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Our Faculty

Our dedicated and caring faculty will help you through your time in our program. We're also fortunate to have clinical rotation faculty across the Southeast to help our students pursue hands-on experience in a variety of specialties. 

Our Program Director

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Whitney Dobek, MS, CGC

The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia Genetic Counseling Program has announced the appointment of Whitney Dobek, MS, CGC as the program’s newest director effective July 1, 2023.

Dobek has been with the Genetic Counseling Program since 2014, most recently serving as the assistant director of curriculum and as a course instructor and thesis research advisor.

Since receiving her master’s degree in Genetic Counseling from University of North Carolina Greensboro, her clinical work has included prenatal and cancer genetic counseling.

Dobek also contributes to several committees focused on clinical practice (Prisma Health Breast Leadership, Prisma Health Cancer Committee), graduate education (Curriculum, Admissions, and Graduate Committees), and in the national arena (Association of Genetic Counseling Program Directors Match Committee and the American Board of Genetic Counseling certification examination).

Our Faculty 

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Janice G. Edwards, MS, CGC

Program Director Emeritus, Clinical Professor

Jessica Fairey

Jessica M. Fairey, MS, CGC

Assistant Director, Fieldwork
Clinical Assistant Professor

Amy Wardyn

Amy Wardyn, MS, CGC

Assistant Director, Thesis Research
Clinical Assistant Professor

Crystal Hill Chapman

Crystal Hill-Chapman, PhD

Francis Marion University
Professor, Psychology

Richard Ferrante

Richard F. Ferrante, PhD

Research Professor, Pediatrics

Shandrea Foster

Shandrea Foster, MS, CGC

Clinical Assistant Professor

Angie Lichty

Angie Lichty, MS, CGC

Greenwood Genetic Center
Clinical Assistant Professor

Chris Estrella

Christopher Estrella, MS

Clinical Instructor

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Hayley Granger, MS, CGC

Clinical Instructor

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Georgia Tucker, MA, MEd

Genetic Counseling Program Coordinator

Fieldwork Faculty 

Cancer 
Stephanie Nix, MS, CGC
Katie Tobik, MS, CGC
Susanna Strydom, MS, CGC

Pediatrics
Victoria Bartlett, MS, CGC
Caitlin Bozick, MS, CGC
Shelley Dills, MS, CGC
Alesha Hicks, MS, CGC
Dana Mittag, MS, CGC
Gretchen Rosso, MS, CGC
Maddie Tjoelker, MS, CGC

Prenatal 
Lauren Masso, MS, CGC
Megan Michalski, MS, CGC
Jean St. John, MS, CGC

Kerry Crandall, MS, CGC 
Amy House, MS, CGC
Camila Shanahan, MS, CGC

Greenwood Clinic
Ellen Richardson, MS, CGC
Robin Fletcher, MS, CGC
Falecia Thomas, MS, CGC
Kellie Walden, MS, CGC
Wesley Patterson, PA
Mike Friez, PhD
Barbara Du Pont, PhD
Steve Skinner, MD 
Roger Stevenson, MD 

Columbia Clinic
Katy Drazba, MS, CGC
Amy Dobson, MS, CGC 
Angie Lichty, MS, CGC
EJ Prioles, MD 
Katie Clarkson, MD

Greenville Clinic
Jessica Davis, MS, CGC 
Brooke Smith, MS, CGC
Anna Childers, MS, CGC
Camerun Washington, MS, CGC
R. Curtis Rogers, MD 
Elliot Stolerman, MD

Charleston Clinic
Meg Wilkes, MS, CGC
Sara Cathey, MD
Mike Lyons, MD
Richard Schroer, MD

Kevin Capehart, MS, CGC
Hannah Jochem, MS, CGC
Kelly Kemak, MS, CGC
Emily Krupa, MS, CGC
Alex Tessari, MS, CGC

Cancer
Whitney Dobek, MS, CGC
Christopher Estrella, MS
Shandrea Foster, MS, CGC
Amy Wardyn, MS, CGC

Prenatal
Jessica Fairey, MS, CGC
Hayley Granger, MS, CGC
Debbie Zvejnieks, MS, CGC

Cancer
Allison Bellomo, MS, CGC
Lindsay Metcalf, MS, CGC
Gail Stapleton, MS, CGC

Prenatal
Winn Bucher, MS, CGC


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