27 Apr 2025
Welcoming Catherine Skefos, MA, MS, CGC to the Medical Advisory Board
Catherine Skefos, MA, MS, CGC, is a Certified Genetic Counselor in the Clinical Cancer Genetics Program at the University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, where she provides cancer risk assessment and counseling to patients in the Endocrine Center. As a genetic counselor working with both pediatric and adult patients, she helps patients and family members understand and adapt to information about genetic testing and inherited cancer risk.
Catherine completed her genetic counseling training at the University of Alabama Birmingham, which included a clinical rotation at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Her first job as a genetic counselor was at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and she has been working at MD Anderson since 2021.
Prior to becoming a genetic counselor, she received a master’s degree in Medical Anthropology from the University of South Florida, where her research focused on health care access and health disparity. Catherine has a special interest in teaching, particularly educating health care providers about the utility of genetic counseling and testing with the goal of improving patient access to genetic services.
Please join us in welcoming her to the Medical Advisory Board.