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2012 ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PRESENTED TO DR. R. RODNEY HOWELL
R. Rodney Howell, MD, FACMG, is the recipient of the 2012 American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Howell is Professor of Pediatrics and Chairman Emeritus at the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami.
Dr. Howell, president of the American College of Medical Genetics Foundation, was honored for his lifelong commitment and work in the field of pediatrics and genetic research and for his role and leadership in the development and advancement of newborn screening.
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ACMG COMPETENCIES FOR THE PHYSICIAN MEDICAL GENETICIST IN THE 21st CENTURY
In an effort to better define the education and training needs for medical geneticists in our rapidly evolving specialty, a multidisciplinary medical genetics workgroup led by Dr. Bruce Korf was formed to begin to identify the competencies that should be acquired by clinical geneticists who provide consultative or long-term medical genetic and genomic healthcare services. We invite review, comments and suggestions from ACMG members as this is expected to be an evolving document. We are already planning to develop a similar set of competencies for laboratory geneticists. An editorial describing the intent, development, and uses of these competencies is planned for publication in Genetics in Medicine later this year. Click here to see the report.
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NEW ACMG POLICY STATEMENT ON WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING
The ACMG Board of Directors released an important new Policy Statement regarding Whole Genome Sequencing on March 28, 2012 at the ACMG Annual Clinical Genomics Meeting. Please click here for the full statement.
