Genetic Counselor Business Cards for CGC and Hereditary Risk Assessment

Genetic counselors are the medical specialists trained in genomics, medical genetics, and psychosocial counseling who help patients and families understand and adapt to hereditary conditions — assessing cancer risk from family history, interpreting genetic test results, counseling patients before and after BRCA, Lynch syndrome, and other germline genetic tests, supporting pregnancies with fetal chromosomal or genetic concerns, and coordinating with oncologists, maternal-fetal medicine specialists, cardiologists, and neurologists to integrate genetic risk information into clinical care.

What Genetic Counselor Cards Include

Your Credential

• CGC (Certified Genetic Counselor) — the primary US genetic counselor credential, administered by ABGC (American Board of Genetic Counseling); requires an ACGC-accredited M.S. in Genetic Counseling and board examination
• ABGC member (American Board of Genetic Counseling)
• NSGC member (National Society of Genetic Counselors) — the primary professional organization
• State genetic counselor license (required in a growing number of states: FL, UT, CA, MA, NC, NY, WI, etc.)
• MS (Master of Science) in Genetic Counseling — degree designation

Your Specialty

Cancer genetics / oncology genetics:

• Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) — BRCA1/2 counseling
• Lynch syndrome / hereditary colorectal cancer
• Li-Fraumeni syndrome
• Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer
• Pancreatic cancer risk assessment
• Risk-adapted screening and surgical risk reduction consultation
• Cascade testing (family member testing after a proband result)
• Works with: Oncology teams, surgical oncology, high-risk breast clinics, tumor boards

Prenatal genetics:

• First trimester screening interpretation
• Carrier screening (expanded carrier screening for recessive conditions)
• Cell-free fetal DNA / noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) counseling
• Fetal chromosomal abnormality counseling (trisomy 21, 18, 13, monosomy X)
• Amniocentesis and CVS counseling and support
• Fetal structural abnormality counseling
• Works with: OB/GYN, maternal-fetal medicine (MFM/perinatology)

Pediatric genetics:

• Chromosomal abnormalities (Down syndrome, microdeletions, duplications)
• Single gene disorders
• Rare and undiagnosed conditions
• Metabolic disorders
• Neurodevelopmental genetic workup
• Works with: Pediatrics, neonatology, neurodevelopment, metabolic clinics

Cardiovascular genetics:

• Inherited cardiomyopathies (HCM, DCM, ARVC)
• Channelopathies (Long QT, Brugada, CPVT)
• Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH)
• Marfan syndrome and connective tissue disorders
• Works with: Cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons

Neurogenetics:

• Huntington's disease predictive testing
• ALS (familial ALS, SOD1, C9orf72)
• Hereditary neuropathies (Charcot-Marie-Tooth)
• Epilepsy genetics
• Works with: Neurology

Your Practice Setting

• Academic medical center genetic counseling clinic
• Cancer center / comprehensive cancer program
• Hospital-based prenatal genetics
• Telehealth genetic counseling (growing rapidly)
• Private practice / independent genetic counselor
• Industry (biotech, genomics lab, direct-to-consumer)

Design for Genetic Counselors

Healthcare, Scientific, Compassionate

Genetic counselor card design:

• Clinical authority combined with empathetic warmth
• DNA helix imagery (common and recognized)
• Healthcare adjacent but not purely clinical

Color palette:

• Teal + white: clinical genetics, DNA
• Navy + white: medical professional
• Purple + white: hereditary cancer awareness (purple = hereditary cancer color)
• Sage green + white: precision medicine, genetics

Back of Card

1. "Certified Genetic Counselor (CGC) | ABGC | NSGC | [State] Licensed | M.S."
2. "[Specialty: Cancer genetics | Prenatal | Pediatric | Cardiovascular | Neurogenetics]"
3. "BRCA/HBOC | Lynch syndrome | Carrier screening | NIPT | HCM/channelopathy | HD"
4. "[Clinic: Cancer center | Prenatal | Telehealth | Academic medical center]"
5. "[email] | [phone] | Referrals welcome | [website / telehealth QR]"

Checklist

• [ ] CGC credential (ABGC)
• [ ] NSGC membership
• [ ] State genetic counselor license
• [ ] M.S. degree designation
• [ ] Clinical specialty (cancer, prenatal, pediatric, cardio, neuro)
• [ ] Specific conditions/tests counseled
• [ ] Practice setting
• [ ] Referral pathway statement
• [ ] Telehealth availability
• [ ] Academic affiliation (if applicable)