. Toruner, MD. Ph.D

  • Board Certification: American Board of Medical Genetics in Clinical Molecular Genetics and Clinical Cytogenetics and licensed as a specialty bio-analytical laboratory director in the state of New Jersey.
  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School.
  • Associate Director of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics CLIA Laboratories, at the Institute of Genomic Medicine, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School.
     

Maria Orera, MD, PhD

  • Board Certification: American Board of Medical Genetics in Clinical Molecular Genetics and Clinical Cytogenetics and licensed as Chemical Biochemistry specialist.
  • Clinical Director of CGC Genetics / CircaGen Madrid.
  • Director of Molecular Genetics at the University Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid.
     

Joaquim Sá, MD

  • Board Certification Medical Genetics, Portuguese Medical Association.
  • Assistant Clinical Director of CGC Genetics / Centro de Genética Clínica.
     

Teresa Lourenço, MD

  • Board Certification Medical Genetics, Portuguese Medical Association.
  • Assistant Clinical Director of CGC Genetics / Centro de Genética Clínica.
     

Aida Palmeiro, MD

  • Board Certification in Clinical Pathology, Portuguese Medical Association.
  • CGC Genetics / Centro de Genética Clínica Laboratory Director of Molecular Diagnosis and Clinical Genomics.
  • Clinical Laboratory supervisor.
  • Former Laboratory Director of Clinical Hematology in University Hospitals of Coimbra.
  • Over 25 years experience in hematological studies. 

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Clinical Laboratory Supervisors

 

Paula Rendeiro, BSc

  • Cytogenetic CLIA Laboratory Supervisor, CGC Genetics / Centro de Genética Clínica.
  • Member of the Board, CTO and Quality and Innovation Manager.
  • Over 16 years experience in constitutional and hematological studies in all aspects of clinical cytogenetics. 
     

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Lisa Osborne, B.S., CCLSp(CG)

  • Cytogenetic CLIA Laboratory Supervisor, Institute of Genomic Medicine, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
  • Over 25 years experience in constitutional and hematological studies in all aspects of clinical cytogenetics.

Deanna Streck, MS

  • Molecular Genetics CLIA Laboratory Supervisor, Institute of Genomic Medicine, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School.
  • Certified by the ASCP in molecular Biology (MB(ASCP)CM) .
     

Research and Development Advisors

 

Marvin Schwalb, PhD.

  • Acting Director of IGM
  • Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics, UMDNJ – New Jersey Medical School.
  • Associate Director, UMDNJ – New Jersey Medical School Institute of Genomic Medicine.
  • Chief Scientific Officer, CGC Genetics, Inc.