ACMG American College of Medical Genetics

American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG)

The College supports patient care, education, and research in the field of medical genetics including diagnosis, treatment, prevention of genetic disease, uniform standards of laboratory quality assurance and proficiency testing, increase access to medical genetic services for improved public health.

9650 Rockville Pike

Bethesda, MD 20814

301.530.7127

E-mail: gurvitch@faseb.org (Gerry Gurvich)

Genetics in Medicine Journal
Public Policy Statements

Prenatal Interphase Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH)
Multiple Marker Screening in Women 35 and Older, Position Statement on 1994, ACMG 1994 ACMG Newsletter Vol. 2
Fragile X Syndrome: Diagnostic and Carrier Testing, 1994, Am J Med Genet 53: 380-381
Storage and Use of Genetic Materials, 1995, Am J Hum Genet 57: 1499-5000
Ethical Legal and Psychosocial Implications of Genetic Testing in Children and Adolescents, 1995, Am J Hum Genet 57:1233-1241
Multiple Marker Screening in Pregnant Women, 1996 ACMG Newsletter 6:14
Nutritional Supplements and Piracetam for Children with Down Syndrome, 1996
Guidance for Genetic Counseling in Advanced Paternal Age, 1996, Newsletter 6:13
Use of Apolipoprotein E Testing for Alzheimer Disease, 1995, JAMA 274:1627-1629
Diagnostic Testing for Prader-Willi and Angelman Syndromes, 1996,Am J Hum Genet 58: 1085-1088
Folic Acid and Pregnancy, 1994, ACMG Newsletter 4:9-10

Population Screening for BRCA-1 Mutation in Ashkenazi Jewish Women, 1996, ACMG Newsletter 7:9

Folic Acid: Fortification and Supplementation, 1997, Genet in Med Vol. 1 No 1:66

Principles of Screening Report, 1997

Carrier Testing for Canavan Disease, 1998

Genetic Testing for Cystic Fibrosis

Gene Patents & Accessibility of Gene Testing, 1999, Genet in Med 1:237

Measurement and Use of Total Plasma Homocysteine 1998, Am. J. Hum. Genet., 63:1541-1543

Duty to Re-Contact, 1999, Genet in Med 1:174-172

Evaluation of the Newborn with Single or Multiple Congenital Anomalies: A Clinical Guide, 1999

Breast & Ovarian Cancer, Genetic Susceptibility to: Assessment, Counseling & Testing Guidelines 1999

Informed Consent for Medical Photographs 2000, Genet in Med Vol 2 No 6:353-355

Genetic Testing in Adoption (ACMG/ASHG) 2000, Am J Hum Genet 66:761-767

Guidelines for Expert Witness Testimony for the Specialty of Medical Genetics, 2000, Genet in Med Vol 2, No 6:367-368

Genetic Testing for Colon Cancer, 2000, Genet in Med Vol 2, No 6:362-366

Gene Patents and Accessibility of Gene Testing, 2000

Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, 2000, Genet in Med 2:149-150

Tandem Mass Spectrometry in Newborn Screening, 2000, Genet in Med 2:267-269

FISH2: Technical and Clinical Assessment of FISH: Technical Considerations, 2000, Genet in Med Vol 2, No 6:356-361

Recommendations for Standards for Interpretation of Sequence Variations, 2000 Genet in Med Vol 2 No 5:302-303

Standards and Guidelines for Clinical Genetics Laboratories, 2nd Edition Organic Acids Revision, Oct. 2000

Consensus Statement on Factor V Leiden Mutation Testing, 2001, Genet in Med Vol 3, No 2:139-148

CF3: Laboratory Standards and Guidelines for Cystic Fibrosis Carrier screening, 2001, Genet in Med Vol 3 No 2:149-154

Technical and clinical assessment of FISH, 2001

Technical Standards and Guidelines for Fragile X, 2001, Genet in Med

Diagnostic Testing for Uniparental Disomy, May/June 2001 Genetics in Medicine

Manual on Reimbursement for Clinical Genetic Services, 2001

Genetic Nondiscrimination In press

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