About Us

Elianna is a licensed and board certified genetic counselor who earned her undergraduate degree in psychology and molecular genetics, as well as her Master’s in Genetic Counseling (class of 2022) from the Ohio State University. Since graduation, she joined the team at the Center for Human Genetics at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio as a prenatal/preconception genetic counselor. Her position has allowed her to expand genetic services into the reproductive endocrinology and infertility space helping patient who are going through the in-vitro fertilization process, which is fulfilling a longstanding desire. When she is not in clinic, she is passionate about supporting future genetic counselors, and providers who may encounter individuals with genetic disease risk; this has been possible through guest lecturing, meeting with learners one-on-one, and supervising genetic counseling students, residents, and fellows. She also serves on the Cleveland Jewish Federation’s Young Leadership Division board, fostering relationship building and leadership development outside of work.

Chrissy is a licensed and board-certified Genetic Counselor and Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University. She received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Northern Kentucky University and a Masters in Genetic Counseling from OSU. Her clinical time is devoted to seeing patients in the The High-Risk Breast Clinic as well as surgical decision-making patients with breast cancer. Outside of clinic she is involved in teaching Foundations in Genetic Counseling I to first-year genetic counseling graduate students, serves as a member on the admissions committee, and is involved in research including the Know Your Risk research study at OSU and the international BRCA-P Clinic Trial. Her community outreach involves multiple guest speaking, webinars, and a podcast with a breast cancer support group called SHARE, as well as a support group for individuals with a hereditary cancer predisposition called FORCE. 

Victoria is a licensed and board-certified Genetic Counselor and Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University. She received both her Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience and Masters in Genetic Counseling at OSU. Her clinical time is devoted to Neurodegenerative conditions including young-onset and hereditary dementias such as Alzheimer’s and Frontotemporal Dementia, Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and complex movement disorders. She provides genetic counseling as a part of the PD GENEration clinical trial and is a part of the Huntington Disease Center of Excellence at Ohio State. 

Julianne Hartmann is a licensed and board-certified genetic counselor at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She received her Honors Bachelor of Science degree in Molecular Biology from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI in 2007 and graduated from the Genetic Counseling Program at The University of Minnesota in 2009. She has worked in many different areas of specialization throughout her career, including prenatal, cancer and a variety of pediatric specialties. She has spent the past 9 years specializing in cystic fibrosis and is currently the coordinator of the CF newborn screening follow up program at Cincinnati Children’s. She also serves as the lead for Genetic Counseling-Only clinics and has a special interest in enabling genetic counselors to practice at the top of their scope both through institutional support and insurance reimbursement.

Sarah is a licensed genetic counselor at the Cleveland Clinic in general genetics. She graduated from University of Michigan’s genetic counseling program in 2017. Sarah’s clinical interests include pediatric genetics with participation in various multidisciplinary clinics including hearing loss, Klinefelter’s syndrome, and renal genetics. Sarah is active with both Case Western Reserve University and University of Michigan’s training programs in supervising genetic counseling students, serving on thesis committees, and lecturing.

George Kyle is a licensed and board certified genetic counselor who completed both his undergraduate degree in molecular genetics and his graduate degree in genetic counseling at The Ohio State University. He currently works at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Institute for Genomic Medicine Clinical Laboratory as a laboratory genetic counselor. He serves as a resource for internal and external health care providers regarding genetic testing, including the appropriate use of tests, limitations/accuracy of tests, possible testing outcomes, sample requirements, interpretation of results and follow up for cases with abnormal results. He also assists in report write-up, data collection, development of new laboratory tests, and teaching genetic counseling students.

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