Required Textbooks
Advanced GC I & II
- LeRoy, B., McCarthy-Veach, P., and Callanan, N.. Genetic Counseling Practice: Advanced
concepts and skills. 2nd Edition, Wiley-Blackwell, New York, 2021. ISBN: 978-
1119529859
Foundations of GC I & II
- Pan, V.Y., Schuette, J.L., Wain, K.E., & Yashar, B.M.. A Guide to Genetic Counseling. 2nd
Edition, Wiley-Blackwell, 2024. ISBN: 978-1-119-89208-3 - Bennett, R.L.. The Practical Guide to the Genetic Family History. 2nd Edition, WileyBlackwell, March 2010. ISBN: 978-0-470-04072-0
Health Behavioral Counseling
- Rollnick, S., Miller, W., & Butler, C.. Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping
Patients Change Behavior (Applications of Motivational Interviewing). 2nd Edition,
Guilford Press, 2022. ISBN: 978-1462550371
Research Methods in GC
- MacFarlane, I.M., Veach, P., LeRoy, B.. Genetic Counseling Research: A Practical Guide.
Oxford University Press, 2014. ISBN: 978-0199359097
Laboratory and Variant Interpretation and Counseling
- Goodenberger, M.L., Thomas, B.C., & Kruisselbrink, T.. Practical Genetic Counseling for
the Laboratory. 1st Edition, Oxford University Press, 2017. ISBN: 978-0190604929
Not required but strongly recommended and referenced
Embryology
- Sadler. Langman Medical Embryology Us Ed Pb. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ISBN:
978-1-4511-1342-6
Fundamentals in Epidemiology & Genetic Epidemiology and Population Genetics
- Oleckno, W.. Essential Epidemiology: Principles and Applications. 1st Edition, Waveland
Press, 2002. ISBN: 1577662164 - Rothman, K.J.. Epidemiology: An Introduction. 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press,
2012. ISBN: 0199754551
Medical Genetics I & II
- Cohn, Scherer, Hamosh. Thompson and Thompson Genetics in Medicine. 9th Edition,
Saunders, 2023. ISBN: 0323547621 - Saul, R.A.. Medical Genetics in Pediatric Practice. American Academy of Pediatrics, 2013.
ISBN: 978-1-58110-496-7 - Veach, P., LeRoy, B., and Bartels, D.. Facilitating the Genetic Counseling Process: A
Practice Manual. 2nd Edition, Springer, 2021. ISBN: 978-3-319-74798-9
Other recommended texts
- Jones, K. (Editor). Smith’s Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformations. 7th Edition,
W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 2013. ISBN: 1437706967 - Robertson, D., and Williams, G.H.. Clinical and Translational Science: Principles of
Human Research. 2nd Edition, Elsevier (Academic Press), 2016. ISBN: 978-0128021019 - Clarke, Angus. Harper's Practical Genetic Counselling. 8th Edition, October 2019.
- Reardon, W.. The Bedside Dysmorphologist. Oxford University Press, New York, 2007.
ISBN: 978-0195300451 - Medical Dictionary – any good medical dictionary is fine.. ISBN: $30-$40
- Schneider, K.A., Chittenden, A., & Mahoney Shannon, K.. Counseling about Cancer:
Strategies for Genetic Counseling. 4th Edition, Wiley-Blackwell, 2023. ISBN: 978-
1119466468 - Young, I.D.. Introduction to Risk Calculation in Genetic Counseling. 3rd Edition, Oxford
University Press, 2006. ISBN: 978-0195305272 - Gardiner and Sutherland. Chromosomal Abnormalities and Genetic Counseling. 5th
Edition, Oxford University Press, ISBN: 978-0199329007
Optional texts
- Weil, J.. Psychosocial Genetic Counseling. Oxford University Press, New York, 2000.
- Harper, P.. Practical Genetic Counselling. 8th Edition, 2020. ISBN: 9781444183740
