Appendix IX: NYS Specialists in Cancer Genetics Risk Assessment and Genetic Counseling

This list may not be inclusive, and is not meant to suggest that the individuals listed have completed specific training in this area. Those listed are members of the National Society of Genetic Counselors Special Interest Group on Cancer Genetics, work in a unit focusing on cancer genetics, or have indicated a special interest in seeing patients concerned about the genetics of cancer.

  • Howard J. Allen, PhD, MSW
    Roswell Park Cancer Institute
    Dept Gynecologic Oncology
    Buffalo, NY 14263
    716-845-5725/4345
    fax: 716-845-3458
    North Park Clinical Associates
    1701 Hertel Avenue
    Buffalo, NY 14216
    716-832-1123
    fax: 716-337-3092
    Email: hallen@hsl.buffalo.edu
  • Myrna Ben-Yishay, MS
    Div. of Reproductive Genetics
    Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Montefiore Medical Center
    1695 Eastchester Road
    Suite 301
    Bronx, NY 10461
    718-405-8150
    fax: 718-405-8154
    Email: mby14@aol.com
  • Janice Berliner, MS
    Cancer Risk Assessment Service
    Nalitt Institute for Cancer and Blood Related Diseases
    Staten Island University Hospital
    256 Mason Avenue
    Staten Island, NY 10305
    718-226-6181
    fax: 718-226-6434
    Email: Berline@SIUH.edu
  • Donna Blumenthal, MS
    Schneider Children's Hospital
    Long Island Jewish Medical Center
    Division of Human Genetics
    2601 76th Ave.
    New Hyde Park, NY 11040
    718-470-3010
    fax: 718-347-2814
  • Bonnie Braddock, MPH
    SUNY Health Sciences Center
    Division of Genetics, Rm 5626
    750 East Adams Street
    Syracuse, NY 13210
    315-464-7610
    fax: 315-464-7564
  • Karen L. Brown, MS
    Dept of Human Genetics
    Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
    Annenberg Rm 1790
    Box 1497
    100th St and Madison Avenue
    New York, NY 10029
    212-241-6947
    fax: 212-860-3316
    Email: kbrown@smtplink.mssm.edu
  • Robert D. Burk, MD
    Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    1300 Morris Park Avenue
    Bronx, NY 10461-1924
    718-430-3720
    fax: 718-430-8975
  • Mary Kay Dabney, MS
    St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
    425 West 59th Street, Suite 7A
    New York, NY 10019
    212-523-7092
    fax: 212-523-7012
    Beth Israel Medical Center
    Phillips Ambulatory Care Center
    Cancer Center
    10 Union Square East, 4th Floor
    New York, NY 10003
    212-844-8956
    fax: 212-844-8297
  • Luba Djurdjinovic, MS
    Genetic Counseling Program
    124 Front Street
    Binghamton, NY 13905
    607-724-4308
    fax: 607-724-8290
    email: luba@spectra.net
  • Chantal Duteau-Buck, MS
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Clinical Genetics Service
    1275 York Avenue, Box 145
    New York, NY 10021
    212-639-2957
    fax: 212-717-3445
  • Stephen B. Edge, MD
    Division of Surgical Oncology
    Roswell Park Cancer Institute
    Elm and Carlton Streets
    Buffalo, NY 14263
    716-845-5789
    fax: 716-845-3434
    Email: edge@sc3101.med.buffalo.edu
  • Roberta Ebert, MS
    Schneider Children's Hospital
    Long Island Jewish Medical Center
    Division of Human Genetics
    New Hyde Park, NY 11040
    718-470-3010
    fax: 718-347-2814
  • Carolyn Farrell, MS, CNP
    Roswell Park Cancer Institute
    Clinical Genetics
    Elm & Carlton Streets
    Buffalo, NY 14263
    716-845-7747
    fax: 716-845-5720
    Email: farrell@sc3103.med.buffalo.edu
  • Rosalie Goldberg, MS
    Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Molecular Genetics
    1300 Morris Park Avenue
    Bronx, NY 10461
    718-430-2568
  • Lois Greenberg, MS
    Breast Imaging Center
    North Shore University Hospital
    Don Monti Division of Medical Oncology
    865 Northern Boulevard, 2nd Floor
    Great Neck, NY 11021
    516-622-5174
    fax: 516-622-5182
  • Judy Hull, MS
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Clinical Genetics Service
    1275 York Avenue, Box 145
    New York, NY 10021
    212-639-8995
    fax: 212-717-3129
  • Gayna Havens, MS
    Beth Israel Medical Center
    Medical Genetics
    First Ave @ 16th Street
    New York, NY 10003
    212-420-4179
    fax: 212-420-3440
  • Starlene Loader, BA
    University of Rochester Medical Center
    601 Elmwood Avenue
    Box 641
    Rochester, NY 14642
    716-275-4602
    fax: 716-273-1034
  • Jessica Mandell, MS
    New York Breast Cancer Study at Sarah Lawrence College
    One Mead Way
    Bronxville, NY 10708
    914-395-2239
    fax: 914-395-2664
  • Melanie K. McDermet, MS
    Long Island Regional Genetics Program
    Central Suffolk Hospital
    Riverhead, NY
    516-548-6866
    fax: 516-548-6853
  • Deborah A. McDermott, MS
    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
    Clinical Genetics Service
    1275 York Ave, Box 145
    New York, NY 10021
    212-639-8607
    fax: 212-717-3129
  • Patricia Murphy, PhD
    The Women's Health Center of
    Albany Medical Center
    Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Screening Program
    58-60 Hackett Blvd
    Albany, NY 12209
    518-262-5736
  • Kenneth Offit, MD, MPH
    Clinical Genetics Service
    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
    1275 York Avenue, Box 145
    New York, NY 10021
    212-639-6760
    fax: 212-717-3129
  • Elsa Reich, MS
    New York University School of Medicine
    Human Genetics Program
    550 First Ave, MSB 136
    New York, NY 10016
    212-263-6603
    fax: 212-263-7590
  • Mary-Jo Tout Rosenblatt, MS
    Roswell Park Cancer Institute
    Clinical Genetics Service
    Elm & Carlton Streets
    Buffalo, NY 14263-0001
    716-845-8400
    fax: 716-845-5720
  • Gladys Rosenthal, MS
    Strang Cancer Prevention Center
    Genetics
    Suite 700
    428 East 72nd Street
    New York, NY 10021
    212-794-4900 Ext. 120
    fax: 212-794-4958
  • Peter Rowley, MD
    University of Rochester Medical Center
    601 Elmwood Avenue
    Box 641
    Rochester, NY 14642
    716-275-3461
    fax: 716-273-1034
    Email: prowle@medicine.rochester.edu
  • Donna Russo, MS
    Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
    Cancer Genetics Program
    DAP Room 1002
    161 Ft. Washington Avenue
    New York, NY 10032
    212-305-0190
    fax: 212-305-1522
    Email: russodo@cpmc3.cpmc.columbia. edu
  • Lauren Scheuer, MS
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Clinical Genetics Service
    1275 York Ave, Box 145
    New York, NY 10021
    212-639-6781
    fax: 212-717-3129
  • Charlene Schulz, MS
    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
    Clinical Genetics Service
    1275 York Ave, Box 145
    New York, NY 10021
    212-639-2154
    fax: 212-717-3129
    Email: schultz@mskcc.org
  • Beth Siegel, MS, CGC
    PO Box 604
    Glenwood Landing, NY 11547
    516-676-4731
  • Barbara R. West, MS
    9 Addoms Street
    Plattsburgh, NY 12901
    518-563-7604