Center Director
Program Directors/Co-Directors
Medical Evaluation and Genetic Counseling
Carrier Screening and Prenatal Diagnosis
Comprehensive Gaucher Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Program
- Ainu Prakash-Cheng, M.D., Ph.D.
- R.J. Desnick, Ph.D., M.D.
International Center for Types A and B Niemann-Pick Disease
Clinical Geneticists
- Maryam Banikazemi, M.D.
- George Diaz, M.D., Ph.D.
- R.J. Desnick, Ph.D., M.D.
- Ainu Prakash-Cheng, M.D., Ph.D.
- Nataline B. Kardon, M.D.
- Margaret McGovern, Ph.D., M.D.
- Melissa P. Wasserstein, M.D.
- Judith P. Willner, M.D.
Genetic Counselors
- Karen L. Brown, M.Sc.
- Dana Doheny, M.S.
- Sayeh Farivar, M.S.
- Yara Kharbutli, M.S.
- Julie McGlynn, M.S.
- Jessica Rispoli, M.S.
- Jane Robinowitz, M.S.
- Erica Wahl, M.S.
- Randi Zinberg, M.S., M.S.
Nurse Practitioners/Program Coordinators
- Coraleen Fosella, M.A., A.N.P.
- Mary Keogh, M.S., A.N.P.
- Marevick Fojas, B.S.N., R.N.
Enzyme and DNA Diagnostic Laboratory
Research Specialists
- Kenneth H. Astrin, Ph.D.
- Lisa Edelmann, Ph.D.
- Xinghuan He, M.D.
- Calogera Simonaro, Ph.D.

