Advanced Tele-Genetic Counseling
The world of
genetic understanding
is growing
Let’s navigate it
together
Cofounded in 2016 by certified genetic counselors,
Advanced Tele-Genetic Counseling
(affectionately, AT-GC, for all you fellow base-pair nerds like us!)
is a woman-owned small telehealth practice
comprised of a team of genetic counselors
dedicated to reducing traditional barriers to genomic evaluation through comprehensive, multi-disciplinary genetic counseling
for all in need of such services, anytime, anywhere.
Advanced Tele-Genetic Counseling
Clinical Genetics Team
Trisha Freel, MS, CGC serves as AT-GC’s Director of Clinical Genetics where she oversees the daily operations and needs of the clinical genetic counseling team and AT-GC’s partner organizations. Trisha also acts as Adjunct Faculty Member and primary clinical supervisor for the five genetic counseling training programs for which AT-GC hosts students.
With over 18 years of experience in reproduction and maternal fetal medicine, Trisha provides multidisciplinary genetic counseling in both English and Spanish.
Trisha was most recently featured in a 2021 FertilityAnswers interview about genetics and fertility.
Trisha Freel, CGC
Director of Clinical Genetics, Certified Genetic Counselor
Advanced Tele-Genetic Counseling
Shruti Shenbagam, MS, CGC, serves as Lead Genetic Counselor for AT-GC where she supports multiple current client accounts and helps both patients and providers.
Shruti has more than five years of specialization in neurology, preconception and prenatal, oncology, pediatrics, and pharmacogenomic counseling. Shruti provides multidisciplinary genetic counseling in English, Hindi, Marathi, and Tamil.
Shruti was most recently featured in a 2021 AT-GC interview with Dan Shockley about a patient journey with hereditary colorectal cancer.
Shruti Shenbagam, CGC
Lead Certified Genetic Counselor
Advanced Tele-Genetic Counseling
Kendra Frome, MS, CGC is a certified genetic counselor with special interest in oncofertility who earned her Master of Science in Genetic Counseling from Northwestern University. She provided preconception and prenatal genetic counseling for NorthShore University HealthSystem, Maternal Fetal Medicine clinic in Chicago, and was an Adjunct Faculty Member of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Currently, Kendra resides in Tucson, Arizona with her family. Kendra provides multidisciplinary genetic counseling in English and Portuguese.
She has enjoyed working with AT-GC for three years and is a contributor to the AT-GC blog.
Kendra Frome, CGC
Certified Genetic Counselor
Advanced Tele-Genetic Counseling
A certified genetic counselor and a graduate of an accredited genetic counseling program, Diane Simeoni, MS, CGC, has over thirty years of experience in reproductive and prenatal genetic counseling. She is a primary resource for reproductive genetic counseling on the Advanced Tele-Genetic Counseling genetic counseling team.
Diane Simeoni, CGC
Certified Genetic Counselor
Advanced Tele-Genetic Counseling
April O’Connor, MS, CGC is a certified genetic counselor with over fifteen years of experience in oncology, cardiology, prenatal, preconception, fertility, and health and wellness genetics. April received her Bachelor
of Science Degree in Cytogenetics from Thomas Jefferson University and a Master of Science Degree in Genetic Counseling from the University of Arizona. April has lived in 9 states and visited 10 countries is always
looking for the next adventure. April enjoys spending time with her family and doing just about anything in the great outdoors.
April O’Connor, CGC
Certified Genetic Counselor
Advanced Tele-Genetic Counseling
Advanced Tele-Genetic Counseling
Development Team
Elizabeth Turner, MS, CGC
Cofounder, Chief Executive Officer
Certified Genetic Counselor
Advanced Tele-Genetic Counseling
Elizabeth Turner, MS, CGC is the cofounder and Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Tele-Genetic Counseling (AT-GC), and a certified genetic counselor.
Elizabeth’s core vision is dedicated to increasing access to patient care and delivering expertise in the increasingly complex world of personalized genomics. Elizabeth cofounded AT-GC in the belief that genetic counseling should be easily accessible for all. Her first-hand knowledge that genetic counseling remains widely inaccessible to large segments of both urban and rural populations led to her desire to help practices and patients find the genetics support they deserve, and is the reason Elizabeth became a genetic counselor. With a genetic counseling colleague, Elizabeth began Advanced Tele-Genetic Counseling in 2016. From here, the idea grew into the woman-owned and managed telehealth practice that AT-GC is today.
A major proponent of healthy lifestyle practices, it is Elizabeth’s hope that her team’s work encourages individuals to use the knowledge gained through the understanding of their genetic information to support personal wellbeing.
Elizabeth has practiced in the areas of oncology, pediatrics, reproductive health, and general genetics, and hold a current certification from the American Board of Genetic Counseling.
Corenna Allen
Director of Strategic Development
Advanced Tele-Genetic Counseling
Corenna Allen serves as the Director of Strategic Development for AT-GC where she focuses on identifying, developing, and building strategic capabilities to support AT-GC’s practice, partnerships, and client management. She has an active role in the daily operations of the company and is adept at bringing ideas to life while seeing the true vision of AT-GC, and is dedicated to helping others find support in their health journeys through genetic counseling.
Prior to joining AT-GC, Corenna gained experience in television journalism, marketing, and media relations for professional baseball and durable medical equipment. Corenna received a B.S. degree in Athletic Training from Iowa State University. She resides outside of Augusta, GA with her husband and their two young children.
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