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Erica Ramos

Erica Ramos BS, MS

Genetics
San Diego, California, United States of America

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Erica Ramos received her Master’s degree in genetic counseling from the University of California, Irvine in 2001. After graduation, she worked as a prenatal and preconceptional genetic counselor for Genzyme Genetics in multiple Southern California clinics. In 2005, she moved to Las Vegas to help start Amigenics, a unique adult genetics specialty clinic. While at Amigenics, she helped to create an innovative breast cancer risk assessment program and was the first genetic counselor to focus on adult and cancer genetics in Las Vegas.

In July 2012, Ms. Ramos joined Illumina as a Clinical Genomics Specialist, where she provides support and guidance to the Illumina Clinical Services Laboratory and its clients to advance the use of whole-genome sequencing in clinical care. Ms. Ramos is also active in the National Society of Genetic Counselors and was recently elected to the 2014 NSGC Board of Directors as a Director at Large. Additionally, she has served on the Education Committee, Cancer SIG Quality Initiative Task Force and Genetic Counseling Advanced Degree Task Force (GCADTF).
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