I'm Martine Gould, a Board Certified Genetic Counselor with over 30 years of experience providing Genetic Counseling and Genetic Information to patients, professionals, individuals, anyone who will listen really. Ever since first learning of clinical genetics, I have been passionate about the benefit this information can bring to peoples' lives.
Almost everyone worries about genetic disease at some point. Have you? When expecting a baby we all say "we don't care as long as the baby is healthy". When a family member, friend or loved one is diagnosed with a problem-most of us wonder, "could that happen to me"? When an issue occurs-we want to know what it means, will it happen again and what can I do about it?
So what is a Genetic Counselor? We are a group of dedicated professionals trained in genetics and to compassionately answering the questions above and so much more. We are devoted to helping people understand genetic information and apply that to the very real way that genetic conditions impact lives.