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Genetics

Yale University
School of Medicine
333 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT
06510 USA

Medical Genetics Residency

Clinical genetics training at Yale

The Department of Genetics sponsors an ACGME accredited Medical Genetics & Genetics Residency program leading to certification by the American Board of Medical Genetics. Admission to the Genetics residency is directly through the department. The goals of the Medical Genetics Training Program are to prepare medical geneticists for leadership in the field of clinical genetics, laboratory based research, and/or clinical research relating to genetics. Our program offers broadly based training encompassing all service areas in medical genetics, supplemented by numerous opportunities for research. All clinical training requirements are completed during a two-year residency in the Department of Genetics.

Residents see patients at Yale-New Haven Hospital, including the Children's Hospital at Yale-New Haven, which is a 944-bed facility with 92 bassinets, including 46 in Newborn Special Care. All medical and surgical specialties are represented at the hospital, which admits more than 40,000 patients per year, sees 397,000 outpatients per year, and delivers approximately 4,718 babies per year. It is one of two general hospitals serving a metropolitan community of 400,000 people, and is the major general referral center in Connecticut. Inpatient consultations are made by the Genetics Service to all other services of the Hospital on a 24 hours/day, 365 days/year basis. Outpatients are seen in the Children's Hospital at Yale-New Haven in the twice-weekly out-patient clinic for general genetics and inborn errors of metabolism. Several other out-patient clinics attended by the residents meet on-site at Y-NHH and monthly regional genetics clinics are held at three Yale affiliated institutions. Patients admitted for investigation are hospitalized in the 10-bed General (Adult) Clinical Research Center or the 6-bed Children's Clinical Research Center. The Medical Genetics Program has utilized both of these research facilities and will continue to do so.

The clinical laboratories in the Department of Genetics support the patient care and training activities. Residents rotate through each laboratory to gain understanding of the role of such laboratory testing in diagnosis and management of patients with genetic and metabolic disorders.

Clinical rotations

The twenty-four months of genetics residency training are divided into six "blocks" of varying length:

Genetics Consultation Service 6 months
Genetics Outpatient Clinics 6 months
Prenatal Services 1 month
Cancer Genetics 2 months
Genetics Specialty Laboratories 3 months
Research Block 6 months

Contact information

James M. McGrath, MD, PhD Director, Medical Genetics Residency Program
Department of Genetics
PO Box 208005
New Haven, Connecticut 06520
Phone: (203) 785-2686
Fax: (203) 785-3404
Email: James.McGrath@yale.edu

Accrediation information

ACGME website: http://www.acgme.org/adspublic/

ACCREDITATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION
The residency is sponsored by Yale-New Haven Medical Center and is Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program #1300821021.
Original Accreditation Date: July 1, 1996
Accreditation Status: Continued Full Accreditation
Accreditation Effective Date: April 16, 2004
Accredited Program Length: 2 years

Requires Prior or Additional GME Training: YES
Requires Dedicated Research Year: NO
Participates in National Resident Matching Program: NO
Number of MD/DO Teaching Staff Whose Primary Responsibility is Resident Education: 7

Last modified: Wednesday, 04-Jan-2006 14:45:25 EST . (gs)





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