Genetics for the Endocrinologist: A Clinical Approach to the Application of Genetic Testing in Endocrine Conditions
This 2-hour practical Knowledge Transfer Activity is the first of our series “Genetics for The Endocrinologist”. This session will increase the endocrinologist’s comfort in recognizing familial genetic conditions and developing an approach to interpreting the results of genetic testing and variants of unknown significance.
Join us as Dr. Jane Green, Clinical Geneticist at Memorial University of Newfoundland, and a recipient of the Order of Canada for her ground-breaking work with the founder families in Newfoundland, and Dr. Ari Morgenthau, University of Toronto, who is jointly trained in both Endocrinology and Genetics, lead this Section 3 self-assessment program.
1. Develop a clinical approach to detecting familial conditions in endocrine patients, such as MEN1.
2. Develop an approach to reviewing and applying genetic test results, using MEN syndromes as an example.
3. Determine how to investigate variances of unknown significance and best practices in following patients.
Biography:
Dr. Ari Morgenthau is a Clinician-Teacher in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, at the University of Toronto. Ari has a special interest in Endocrine Genetics and divides his clinical time between the Fred A. Litwin Family Centre in Genetic Medicine and the Toronto General Hospital General Endocrinology Clinic. Ari completed his MD at New York Medical College, his core Internal Medicine training at Dalhousie University, and his Adult Endocrinology and Metabolism training at the University of Toronto. Additionally, he completed a Clinical and Metabolic Genetics fellowship at the University of Toronto, has a Master of Science from the University of Calgary, and a Graduate Certificate in Genomic Counselling and Variant Interpretation from the University of British Columbia.
Conflicts of Interest:
Relationship – Global Genes, Non Financial Advisory Position related to the RARE Compassion Program.
Biography:
Jane Green PhD, MSc, BSc
Conflicts of Interest:
I do not have a relationship with a for-profit and/or not-for-profit organization to disclose.
Biography:
Dr. Cooke Hubley is a practicing Endocrinologist in St. John’s NL. Her research interests include metabolic bone disease and Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia.
Conflicts of Interest:
Membership on advisory boards or speakers’ bureaus – HLS Therapeutics, Novo Nordisk
Eli Lilly
