HEATHER HAMPEL, MS. CGC
GENETIC COUNSELOR
CLINICAL CANCER GENETICS
AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Ms. Hampel’s clinical duties include providing comprehensive cancer genetic consultations to individuals and families with a history of cancer.  Cancer Genetic consultation requires tremendous documentation of cancers in the family, risk assessment, screening recommendations, and incorporation of genetic testing as necessary.  Over 400 individuals/families are seen each year in the Clinical Cancer Genetics clinic.  Ms. Hampel is also the study coordinator for The Columbus-area Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC) Study.  This study is ongoing and will attempt to determine the proportion of colorectal and endometrial (uterine) cancer that is hereditary. She received her BS from the Ohio State University in Molecular Genetics, and her MS from Sarah Lawrence College in Human Genetics.