Email Crystal Tichnell at ctichnell@jhmi.edu.

What is your job title?

Genetic Counselor in the Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital

What is your job?

I coordinate diagnostic testing and consultations within our program as well as provide education and counseling to patients and family members affected by ARVD/C. I also manage the program’s website and respond to inquiries and requests for information. In addition, I organize the program’s annual seminar attended by patients and families affected by ARVD/C.

When did you start working at Johns Hopkins?

1999

When did you start working with the ARVD/C Program?

2002

What is your education?

I have a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Master’s Degree in Genetic Counseling from the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

Why do you work with ARVD/C patients?

I have been given an amazing opportunity working with such a devoted group of patients and families affected by a rare inherited heart condition. While trying to find new ways to adapt to life as a patient or family member living with ARVD/C, these individuals and families still find time to participate in our very important research. I am extremely grateful to all who have shared their own story of living with ARVD/C, as well as those who have shared the memory of a loved one lost to ARVD/C. It has been a pleasure and honor to work with these families over the years and I look forward to many more years as we continue to work together to solve the mysteries of ARVD/C.

What else do you want people to know about you?

I am a member of the National Society of Genetic Counselors

What have you published?

Publications can be accessed at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed