Melyssa Aronson
Senior Genetic Counsellor
Melyssa joined the FGICR in May 1998 after graduating with her
Master of Science in Genetic Counselling from Sarah Lawrence College,
New York. During her time in New York, Melyssa worked at Memorial
Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre organizing the New York Breast Cancer
Study. Prior to that, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree from
the University of Waterloo, Ontario. When Melyssa joined Mount Sinai
Hospital in 1998, she helped start up the Ontario Familial Colorectal
Cancer Registry (OFCCR) which is a population-based provincial
colorectal cancer registry.
She was promoted to Senior Genetic Counsellor in 1999 for the FGICR
and took on active roles in the Genetic Counselling Program at the
University of Toronto as a clinical supervisor, co-director of the
Cancer Genetics Course for the 2nd year student, and a member of the
admission interview panel. Melyssa continues her role in those areas
and working with families that have hereditary GI cancer syndromes and
associated cancers.
She has a special interest in hereditary gastric cancer and is a
founding member of the International Biallelic Mismatch Repair
Consortium. She is an American (ABGC) and Canadian (CAGC) Certified
Genetic Counsellor.
Centre
Mount Sinai Hospital
Zane Cohen Centre for Digestive Diseases
Familial Gastrointestinal Cancer Registry (FGICR)
Mount Sinai Hospital
Zane Cohen Centre for Digestive Diseases
Familial Gastrointestinal Cancer Registry (FGICR)
Contact
Email: Melyssa.Aronson@sinaihealth.ca