Christina Flora
Genetic Counselor
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About
Licensed, board-certified Genetic Counselor and healthcare leader with 20+ years of experience in clinical genetics, rare disease therapeutics, program development and multidisciplinary care coordination.
Experience
Senior Genetic Counselor
Center for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy – HCM Center of Excellence
Genetic Counselor
Genetics and Metabolism
Hackensack University Medical Center- Hackensack, NJ
Senior Genetic Counselor / Program Coordinator
Genetics & Metabolism, Goryeb Children’s Hospital
Jacobs Levy Equity Management Personalized Genomic Medicine Program
Atlantic Health System – Morristown, NJ
Program Coordinator for Lysosomal Storage Disease & Therapeutic Genetics Program
Coordinator, Brineura Center of Excellence
Provided pediatric and adult genetic counseling
Led newborn screening follow-up for SMA and lysosomal storage diseases
Coordinated multidisciplinary care, enzyme replacement, chaperone and gene therapies and longitudinal follow-up and management
Served as Clinical Research Coordinator and Sub-Investigator on multiple rare disease trials
Birth Defects & Specialty Program Coordinator / Genetic Counselor
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center – Paterson, NJ
Clinical Coordinator for:
Palestroni Birth Defects Center
Prader-Willi Syndrome Center
Neurofibromatosis Diagnostic & Treatment Program
Lysosomal Storage Disease Program
Built and operationalized multidisciplinary specialty programs from inception
Coordinated complex care for pediatric, adolescent, and adult patients
Organized medical education programs and annual symposia
Delivered lectures to healthcare professionals and community organizations
Pediatric genetic counselling
Education
Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disorders (LEND)
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Healthcare Management
Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, UT
Master of Science, Genetic Counseling
Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
Bachelor of Arts, Degree with Distinction
Wells College, Aurora, NY
Individualized Major: Clinical Aspects of Biopsychology & Biochemistry
