Joann Bodurtha, MD, MPH is the Co-Project Director for the New York Mid-Atlantic Caribbean Regional Genetics Network. She is a Professor of Genetic Medicine, Pediatrics and Oncology in the McKusick-Nathans Department of Genetic Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine with appointments in the Department of Health, Behavior and Society in the Bloomberg School of Public Health and the School of Nursing. She sees genetic patients in the Harriet Lane Clinic, via telegenetics and by in-patient consultation. She transitioned from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in 2011. She received her BA from Swarthmore College and her MD and MPH from Yale University. She did a year of research at the Nagasaki University School of Medicine as a Luce Scholar. Dr. Bodurtha completed her residency in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and worked as a US Public Health Service physician on the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Reservation in North Dakota. She completed her medical genetics fellowship at VCU. She helped start the Masters in Genetic Counseling program at VCU in 1990, the Va-LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities) program in 1995, and the Familial Cancer Clinic in 1998. She served on the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Native American Child Health for ten years. She received the Genetic Alliance Art of Listening award in 2008, the Association of University Centers on Disabilities Professional Achievement award in 2009, the VCU School of Medicine Women in Science, Dentistry, and Medicine Professional Achievement award in 2010, and the David Valle Clinical Teaching award in 2019. She was chair of the Virginia Genetics Advisory Committee. Her career goals are helping make genetics work to help individuals and families and helping communities be welcoming to persons with disabilities.

McKusick-Nathans Dept. of Genetic Medicine
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
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