Bobbi McGivern, MS, CGC

Experience

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  Medical College of Wisconsin

  Apr 2000 - Jun 2001

  Clinical Research Coordinator

  Collected and recorded clinical data from patients enrolled in Phase I/II chemotherapy and immunotherapy clinical trials for patients with breast, lung, and pancreatic cancers.

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  MD Anderson Cancer Center

  Aug 2003 - Jul 2006

  Clinical and Research Genetic Counselor

  Provided risk assessment and genetic counseling services in the Cancer Prevention and GI Medicine Departments. Involved with recruitment and maintenance of the Department of GI Medicine & Nutrition’s national hereditary colorectal cancer patient registry. Lead genetic counselor for Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP) chemoprevention clinical trials; responsible for study coordination, recruitment, and familial genetic testing.Clinical Instructor for the University of Texas Medical School at Houston; mentored genetic counseling students, supervised clinical training and participated in instructional courses for students including medical genetics residents Show less

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  ThedaCare

  Apr 2007 - Jul 2023

  Genetic Counselor

  Created and developed a community hospital cancer genetics program which has now expanded to four oncology and non-oncology genetic counselors and four genetic counseling assistants.Helped to organize workflows for the precision medicine program including training of the precision medicine coordinator, development of patient education materials, EMR integration, and data collection/analysis of test results from a system perspective.Established and validated universal Lynch syndrome pathology screening for the ThedaCare system, which includes 7 regional hospitals. This was one of the first community hospital system in WI to establish universal screening. Collaborated with marketing to develop and launch a system wide breast cancer risk assessment tool.With IS, developed an electronic screening tool to identify oncology patients who qualify for genetics referral based on current NCCN criteria. Show less

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  Genome Medical

  Sept 2019 - Nov 2022

  Genetic Counselor

  Telehealth genetic counselor providing virtual genomic services across the Country. Experience with providing genetic services for innovative population health and personalized medicine programs.

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  GeneDx

  Jul 2023 - now

  Research Genetic Counselor