Chris Miller, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor, Molecular Genetics Laboratory
Chris Miller is a genetic counselor in molecular genetics at ARUP Laboratories. She received her MS in genetic counseling from the University of South Carolina and is certified by the American Board of Medical Genetics in genetic counseling. She is licensed by the state of Utah and is holds a faculty position in the University of Utah graduate program in genetic counseling.

Patti Krautscheid, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor
Patti Krautscheid is a genetic counselor with ARUP's Molecular Genetics Department and Maternal Serum Screening Program. A member of the National Society of Genetic Counselors, she is certified by the American Board of Genetic Counseling and licensed by the state of Utah. Ms. Krautscheid received her master of science in genetic counseling from the University of Michigan.

Kim Hart, MS, LGC
Kim Hart is a genetic counselor with ARUP Laboratories’ Molecular Genetics Department, Cytogenetics Department, and Maternal Serum Screening Program. She has board eligibility by the American Board of Genetic Counseling, is licensed by the state of Utah, and is a member of the National Society of Genetic Counselors. Ms. Hart received her MS in genetic counseling from the University of Utah.

Tatiana Tvrdik, MS, LGC, PhD
Dr. Tvrdik is a genetic counselor with ARUP Laboratories’ Molecular Genetics Department and Maternal Serum Screening Program. She has board eligibility by the American Board of Genetic Counseling and is licensed by the state of Utah. Dr. Tvrdik received her MS in genetic counseling from the University of Utah and her PhD in environmental medicine from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.

Jamie McDonald, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor
Jamie McDonald is a genetic counselor with ARUP's Molecular Genetics Department where she focuses primarily on hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). She received her MS in genetic counseling from the University of California, Berkeley, and undergraduate degree in biology from Carleton College. She is certified by the American Board of Genetic Counseling and is licensed by the state of Utah. She is also co-director of the University of Utah HHT Center.

Elaine Lyon, PhD
Medical Director of Molecular Genetics and Assistant Director of Sequencing
Dr. Lyon is the medical director of the Molecular Genetics, the assistant medical director of Sequencing, and an associate professor of pathology at the University of Utah. She received her PhD in medical genetics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and continued with fellowship training in clinical molecular genetics at the University of Utah. She is certified in clinical molecular genetics by the American Board of Medical Genetics.

Rong Mao, MD
Co-Medical Director of Molecular Genetics
Dr. Mao is the co-medical director of Molecular Genetics at ARUP and an assistant professor of pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Mao received her MD from Capital University of Medicine in Beijing, China, and her MS in molecular pathology from Beijing Union Medical College. She is certified by the American Board of Medical Genetics, with a subspecialty in clinical molecular genetics, and by the New York State Department of Health, with a subspecialty in genetic testing.

Pinar Bayrak-Toydemir, MD, PhD
Associate Medical Director, Molecular Genetics Laboratory
Dr. Bayrak-Toydemir is the associate medical director of the Molecular Genetics Laboratory at ARUP and an assistant professor of pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Bayrak-Toydemir received her MD from the Ankara University School of Medicine in Ankara, Turkey, where she also received her PhD in human genetics. Subsequently, she completed her fellowship in clinical molecular genetics at the University of Utah. She is board certified in medical genetics, and her research interests include fetal cell analysis in maternal blood and hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.

Jeffrey Swensen, PhD
Assistant Medical Director, Molecular Genetics
Dr. Swensen is an assistant medical director of the Molecular Genetics Department at ARUP and an assistant professor of clinical pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Swensen received his PhD in medical informatics with a specialization in genetic epidemiology from the University of Utah, where he also completed a fellowship in clinical molecular genetics. He is a member of the American Society of Human Genetics. His current research interests include hereditary cancer predisposition syndromes and premature aging syndromes.

Hunter Best, PhD
Assistant Medical Director, Molecular Genetics
Dr. Best is an assistant medical director of the Molecular Genetics Department at ARUP and an assistant professor of clinical pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Best received his PhD in molecular and cellular pathology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and completed a fellowship in clinical molecular genetics at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. He is a member of the American Society for Investigative Pathology, Association for Molecular Pathology, and American Association for the Advancement of Science.