We are proud to announce that our Carrier Screening Program is open with our new medical provider Insight Medical Genetics (IMG). Visit our Get Screened page to learn more about our program and how to register!
Boards
The Norton & Elaine Sarnoff Center for Jewish Genetics is privileged to be guided by three boards, each comprising important facets of the professional and advocacy communities. They include:
Board of Directors
The Sarnoff Center's governing body, composed of “leaders in their field” from a variety of backgrounds and professions. The Board of Directors provides oversight for all Center programs and services.
Edward Linn, MD, Chair
Chair, Department of OB/GYN
JH Stroger, JR Hospital of CookCounty
Joel Charrow, MD, Medical Director
Head, Division of Genetics, Birth Defects and Metabolism
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Susan Cohen, RN , BSN
Program Manager
The Center for Egg Options
Joel E. Frader, MD, MA
Division Head, The Bridges Program - Pediatric Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Aron Greenburg, MBA
Presence Consulting Group, Presence Health
Marty Horn, MA
Marketing Consultant
Dennis Kessler
President
Midwest Family Business Advisors
Dena Levy, JD
Reproductive Attorney
Gershon Locker, MD
Senior Director, External Medical Relations
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
Shelly Weiss McQuaid, MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Rabbi Aaron Melman, Treasurer
Congregation Beth Shalom
Sivan Schondorf, MA, CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist, Midwest Integrative Therapies, LLC
Peer Support Group Leader, Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered
Steve Singer, PhD
Director of Education and Outreach
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
Marion S. Verp, MD
Former Director, Reproductive Genetic Services
The University of Chicago
Advisory Board
"Ambassadors” of the Center, dedicated to volunteerism and leveraging their respective networks to help the Center further its mission to educate the community about Jewish genetic disorders and hereditary cancers.
Nancy Block
Center for Egg Options Illinois
Kelly Bontempo, MS
Genetic Counselor
Laurie Borden
Community Representative
Marilyn Allswang Eisenberg, MSW
Women’s Board, JUF
Emily Engel
Community Representative
Beth Fenton, RN
Community Representative
Lynn Fleisher, JD, PhD
Sidley Austin LLP
Alan Genender
Community Representative
Deborah Green
JUF Women's Board
Dan Greenberg, Esq.
Law Offices of Daniel M. Greenberg, Chtd.
Aron Greenburg
Health Strategist
Allen Horowitz, MD, PhD
University of Illinois Medical Center Chicago
Laurence Jacobs, MD
Fertility Centers of Illinois
Peter Hulick, MD
Director, Center for Genetic Medicine, NorthShoreUniversity Health System
David Jacobson
Chicago Jewish Funerals
Jami Josefson, MD
Lurie Children’s Hospital Chicago
Arthur Kessler
Community Representative
Sigal Klipstein, MD
InVia Fertility Specialists
Sarah Leibov
Community Representative
Arielle Levitan, MD
Physician
Susan Loeb, JD
Your Benefits Advocate
Sara Segal Loevy, DrPh
The Loevy Consulting Group
Julie Maeir
Young Women’s Board, JUF
Rabbi Pam Mandel
Congregation Am Shalom
Rebekah Noven
Community Representative
Rabbi David Russo
Anshe Emet Synagogue
Jillian Segal
Community Representative
Lee P. Shulman, MD
Professor, Department of OB/GYN
Director, Division of Reproductive Genetics
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Susan Sirota, MD
Pediatric Partners
Ardis Sophian
Lab Supervisor, Advocate Health System
Steven Tovian, PhD
Health Psychologist
Lydia Usha, MD
Director, Rush Inherited Susceptibility to Cancer (RISC) Center
Rush University Medical Center
Yosef Walder, MD
President, IDT Technologies
Michelle Wasserman, PhD
Psychologist
Scott Weissman, MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor, NorthShoreUniversity Health System
Pat Yuzawa-Rubin
Foundation Officer
Lois Zoller
Community Representative
Laurie Zoloth, PhD
Professor, Medical Ethics and Humanities, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Associate Board
A similar “ambassador” group to the Advisory Board, but comprised specifically of those in their 20s and 30s who have a connection to the Center from either their personal or professional lives. Associate Board members assist in planning new, innovative and exciting
programming for the Center to help reach their peers.If you are interested in joining our Associate Board, please contact
Sarah Goldberg.
Do You Know What's In Your Genes?
What is the most valuable gift you can give to your family? The gift of good health! There are many health conditions that run in families. Knowing your family health history can alert you to the potential risk for a variety of genetic disorders . Talk to your relatives for warning signs and assess your risk for hereditary cancers.
Did you know: Ashkenazi Jews are 10 TIMES more likely to have BRCA mutations, which significantly increases lifetime risks for hereditary cancers, so what does this heightened risk mean for you? Click here to learn more .
