Oh look, it's me! Zooming in from our Lurie Children's Lincoln Park location! Love my team at the Lurie Children's Heart Center! Happy #HeartMonth and #RareDiseaseDay! #GeneChat #ThisIsWhatAGeneticCounselorLooksLike

Check out our Perspectives article from the day ISGP went to Springfield to discuss the risks of #GeneticDiscrimination and promote #GeneticPrivacy! We had a great experience speaking with many IL legislators! Genetic Counselors #GeneChat perspectives.nsgc.org/Article/illino…

Governor Pritzker signs executive order to promote equity in sickle cell disease treatment x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

If anything comes up on Election Day, please call our nonpartisan Election Protection hotline at 866-OUR-VOTE for assistance. We have trained volunteers ready to help! #ElectionProtectionIL

*Sigh* Looks like my former med school dean is back on that same…nonsense. To review, he wrote op-eds starting in 2019 critiquing “wokeness” in medicine. It reeks of w*ite p*ivilege that a white man’s ranting has grown into a proposed bill against med school DEI efforts.

"I am committed to providing patient-centered care with empathy and cultural awareness. This commitment is strengthened by my identity and experience as a Black woman." Thank you Quinlyn for sharing your perspective as we close out #WomensHistoryMonth!

Reductions in all-cause, cancer, and coronary mortality in statin-treated patients with heterozygous familial hyper… pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18840879/

June is #Pride month 🏳️‍🌈 and to celebrate 🎉 the Journal of Genetic Counseling is offering FREE access to their newly updated LGBTQIA2s+ special virtual issue! All the papers here are free to access and read for the whole month of June! lnkd.in/g55f6NFx #GeneChat

BREAKING: #SCOTUS just ruled in the case on mifepristone. This means patients around the country can continue getting access to the affirming abortion care they need! As physicians, we're so relieved that this safe and essential medication will remain accessible.

Join our survey! We are investigating GC practice re: life insurance & potential genetic discrimination. Seeking GCs in ANY setting who see patients w/ arrhythmia, CM, aortopathy, & FH. Survey is 10 minutes or less! #GeneChat redcap.link/cardiogcandlif… Susan Christian Sarah Jurgensmeyer

Proud to be published in the Chicago Sun-Times ! Here's the tl;dr: I'm happy to see legislation in IL toward health insurance reform, & I think #genetictesting should be next! Grateful for all my learning from The OpEd Project & my mentor Angira Patel, MD, MPH #GeneChat chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/20…

Super psyched for all the genetics content at the SADS Foundation meeting this November! Come visit me and learn cool things at Lurie Children's ! Lurie Children's Heart Center #GeneChat #CardioGC

Looking forward to having a diverse group of experts on the stage to talk about Omics in sudden arrhythmia conditions! Lurie Children's #GeneChat

Virtual On-Demand sessions are up for the NSGC conference! I'm very proud of the session that Erin M. Demo and I put together w/ CHD experts from around the country: CHD Across the Lifespan: From Conception to Adulthood. Don't miss it! #NSGC2024 #GeneChat #CardioGen Genetic Counselors