The Harvard Medical School (HMS) Genetics Training Program is one of the oldest and largest
programs in the country. It was founded by Drs. John Littlefield at the Massachusetts General
Hospital and Park Gerald at Children's Hospital Boston in the early 1970's. The program has
trained scientists and clinicians who have become leaders in academic genetics, and has
supported investigators who have made major contributions to the clinical practice of genetics
and genetics research. The HMS Genetics Training Program is accredited by the ABMG in all
areas of training -
Clinical Genetics,
Biochemical Genetics,
Cytogenetics, and
Molecular
Genetics. This provides an opportunity for our trainees to become active candidates for
board certification in a discipline(s) of medical genetics in addition to receiving laboratory
training. The training laboratories and clinics of the program are centered at HMS and its
affiliated institutions including Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), the HMS Department of
Genetics, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Children's Hospital Boston (CHB),
Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). The HMS
Genetics Training Program provides trainees the opportunity to take advantage of the
extraordinarily rich academic environment offered at HMS and its affiliated institutions as
well as the greater Boston scientific community.
