"WOW! Well done to Drs Shaffer and Bejjani and the team at Signature Genomics. As a clinical geneticist I can only say you continue to provide as outstanding service to our patients. Thank you"
—Signature Client
Signature Genomics Team Bios
Lisa G. Shaffer, PhD, FACMG
President
- ABMG Diplomate in Clinical Cytogenetics
- Post doctoral training at Baylor College of Medicine
- ACMG Foundation Board of Directors
Jay W. Ellison, MD, PhD, FACMG
Medical Director
- ABMG Diplomate in Clinical Genetics and Clinical Molecular Genetics
- Post doctoral training at University of California Los Angeles
and University of California San Francisco - American Board of Pediatrics Diplomate
Beth Torchia, PhD, FACMG
Technical Director
- ABMG Diplomate in Clinical Cytogenetics
- Post doctoral training at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
J. Britt Ravnan, PhD, FACMG
Laboratory Director
- ABMG Diplomate in Clinical Cytogenetics
- Post doctoral training at the University of California, San Francisco
Roger Schultz, PhD, FACMG
Laboratory Director
- ABMG Diplomate in Clinical Cytogenetics
- Post doctoral training at Stanford University School of Medicine
Genetic Counselors
Justine Coppinger, MS, CGC
Clinical Laboratory Counselor
- MS in Genetic Counseling from University of South Carolina
- Joined Signature Genomics in 2005
Sarah Alliman, MS, CGC
Clinical Laboratory Counselor
- MS in Molecular Biology, Cell Development, and Genetics from University of Minnesota
- Joined Signature Genomics in 2007
Anne M. Bandholz, MS, CGC
Clinical Laboratory Counselor
- MS in Genetic Counseling from University of South Carolina School of Medicine
- Joined Signature Genomics in 2009
Annie Morton, MS, CGC
Clinical Laboratory Counselor
- MS in Genetic Counseling from Cal State University Northridge
- Joined Signature Genomics in 2008
Mindy Preston Dabell, MS
Clinical Laboratory Counselor
- MS in Genetic Counseling from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
- Joined Signature Genomics in 2009
Jill Rosenfeld Mokry, MS, CGC
Research Project Coordinator
- MS in Medical and Molecular Genetics from Indiana University
- Joined Signature Genomics in 2008
Faces of Signature
Blake C. Ballif, PhD
Director of Product Development and Research
- Post doctoral training at Washington State University
- Internship in intellectual property law
- Joined Signature Genomics in 2003
Catherine D. Kashork, BS, CLSp(CG)
VP of Lab Operations
- BS in Biology from Lenior-Rhyne College in Hickory, NC
- Certificate in Cytogenetics from the University of Texas-Houston Health Sciences Center
- Joined Signature Genomics in 2003
Kyle Sundin, MS
Manager of Implementation and Validation, Clinical Laboratory
- MS in Genetics and Cell Biology from Washington State University
- Joined Signature Genomics in 2004