Our genetics counselors provide expertise throughout Johns Hopkins’ member organizations and Kennedy Krieger Institute, including the following specialty clinics:

• The Prenatal Diagnosis and Treatment Center offers genetic counseling and testing services for couples with a family history of a genetic condition or individuals who are known carriers of a genetic condition.
• The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center offers a Clinical Cancer Genetics and Prevention Program providing risk assessment, testing, and long term management for adults and families with hereditary cancers. These include but are not limited to breast and ovarian cancer (i.e. BRCA1/2-related cancers), colon cancer (i.e. Lynch syndrome), polyposis (i.e. familial adenomatous polyposis), and endocrine tumors (i.e. multiple endocrine neoplasia).
• The Center for Inherited Heart Diseases provides risk assessment, testing, and management for cardiac conditions including but not limited to arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD), Brugada syndrome, cardiomyopathy, and long QT syndrome.
• The Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center provides diagnosis and management for movement disorders including but not limited to ataxia, dystonia, and Parkinson’s disease.
• The Division of Hematology provides diagnostic testing and treatment for conditions including but not limited to sickle cell disease, thalassemias, coagulation/clotting disorders (i.e. Factor V Leiden), hemochromatosis, and vitamin deficiencies affecting the blood (i.e. MTHFR-related conditions).

Other Conditions We Treat

• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
• Ataxia
• Cystic fibrosis
• Dementia (i.e. Alzheimer’s disease)
• Down Syndrome AKA Trisomy 21
• Fetal alcohol syndrome
• Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT)
• Huntington disease
• Klinefelter syndrome
• Multiple sclerosis
• Muscular dystrophy (i.e. Duchenne muscular dystrophy)
• Neurofibromatosis and schwannomatosis
• Rett Syndrome
• Sturge-Weber syndrome