Julia Platt, MS, LCGC

Julia earned her MS in Genetic Counseling from UC Irvine in 2007 and was certified by the American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) in 2009. She is a Genetic Counselor for the Stanford Amyloid Center and sees patients and families with genetic cardiomyopathies. She is also a Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated) for the Stanford Genetic Counseling program, where she lectures for the molecular genetics, cardiovascular genetics, and psychosocial counseling courses.

Julia has a strong interest in mitochondrial genetics and, before coming to Stanford in 2010, worked as a research genetic counselor and in a clinical molecular laboratory setting. She has provided lectures in the biochemical genetics and molecular biology courses. She is a member of the admissions committee and was involved in clinical supervision for the biochemical genetics program, and plans to continue clinical supervision for cardiovascular genetics rotations.