Kaylin O'Brien, Ms, Cgc Email & Phone Number

-Provide scientific and/or clinical presentations on genetic testing products to clinicians-Support the medical community with up-to-date clinical information and genetics expertise, help them in determining next steps for patients with high risk or positive genetic testing results-Train sales and internal teams on relevant scientific and medical topics-Work with marketing team to develop and edit materials for clinical accuracy-Develop and maintain peer-to-peer collaborations and relationships with key opinion leaders-Provide presentations in Spanish to international partners in Central and South America

Worcester, Massachusetts

-Administer cancer genetic counseling program: see patients with various types of cancers, collect detailed personal and family history information, counsel patients and family members about the likelihood of a hereditary cancer syndrome and the option of testing-Prepare and conduct educational lectures and meetings for healthcare providers and patients-Participate in regular interdisciplinary tumor board meetings-Meet with lab representatives to provide feedback and choose the most appropriate tests for patients --Supervise genetic counseling students and medical students in clinical rotations-Serve as genetics representative for the NAPBC breast leadership committee

-Helped to recruit and interview patients with congenital heart disease for a research study. -Collected patient history information and input the data from the interview and history into a study specific database.

-Analyzed and curated patient exome data to determine if sufficient information was available to provide accurate genetic diagnoses-Psychosocially and genetically counseled the families of patients with severe and often incurable diseases such as intractable epilepsy and progressive encephalopathy

Boston, Massachusetts

-Provided genetic counseling for couples at high risk for fetuses with genetic abnormalities-Delivered results to families and facilitated decision making and next steps

-Developed 3 interactive educational modules for new hires who are novices in the field of genetics-Curated variants through analysis of functional and in silico studies and interpretation of scientific literature -Designed information sheets for lab personnel on the clinical significance of test requisition form questions -Created educational materials on Next-Generation Sequencing and cancer genetic testing for clinicans and the general population, respectively-Presented work internally to various departments

Boston, Ma

-Led cancer cases: contracted with patients, collected medical history and pedigree information, provided risk assessment and genetic testing information to patients, managed complex psychosocial situations-Wrote clinic notes and letters of medical necessity, utilized Progeny to manage pedigrees, followed-up with patients about the results of testing and next steps-Presented an interesting case to other GCs and healthcare providers

Boston, Ma

-Led pediatric and prenatal cases: contracted, collected prenatal/medical/family histories, and counseled and coordinated genetic testing based on patient needs -Wrote clinic notes and made follow-up calls to discuss results of testing and next steps

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

Bethesda, Maryland

-Participated in preliminary research involving the application of gene therapy to mice with CblC disorder -Presented a poster entitled “Generating Tools for Future Gene Therapy Studies in a Model of CblC Deficiency” at NIH poster session-Member of a scientific literature reading club with other researchers-Observed metabolic genetic counseling appointments regularly

Taneytown, Maryland

Tested the quality of water samples from our customers that were sent to us by determining their conductivity, pH, alkalinity, and other chemical properties. Helped to run tests on our company's equipment.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Genetic Counseling

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biochemistry And Cell Biology, Spanish

Hispanic Studies