Episode 30: Genetics & Genetic Testing

On August 23, 2020, our host Dr. Marianne Ritchie was joined by Dr. Reed Pyeritz and Susan Miller-Samuel, MSN, RN, AGN-BC for a discussion about genetics and genetic testing.Dr. Pyertiz is a William Smilow Professor of Medicine in the Division of Translational Medicine and Human Genetics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.Susan is a Board Certified Advanced Genetics Nurse in the Clinical Cancer Genetics Service Department at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.Each week we highlight the #RealChampions in your life! Your family, friends, or colleagues that go the extra mile to help others in their community. For this week, Your Real Champion was Khaled Mortagy aka Andrew Stone! Khaled came to America and took the name Andrew Stone. He is a stone that helps form the bigger rock foundation of his community; caring for his neighbors. During COVID he gave away 1000’s of free meals which he prepared in his restaurant, Andy’s Diner & Pub of Conshohocken.