Senior Genetic Counselor; Adjunt Instructor, Human Genetics; Michigan Science Olympiad Board of Directors
Rajani Aatre is a Senior Genetic Counselor in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, serving the MI-AORTA and Inherited Cardiomyopathy Programs at the Frankel Cardiovascular Center and the pediatric CardioGenetics clinic at Mott Children’s Hospital. She is also an adjunct instructor in the Genetic Counseling Program She received her bachelor’s degree from University of Delhi, New Delhi, India; Master’s degree in Cell & Molecular Biology from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada; and Masters in Human Genetics (Genetic Counseling) from Sarah Lawrence College, New York. She worked in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Hutzel Hospital (1998-2001) and Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital (2001-2005) before joining the Cardiovascular Center in 2008. Her clinical work is focused on providing comprehensive care to patients with inherited cardiovascular disease and their families and is very invested in outreach education. Her research interests include return of research results and the application & utility of genomic medicine in health care.
