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PROFESSIONAL STAFF
David Hyman, MD Clinical Genetics and Medical Director
Carolyn Trunca, PhD Medical Genetics and Cytogenetics Laboratory Director
Judith Wieland, PhD Cytogenetics Laboratory Associate Director
Masayo Niwa, MS Genetic Counselor
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David Hyman, MD
Clinical Geneticist and Medical Director of The Genetics Center since 1991
Prior Professional Positions
    Clinical Assistant Professor, Louisiana State School of Medicine, New Orleans, 1990
    Assistant Professor, Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans, 1987-1989
    Assistant Professor, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1984-1987
Undergraduate, Graduate, and Residency/Fellowship Programs
    University of Illinois at Urbana (BS), University of Illinois
    School of Medicine at Chicago (MD), and Yale University School of Medicine
Professional Qualifications
    Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners, 1979
    Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics, 1983
    Clinical Genetics, American Board of Medical Genetics, 1984
    Clinical Biochemical / Molecular Geneticist, American Board of Medical Genetics, 1990
    New York State License  #155936, 1983

Carolyn Trunca, PhD
Medical Geneticist and Laboratory Director of The Genetics Center since 1991
Prior Professional Positions
    Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Hofstra University, 1993-present
    Research Assistant Professor, Department of OB/GYN, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1981-1991
    Director, Cytogenetics Lab., Department of OB/GYN, University Hospital at Stony Brook, 1979-1991
    Director, Genetics Division, Department of OB/GYN, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1978-1991
    Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1976-1981
    Lecturer, Department of Nursing University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1975
Undergraduate, Graduate, and Fellowship Programs
    Tufts University (BS), University of Wisconsin at Madison (PhD),
    Zentrallaboratorium for Mutagenitatspreufung (Freiburg Germany),
    University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Professional Qualifications
    Medical Genetics, American Board of Medical Genetics, 1982
    Clinical Cytogenetics, American Board of Medical Genetics, 1982

Judith Wieland, PhD
Cytogeneticist and Associate Laboratory Director, The Genetics Center since 1991
Undergraduate, Graduate, and Fellowship Program
    State University of New York at Stony Brook (BS), SUNY at Stony Brook (MA), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Prior Professional Positions
    Cytogeneticist; University Hospital at Stony Brook, 1988-1991
    Associate Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1985-1987
    Assistant Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1983-1985
    Assistant adjunct professor, New York University, 1988
    Adjunct faculty; New York Institute of Technology, 1975-1980

Masayo Niwa, MS, CGC
Genetic Associate, The Genetics Center since 2005
Undergraduate and Graduate Programs
    University of Tsukuba  (BS)
    Sarah Lawrence College (MS)
 
 

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