Chandrika Kurpad MS, LCGC - CGA-IGC Communications Committee Member Synthesized from the CGA-IGC 2026 podcast series, Episode 4 featuring Kimberly Zayhowski, a certified genetic counselor and assistant program director at Boston University, and Dr. Iris Romero, a professor of OB/GYN at the University of Chicago who specializes in hereditary cancer prevention and LGBTQ+ health, in conversation with host Ying Lu, a GYN medical oncologist who leads the Inherited GYN Cancer Progr

CGA-IGC is pleased to announce a new partnership with Project DNA and the City of Hope to offer educational scholarships totaling $10,000 to support participation in the City of Hope Intensive Course on Genomic Cancer Risk Assessment. These scholarships aim to equip awardees with the skills to deliver genetic risk assessment and testing in their clinical practice, while supporting the development or expansion of genetic testing infrastructure at their home institutions. T

Courtesy of Fight CRC We are thrilled to announce that the ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee has officially established a specific code for Lynch syndrome, while also allowing a path for the inclusion of BRCA1, BRCA2, and Li-Fraumeni syndrome. Please see Fight CRC’s press release for more details. Thanks to all our members who signed on to Fight CRC's letter to the CDC in support of creating an ICD-10 code for Lynch syndrome. This represents a critical advance

Ophir Gilad, MD - CGA-IGC Communications Committee Member If you missed our final webinar of the year, or would like to revisit the discussion, the full session is now available on demand for CGA-IGC members. Not yet a member? Join here . This webinar featured Colin Pritchard, MD, PhD , Angela Jacobson, MS, CGC , and Tomas Walsh, PhD , from the University of Washington, who shared exciting updates on advances in genetic testing for hereditary cancers. Dr. Colin Pritchard beg

Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC) has long been recognized as one of the most penetrant hereditary cancer syndromes, primarily...

Zachariah H. Foda, MD, PhD, CGA-IGC Communications Committee Member In the latest episode of the CGA-IGC Podcast Series 2025 , host...

Nicholas J. Bartell, M.D - CGA-IGC Communications committee In the newest episode of the CGA-IGC podcast Josie Baker, MS, LGC, genetic...

By Alessandro Mannucci, MD Communications Committee Member The incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer (EOCRC) is rapidly increasing,...

Zachariah H Foda, MD, PhD - CGA-IGC Communications Committee Are you interested in learning how to expand genetic services in your...

Rita Matos, PhD - CGA-IGC Communications Committee If you didn’t have the chance to join us for the final webinar of the year, you can...

Zachariah H Foda, MD, PhD - CGA-IGC Communications Committee In this episode, hosted by Thomas (TJ) Slavin, MD, Medical Geneticist and...

Rita Barbosa-Matos - CGA-IGC Communications Committee As part of #HereditaryCancerAwarenessWeek, we invite you to watch or re-watch our...

Thank you to #CGAIGC committee members, leaders & the wider #HereditaryGICancer community for their contribution to the 2023...

On the occasion of #ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth we are zooming in on the #eoCRC initiative and the work of the DIRECt group. A...

In 2022, in partnership with many other organizations, CGA-IGC advocated for the USPSTF to consider a topic review for Lynch Syndrome...

We are excited to continue our collaboration in 2023 with the Cleveland Clinic to co-sponsor Hereditary Live and offer this platform to...

If you missed #CGAIGC22 or simply want to watch the presentation by Megha Ranganathan, MS, CGC again - Case Report: Non-Binary Patient...

The GCA-IGC Research Committee invites you to attend “Tips and Tricks for development of a clinical registry”, a webinar exploring the...

The CGA-IGC Research committee keeps an updated list of high-risk clinics and registries. Become a CGA memberto make sure your clinic and...