Estie Rose

Estie Rose is a genetic counselor with the Program for Jewish Genetic Health of Yeshiva University and with Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.

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A Tree Will Only Be As Strong As Its Roots

By Estie Rose

As a genetic counselor who advocates for pre-conception genetic testing, I take the roots-to-tree metaphor very seriously. I believe that in order to sustain a healthy community, the roots of the community have the responsibility of relaying just how important genetic testing is.