Center for Medical Genetics
Magee's Center for Medical Genetics provides the expertise of a medical geneticist and genetic counselors to help families understand genetic diseases, to provide information about risk factors, and to explain genetic tests that are available. A cytogenetic and prenatal screening lab is on site.
Genetic counseling provides information about genetic diseases, birth defects, and inherited disorders, and how they can be passed from parent to child. For people who have a family history of a certain disorder, genetic counseling can help to explain their risk for having a baby with the same condition. Genetic counseling also tells how this condition may affect a child.
Some genetic diseases or birth defects can be found before the baby is born. Others are not diagnosed until after birth, or until the child grows older. Whenever the condition is found, a geneticist can provide information, support, and can help locate community resources and services for the child and family.