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Genetics > Genetics Clinic
Genetics Clinic
 Dr. Richard King developed the Clinical Genetics Service for the Fairview- University Medical Center in 1973. Weekly clinics provide general genetics consultation and management led by Dr. King, Drs. Berry and Whitley in pediatrics, and genetic counselors supported by Fairview-University.
A specialized Genetics Eye Clinic is held monthly in the Ophthalmology Clinic with Dr. C. Gail Summers, Department of Ophthalmology. Drs. King and Summers hold a specialized Pigment Clinic monthly as part of the International Albinism Center that they have established at the University of Minnesota; patients and families from around the world are followed in this clinic.
Dr. King has also established a biannual Albinism Clinic at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children and Moorefield Eye Hospital, London, with genetic ophthalmologists Dr. Isabelle Russell-Eggit and Tony Moore.
One major and expanding clinical program of the division is the development of clinical activities devoted to pre-symptomatic screening and risk assessment. The Familial Cancer Clinic is the first to be established. Weekly clinics for counseling and testing are held with Mary Ahrens, genetic counselor, Fairview-University Medical Center, and Dr. Patrick Gaffney, HOT Division. Similar clinics are planned for other common complex diseases such as cardiovascular disease and neuro-degenerative diseases.
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