Genetic Counselor
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Center for Maternal-Fetal Precision Medicine
Billie Lianoglou is a genetic counselor who specializes in prenatal diagnosis and fetal therapies for monogenic disease.
Billie splits her time supporting the research of genetic specialists Dr. Mary Norton and Dr. Teresa Sparks as well as fetal surgeon Dr. Tippi MacKenzie at the UCSF Center for Maternal-Fetal Precision Medicine. With Dr. Norton and Dr. Sparks the research explores the value of prenatal exome and genome sequencing, a technique for determining potentially useful genetic information.
Billie manages two UCSF registries, one of patients with ATM and the second of Lysosomal Diseases. Her work includes outreach and enrollment for two fetal therapy clinical trials, in utero stem cell transplantation for ATM and in utero enzyme replacement therapy for lysosomal diseases at the UCSF Fetal Treatment Center.
Billie earned a master’s degree in genetic counseling from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.