Thomas Ward
Genetic Counsellor
| Thomas received a Master of Science degree in Genetic Counselling from Sarah Lawrence College in 2015 and prior to that an Honours Bachelor of Science degree with distinction in Human Biology: Genes, Genetics, and Biotechnology, and Psychology from the University of Toronto in 2013. In 2015 he began working at Norton Healthcare in Louisville, Kentucky, as part of a team to restart their cancer genetics clinic. |
| Thomas joined the Familial Gastrointestinal Cancer Registry (FGICR) at the Zane Cohen Centre for Digestive Diseases, Mount Sinai Hospital in 2018 where he continues to work as a genetic counsellor with families who have hereditary gastrointestinal cancer risk syndromes. In addition, Thomas provides education on how to best care for LGBTQ+ patients to genetic counselling students at Sarah Lawrence College and other graduate training programs. He is also a clinical supervisor for genetic counselling students at the University of Toronto. |
| In 2016 he was certified in Genetic Counselling by the American Board of Genetic Counseling. |
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