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1321 West 22nd Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57105Phone+1 605-404-4000- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- I am an internist geneticist committed to transforming medical care to include genomics in routine clinical care. I am currently leading the preemptive genetic screening program at Sanford Health where we are developing resources which facilitate the application of genomics in medicine across all medical specialties including consenting, testing, return of results and patient and physician education. I am Physician Chair and Medical Director of Sanford Imagenetics. In this role, I led the strategic planning and launch of Sanford Health’s population genomics program, including the design of the testing platform, informatics infrastructure, and physician education critical to efforts to integrate genomics into patient care system-wide. The efforts I led culminated in 2018 with the launch of the Sanford Chip Program, an elective clinical test that provides preemptive population pharmacogenomic testing and screening for medically actionable predispositions with development underway for polygenic risk scores. The program has enrolled over 14,000 patients to date. The program I developed and the success of the Sanford Chip program has been a model for other systems to follow for expanding genomic medicine programs. In addition to my clinical implementation expertise, I have contributed to and led research efforts to accelerate the integration of novel applications of genomic medicine. My research during fellowship training focused on evaluating the predictive power in men versus women of polygenic risk scores for coronary artery disease.
Education & Training
- UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Medical Biochemical Genetics, 2014 - 2016
- Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Moses and Weiler Campuses)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2010 - 2011
- Saint Joseph HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2008 - 2010
- University of South Dakota, Sanford School of MedicineClass of 2008
- University of MichigianMSE, Industrial Engineering, 2000 - 2001
- University of MichiganBSE, Industrial Engineering, 1996 - 2000
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2014 - Present
- SD State Medical License Active through 2025
- MN State Medical License 2020 - 2024
- NY State Medical License 2011 - 2013
- CO State Medical License 2008 - 2011
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics Clinical Genetics and Genomics
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 5 citationsAssociation of polygenic risk scores with incident atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events among individuals with coronary artery calcium score of zero: The mult...Mahmoud Al Rifai, Jie Yao, Xiuqing Guo, Wendy S Post, Shaista Malik, Roger S Blumenthal, Christie M Ballantyne, Matthew Budoff, Kent D Taylor, Henry J Lin, Stephen S R...> ;Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 2022 Aug 8
- 11 citationsImproved provider preparedness through an 8-part genetics and genomic education programCatherine Hajek, Allison M. Hutchinson, Lauren N. Galbraith, Robert C. Green, Michael F. Murray, Natasha Petry, Charlene L. Preys, Carrie L.B. Zawatsky, Emilie S Zolti...> ;Genetics in Medicine. 2021 Nov 1
- 3 citationsPrimary care providers’ responses to unsolicited Lynch syndrome secondary findings of varying clinical significanceLauren N. Galbraith, Charlene L. Preys, Heidi L. Rehm, Maren T. Scheuner, Catherine Hajek, Robert C. Green, Kurt D. Christensen> ;Genetics in Medicine. 2021 Jun 10
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Press Mentions
- Nicklaus Children’s Researchers to Sequence the Genes of About 1,000 HispanicsMarch 31st, 2017
- Sanford Health, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Collaborate to Sequence GenesMarch 2nd, 2017
Professional Memberships
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Hospital Affiliations
- Sanford USD Medical CenterSioux Falls, South Dakota
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