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New York

Montefiore Medical Center
Reproductive Genetics Division
1695 Eastchester Road, Suite 301
Bronx, NY 10461
Director:  Susan Klugman, MD
Contact:  Catressa Johnson
Phone:  718-405-8150
E-mail:  sklugman@montefiore.org
Tests: Carrier , Prenatal , Diagnostic , Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis

Notes: Testing for all 16 Jewish Genetic Diseases. We send them out(the most current 5 are done through Mt Sinai via Genzyme).

Mount Sinai Medical Center
Genetics Testing Laboratory
1 Gustave L. Levy Place
Box 1497
New York, NY 10029
Director:  Dr. Ruth Kornreich
Contact:  Michelle Cahr, MS
Phone:  212-241-6947
E-mail:  Michelle.Cahr@mssm.edu
Tests: Carrier , Prenatal

Notes: Carrier and prenatal testing is available at this laboratory for 16 other Jewish genetic diseases. Diagnostic is also available for 8 mutations for Gaucher's Disease. FAX: 212-860-3316

New York University Medical Center
Human Genetics Program MSB 136
550 First Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Contact:  Carole Oddoux, PhD
Phone:  212-263-7621
E-mail:  oddouc01@MED.NYU.EDU
Tests: Carrier , Prenatal , Diagnostic

Notes: Testing is available at this laboratory for 12 other Jewish genetic diseases. Introduced saliva testing for certain circumstances. Individuals interested in this service should call the lab to determine if the testing they are interest in is covered by this format.

New York University School of Medicine
Neurogenetics Laboratory Room #220
400 East 34th Street
New York, NY 10016
Director:  Co-Director Edwin H. Kolodny, MD  Co-Director Gregory Pastores, MD
Contact:  Gregory Pastores, MD  Paola A. Torres
Phone:  212-263-6628
E-mail:  gregory.pastores@med.nyu.edu
E-mail:  torrep04@med.nyu.edu
Tests: Carrier , Prenatal , Diagnostic

Notes: Testing is available at this laboratory for 2 other Jewish genetic diseases, Gaucer Disease Type 1 and Tay-Sachs Disease, Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic.

450 West End Avenue #6A, New York, New York 10024
212.873.4640 || (toll free) 877-4-CANAVAN || (fax) 212.873.7892
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