Genetic Consultation & Counseling Services
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Genetic Consultation & Counseling
Genetic counseling and counseling is a service initiated by Lineage Health Care under the Sujanan program. The country’s best clinical geneticists and genetic counselors help individuals to provide information and support about the contribution of their genetic makeup to specific health conditions.
Individuals and/or families make informed decisions in a non-directive manner under the guidance of the collective wisdom of internationally trained and certified geneticists and genetic counselors. The goal is to provide a counseling experience that is scientifically sound but not daunting. Considering patient autonomy and healthcare professionalism, the service strives to address the shortcomings of the “one size fits all” approach
The genetic counseling and counseling provided are based on the international genetic counseling guidelines developed by NSGC (United States), AGNC (NHS-United Kingdom) and HGSA (Australia) based on scientific evidence-based methods.
The expert team focuses on:
providing important and fair information, which helps patients and their doctors make informed decisions. The expert team includes: Clinical and metabolic geneticists: Dr. Chaitanya Datar, Clinical and Metabolic Geneticist (Project Director of Sujanan Clinics) Dr. Tanmay Deshpande, clinical and metabolic geneticist Metabolic Nutritionist: Ms. Vaishali Madkaikar, Pediatric Dietitian and Metabolic Dietitian Genetic Advisor: Ms. Shivanjali Kapse, BGCI Certified Genetic Counselor Ms. Pooja Rayasam, BGCI Certified Genetic Counselor
Genetic Consultation & Counseling can be helpful in
the following cases
- Predictive testing for genetic conditions
- Planning a marriage in consanguinity (i.e. in relation)
- Family history of a suspected genetic disorder
- Late onset genetic disorders (Huntington disease, myotonic dystrophy, familial cancers)
- Infertility
- Bad obstetric history/ recurrent pregnancy loss
- Advanced maternal/ paternal age
- Late onset genetic disorders
- Family history of chromosomal/ genetic disorder
- Screen positive for thalassaemia/ other haemoglobinopathies
- Neonatal or infant or fetal deaths/previous children with metabolic disorder, neurological issues, growth and development abnormalities, cardiac anomalies, etc.
- Bad obstetric history/ recurrent pregnancy loss
- Chromosomal rearrangements in blood karyotyping report
- Positive biochemical screening report.
- Soft-markers/ anomalies on USG.
- Plan prenatal diagnosis of genetic conditions diagnosed/ yet undiagnosed in family.
- Sudden embryonic/ fetal demise.
- Intellectual disability
- Suspected single
- Skeletal abnormality
- Autism spectrum disorders
- gene disorder
- Child born with suspected metabolic disorder/ chromosomal abnormality/development delay/ dysmorphism/neurological/ neuromuscular conditions, failure to thrive
Genetic Consultation & Counseling can be helpful in
the following cases
- Predictive testing for genetic conditions
- Planning a marriage in consanguinity (i.e. in relation)
- Family history of a suspected genetic disorder
- Late onset genetic disorders (Huntington disease, myotonic dystrophy, familial cancers)
- Infertility
- Bad obstetric history/ recurrent pregnancy loss
- Advanced maternal/ paternal age
- Late onset genetic disorders
- Family history of chromosomal/ genetic disorder
- Screen positive for thalassaemia/ other haemoglobinopathies
- Neonatal or infant or fetal deaths/previous children with metabolic disorder, neurological issues, growth and development abnormalities, cardiac anomalies, etc.
- Bad obstetric history/ recurrent pregnancy loss
- Chromosomal rearrangements in blood karyotyping report
- Positive biochemical screening report.
- Soft-markers/ anomalies on USG.
- Plan prenatal diagnosis of genetic conditions diagnosed/ yet undiagnosed in family.
- Sudden embryonic/ fetal demise.
- Intellectual disability
- Suspected single
- Skeletal abnormality
- Autism spectrum disorders
- gene disorder
- Child born with suspected metabolic disorder/ chromosomal abnormality/development delay/ dysmorphism/neurological/ neuromuscular conditions, failure to thrive
