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Welcome to the Harvard Medical School Clinical Genetics Residency website. The HMS Genetics Training Program represents a collaboration of the major Harvard teaching hospitals as well as the Harvard Medical School Department of Genetics.
The first year of training includes rotations at Children's Hospital (6 months), Massachusetts General Hospital (3 months) and Brigham and Women's Hospital (3 months). While in the Brigham and Women's Hospital rotation, you will attend two half-day clinics per week at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. The first six months of the second year of training include laboratory rotations in cytogenetics, molecular genetics, and biochemical genetics, and additional clinical rotations. The final 6-18 months of training are spent in research at any of the Harvard affiliated institutions, with a continuity clinic at a site of the resident's choice and approved by Dr. Mira Irons, Program Director and Dr. Raju Kucherlapati, Training Program Research Mentor. Residents are required to participate in a core didactic program during the entire period of training.
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Children's Hospital
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Massachusetts General Hospital |
Children's Hospital
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Brigham and Women's Hospital |
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CONTINUITY CLINIC |
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Cytogenetics Lab, Molecular Lab, Biochemical Lab |
Research Project |
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Research Project (optional) |
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The overall goals of the training program are to:
- provide training in medical genetics including dysmorphology, inborn errors of metabolism, prenatal diagnosis, adult genetic disease, and cancer genetics;
- help residents become familiar with the performance and interpretation of cytogenetic, biochemical genetic, and molecular genetic laboratory tests;
- help residents become proficient in risk assessment based on family history and laboratory data;
- allow residents to develop good communication skills with patients, families, and colleagues;
- provide a knowledge base of the basic science of genetics and development;
- allow residents to become sensitive to ethical issues in genetics and genetic counseling;
- provide an opportunity to participate in a research project and develop clinical and laboratory research skills.
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The program director is Dr. Mira Irons. The site directors at each hospital are as follows:
Children's Hospital - Dr Amy Roberts
Massachusetts General Hopstial - Dr. Joan Stoler
Brigham and Women's Hosptial -Dr. Michael Murray
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