Clinical and Laboratory Internships
The Detroit Medical Center and surrounding metropolitan health care systems offer an exceptional foundation for clinical genetics training. The diverse population found in the greater Detroit area provides a unique opportunity to explore how ethnic and cultural differences influence the effectiveness of clinical genetic services and the genetic counseling process.
Students are active participants in a diversity of well established medical genetic and multidisciplinary clinics, training under experienced clinicians who are leaders in their fields. Students also gain hands-on clinical genetics laboratory experience in the molecular, biochemical and cytogenetics laboratories.
Students begin their clinical internships in their first semester and continue throughout their training. The clinic and laboratory experiences are strategically planned to complement the concurrent classroom experience and enhance learning.
Clinical Training Sites
Ascension-St. John Hospital and Van Elslander Cancer Center Cancer Genetics Program- Detroit, MI
◦ Located approximately 10 miles from the WSU campus, both a medical geneticist and genetic counselor at the St. John Providence Cancer Genetics Program provide counseling, risk assessment, and genetic testing (when appropriate) to individuals with a personal or family history of cancer.
Children’s Hospital of Michigan-Division of Genetic, Genomic, and Metabolic Disorders – Detroit, MI
◦ Located less than ½ mile from the GC program offices, the Division has two medical geneticists, seven genetic counselors, nurse practitioners, and dieticians. Adult and pediatric patients are evaluated, diagnosed, and managed for a variety of genetic conditions, including those metabolic conditions detected on newborn screening.
Corewell Health Beaumont Children’s Pediatric Genetics-Royal Oak, MI
◦ Located approximately 15 miles from the WSU campus, a genetic counselor and medical geneticist evaluate, diagnose and manage adult and pediatric patients for a variety of genetic conditions.
Corewell Health East- Cancer Genetics - Royal Oak, MI
◦ Located approximately 15 miles from the WSU campus, seven genetic counselors and an oncologist provide counseling, risk assessment, and genetic testing (when appropriate) to individuals with a personal or family history of cancer.
Corewell Health East-Dearborn - Dearborn, MI
◦ Located approximately 10 miles from the WSU campus, four genetic counselors provide comprehensive genetics services to a variety of patient populations in a variety of specialties including cancer genetics, reproductive genetics, adult genetics, and cardiovascular genetics.
Corewell Health East- Reproductive Genetics - Royal Oak, MI
◦ Located approximately 15 miles from the WSU campus, two genetic counselors, working with maternal fetal medicine specialists, provide comprehensive genetic services to patients for a variety of preconception and prenatal indications.
Henry Ford Hospital System - Detroit, MI
◦ Located approximately 2 miles from the WSU campus, eight genetic counselors and one medical geneticist provide genetics services to a variety of patient populations in a variety of specialties including cancer genetics, reproductive genetics, and cardiovascular genetics.
Karmanos Cancer Institute - Cancer Genetic Counseling Services - Detroit, MI
◦ Located across a courtyard from the GC program offices, the Cancer Genetic Counseling Service, with four genetic counselors, provide counseling, risk assessment, and genetic testing (when appropriate) to individuals with a personal or family history of cancer.
Trinity Health Oakland Cancer and Reproductive Genetics - Pontiac, MI
◦ Located approximately 25 miles away from the WSU campus, a genetic counselor, working with maternal fetal medicine specialists and oncology nurse practitioners, provides comprehensive services to patients for a variety of preconception, prenatal, and cancer indications.
Windsor Regional Hospital-Erie St. Clair Regional Cancer Program - Windsor, Ontario, Canada
◦ Located approximately 5 miles from the WSU campus across the Detroit River in Canada, a genetic counselor provides counseling, risk assessment, and genetic testing (when appropriate) to individuals with a personal or family history of cancer. Only available to Canadian students.
Contact Information
Genetic Counseling Graduate Program
Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics
Wayne State University School of Medicine
2375 Scott Hall
540 E. Canfield Avenue
Detroit, MI 48201
Administrative Office:
(313) 577-6298
Fax: (313) 577-9137
Email: geneticcounseling@med.wayne.edu
