Genetic counseling for every stage of life

Support before and during pregnancy: carrier screening, NIPT and other screening results, ultrasound findings, family history, and options for diagnostic testing.

Pregnancy brings many tests and many decisions. I help you understand what each screening or diagnostic test looks for, what a result really means, and which options fit your values and your family.

Common reasons to meet: abnormal or high-risk screening results (NIPT/cfDNA, first- or second-trimester screening), ultrasound findings, advanced parental age, carrier screening results, a family history of a genetic condition, recurrent pregnancy loss, or planning a pregnancy with IVF and preimplantation genetic testing.

Personal or family history of breast, ovarian, colorectal, prostate, pancreatic, or other cancers; BRCA, Lynch syndrome and other hereditary cancer syndromes; polygenic risk.

About 5–10% of cancers are linked to an inherited genetic change. Understanding whether that applies to your family can guide screening, prevention, and treatment for you and your relatives.

I offer detailed risk assessment, help choosing an appropriate multigene panel, interpretation of results (including variants of uncertain significance and polygenic risk scores), and guidance on next steps and sharing results with family. I also see patients who have a known variant in the family and want to understand their own risk.

Developmental differences, congenital conditions, cardiovascular and neurological genetics, exome and genome sequencing, and secondary findings.

For children and adults with a suspected or diagnosed genetic condition, I help families understand the diagnosis, the inheritance pattern, what testing is available, and what the results mean for medical care and for other relatives.

This includes counseling for developmental delay or autism, congenital heart differences, inherited cardiovascular conditions such as cardiomyopathies and familial hypercholesterolemia, connective tissue disorders, and results from broad tests such as exome or genome sequencing.

Already have a result — from a clinic, a research study, or a consumer test like 23andMe — and want an expert, independent explanation?

A single appointment to review an existing genetic test report in detail: what was and was not tested, how confident the findings are, whether additional or confirmatory testing is worthwhile, and what to discuss with your physician.

Reports from consumer tests, health-system screening programs, and research studies are welcome.

Genetic counseling expertise for practices, programs, and organizations — including bilingual patient education and program development.

I partner with clinics, population screening programs, and companies that need genetic counseling expertise: reviewing patient-facing materials, developing culturally appropriate Mandarin-language education, training staff, and helping design result-return workflows.

Please reach out to discuss your project.