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Sheetal Parmar is the Head of Clinical Services at Natera, a clinical genetic testing company. She draws on her experience as a prenatal genetic counselor to address the need for more accurate and available non-invasive prenatal genetic testing.  This kind of information can guide women and their care teams and can also help emotionally prepare families. Sheetal looks forward to seeing more genetic markers being used to identify other types of pregnancy health. Sheetal explains, "People want to know, what are all the different options of testing? You can want to know as little information as possible or no information, all the way to "I want all the testing that could possibly be available for me or for the pregnancy." I think those are the type of questions that come up. Or "I have this in my family history. Will this test help me with that?" We want to make sure the right test is ordered based on the information that's needed for that patient based on their values and their beliefs, and what they want to know." "There has been a significant drop in the number of invasive tests that are done. I recall when I was first starting in practice, I worked with an OB geneticist, and we would do like seven of these a day. Now it might be seven a week, maybe less than that in his practice. It's pretty rare because of the screening tests that are available now, non-invasive prenatal testing is such an accurate screening test compared to what was previously available that there are much fewer false positives and false negatives. Much fewer women are pulled out as a high risk that would then need to be offered to be tested." #Natera #NIPT #NonInvasivePrenatalTesting #GeneticCounselor #GeneticTesting #GeneticScreening #PrenatalCare Natera.com Download the transcript here

Sheetal Parmar is the Head of Clinical Services at Natera, a clinical genetic testing company. She draws on her experience as a prenatal genetic counselor to address the need for more accurate and available non-invasive prenatal genetic testing.  This kind of information can guide women and their care teams and can also help emotionally prepare families. Sheetal looks forward to seeing more genetic markers being used to identify other types of pregnancy health. Sheetal explains, "People want to know, what are all the different options of testing? You can want to know as little information as possible or no information, all the way to "I want all the testing that could possibly be available for me or for the pregnancy." I think those are the type of questions that come up. Or "I have this in my family history. Will this test help me with that?" We want to make sure the right test is ordered based on the information that's needed for that patient based on their values and their beliefs, and what they want to know." "There has been a significant drop in the number of invasive tests that are done. I recall when I was first starting in practice, I worked with an OB geneticist, and we would do like seven of these a day. Now it might be seven a week, maybe less than that in his practice. It's pretty rare because of the screening tests that are available now, non-invasive prenatal testing is such an accurate screening test compared to what was previously available that there are much fewer false positives and false negatives. Much fewer women are pulled out as a high risk that would then need to be offered to be tested." #Natera #NIPT #NonInvasivePrenatalTesting #GeneticCounselor #GeneticTesting #GeneticScreening #PrenatalCare <a href="http://natera.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Natera.com</a> <a href="http://empoweredpatientradio.com/impact-of-non-invasive-prenatal-genetic-screening-and-genetic-counseling-with-sheetal-parmar-natera-transcript" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Download the transcript here</a>

Impact of Non-Invasive Prenatal Genetic Screening and Genetic Counseling with Sheetal Parmar Natera

1 - 31 - 2022 Non Invasive Prenatal Testing - Sheetal Parmar by Tommy G

1 - 31 - 2022 Non Invasive Prenatal Testing - Sheetal Parmar

In this episode, we are honored to have Sheetal Parmar, who is here to chat about genetic counseling, something new to many of us and something other people may have heard about. Sheetal is a board-certified genetic counselor and the vice president of medical affairs at Natera. Natera is a global leader in cell-free (cfDNA) testing focusing on women’s health, oncology, and organ health. Sheetal shares with us that genetic counseling is the process of helping people understand and adapt to the medical, psychological, and family implications of genetic diseases and their contribution of genetic disease to their families. Also, what a genetic counselor is and how their skills are used across any medical field. She tells us how genetic counselors work throughout Natera in patient and health care provider management. Sheetal also dives deep into how beneficial genetic testing can be to understand one’s health. This episode is incredibly insightful regarding the many benefits of genetic testing and genetic counselors, tune in and enjoy! Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: outcomesrocket.health

In this episode, we are honored to have Sheetal Parmar, who is here to chat about genetic counseling, something new to many of us and something other people may have heard about. Sheetal is a board-certified genetic counselor and the vice president of medical affairs at Natera. Natera is a global leader in cell-free (cfDNA) testing focusing on women’s health, oncology, and organ health. Sheetal shares with us that genetic counseling is the process of helping people understand and adapt to the medical, psychological, and family implications of genetic diseases and their contribution of genetic disease to their families. Also, what a genetic counselor is and how their skills are used across any medical field. She tells us how genetic counselors work throughout Natera in patient and health care provider management. Sheetal also dives deep into how beneficial genetic testing can be to understand one’s health. This episode is incredibly insightful regarding the many benefits of genetic testing and genetic counselors, tune in and enjoy! Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">outcomesrocket.health</a>