The Tulane Hayward Genetics Center at the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, LA is seeking a general genetic counselor to join our interdisciplinary team. Candidates will be ABGC-board eligible/certified in Genetic Counseling, with preference for candidates with experience or training in pediatric genetic counseling and education. The successful candidate will join a collegial genetics group in busy local and outreach clinics, a broad array of clinical and educational efforts (medical and graduate students, residents, fellows) within the medical school. Successful applicants will have the opportunity to develop new clinics as well as participate in educational and research activities. 

The Hayward Genetics Center is the major clinical genetic referral center in the Gulf South for over thirty years with a current clinical team of 5 ABMG-certified Clinical Geneticists (including 1 Ob/Gyn geneticist, 1 PhD Geneticist, 1 Clinical Cytogenetics, 2 Clinical Molecular, 1 Clinical Biochemical), 2 ABGC-certified Genetic Counselors, 3 metabolic nutritionists and a newborn screening coordinator. The Tulane Pediatrics department has partnered with the Children’s Hospital of New Orleans (CHNOLA) and their team of a genetic counselor and geneticist. The two teams work together in caring for inpatient and outpatient genetics patients.

Primarily the genetic counselor will see pediatric and adult patients at our outpatient Tulane/CHNOLA and virtual care satellite clinics for a variety of indications. However, they will also provide cancer genetic counseling to the Tulane Cancer Center (in-person/virtual) and the Rapides Cancer Center (virtual care only). The Tulane Hayward Genetics Center is also home to clinical biochemical, cytogenetics and molecular genetics labs. The genetic counselor also works closely with the personnel, fellows and directors of these labs.

This position is a faculty instructor position. In addition to the clinical duties, the candidate is expected to instruct a semester of a master’s level course for our Tulane Hayward Master’s in Medical Genetics and Genomics. They will also provide lectures for medical students and grand rounds for other specialties within the Tulane University School of Medicine. Faculty members also participate in the Graduate Education Committee for the Tulane Hayward Master’s in Medical Genetics and Genomics.

We are a dedicated and passionate team working to serve patients across the state of Louisiana with both in person and virtual care clinics. As an academic center we strive to educate future physicians and providers to give them tools to meaningfully implement genetic information into patient care. We are looking for a candidate who is eager to share their knowledge with providers and patients alike and who will help in our mission to increase access to genetic services across the state of Louisiana.

Celebrating its 185^th anniversary in 2019, Tulane School of Medicine is the 15th oldest medical school in the United States. Tulane University recruits outstanding faculty, researchers and students from around the world, and ranks 40 among Best National Universities by US News World Report (2018). Forbes ranked New Orleans as 4^th “Coolest City in America 2017”, Travel & Leisure recently ranked New Orleans as the #2 Favorite City in North America in 2017!          

For more information or letter of interest, please contact: Nikki Walano via email nwalano@tulane.edu 

• Completion of ABGC accredited (or equivalent) genetic counseling training program (or upcoming completion in 2022)
• ABGC Board Certification or Eligibility
• Louisiana license or Eligibility