Table 1 Clinical geneticists by American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG) specialty/subspecialties and degree obtained.
From: The 2019 US medical genetics workforce: a focus on clinical genetics
Category | Clinical geneticists, n (%) |
|---|---|
ABMGG specialty | n = 491 |
Clinical genetics and genomics (CGG) only | 372 (75.8) |
CGG and additional specialty/subspecialtya | |
Medical biochemical genetics subspecialty | 61 (12.4) |
Clinical biochemical genetics | 57 (11.6) |
Clinical cytogenetics and genomics | 27 (5.5) |
Clinical molecular genetics and genomics | 31 (6.3) |
Laboratory genetics and genomics | 0 (0.0) |
Clinical biochemical/molecular (1990/1993 only) | 11 (2.2) |
PhD medical genetics | 1 (0.2) |
Degree obtained | n = 490 |
MD/DO | 381 (77.8) |
MD/DO and PhD | 102 (20.8) |
PhD | 1 (0.2) |
Other advanced degree | 6 (1.2) |
