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Genetic counsellors

Genetic counsellors are healthcare professionals who have specialist training in genetics, genomics and counselling skills. They help people understand complex information, make informed decisions, and adapt to the impact of genomics on their health and their family.

Melanie Watson
Consultant genetic counsellor (general) and lead counsellor
Covering: General Salisbury area
Specialist interest: Familial hypercholesterolemia, psychiatric genetics, cardiac genetics

Gill Crawford
Consultant genetic counsellor
Covering: Mainstream cancer Wessex wide
Specialist interest: Mainstream cancer genetics, Von Hippel-Lindau

Athalie Melville
Principal genetic counsellor
Covering: Cancer Portsmouth
Specialist interest: Cancer including Lynch syndrome, inherited polyposis syndromes, risk reducing mastectomy

Imogen Cummings
Principal genetic counsellor
Covering: Cancer Winchester, cancer Basingstoke
Specialist interest: Huntington disease, cancer genetics

Amy Braddel
Principal genetic counsellor
Covering: General Basingstoke and Winchester
Specialist interest: Neurogenetics and prenatal genetics

Jessica Williams
Principal genetic counsellor
Covering: General Portsmouth
Specialist interest: Prenatal genetics

Emily Pond
Principal genetic counsellor (prenatal lead)
Covering: General Southampton
Specialist interest: Prenatal genetics

Catherine Willis
Lynch syndrome genomics nurse/genetic counsellor
Covering: Wessex wide
Specialist interest: Wessex Lynch project implementing NICE guidelines for Lynch syndrome, training colorectal and gynaecology cancer teams to offer mainstream genetic testing

Amelia Hodges
Genetic counsellor
Covering: Cancer Bournemouth, cancer and general IOW
Specialist interest: Dermatogenetics, cancer genetics and prenatal genetics

Charlene Billington
Counsellor (cancer and general)
Covering: General Southampton/Basingstoke
Specialist interest: Oculogenetics and prenatal genetics

Ellie-May Tate
Genetic counsellor
Covering: Cancer Southampton, general Dorchester
Specialist interest: Prenatal genetics

Jessica Harvey
Genetic counsellor
Covering: General Southampton
Specialist interest: DSD

Lucy Dowden
Genetic counsellor
Specialist interest: Polyposis

Rachael Carr
Genetic counsellor
Covering: Cancer Salisbury, cancer Dorchester and general Poole

Emma Oborne
Pre-registration genetic counsellor
Covering: Cancer Andover/Basingstoke and general Southampton
Specialist interest: Lynch syndrome

Lily George
Pre-registration genetic counsellor
Covering: Cancer Bournemouth and cancer Southampton

Katie Butler
STP genomic counselling
Covering: General Portsmouth and cancer Winchester

Luc Van Rensburg
STP genomic counselling
Covering: Cancer Portsmouth and general Winchester

Georgina Topp
STP genomic counselling

Katie Reichelt
STP genomic counselling

Evie Birt
STP genomic counselling