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Loraine Oman-Ganes is a board-certified clinical geneticist and pediatrician, who completed her B.Sc.(Biology), M.D. and pediatric residency at the University of Saskatchewan in 1987. She completed her fellowship in Clinical Genetics at the University of Michigan in 1989, worked as a Clinical Assistant Professor in Genetics at New York Medical College in Westchester County Medical Center, NY, and subsequently as a clinical geneticist at North York General Hospital in Toronto. She opened her own community-based clinical genetics practice in Toronto (January, 2002) serving all age groups from prenatal to the elderly, and developed the preventative genetics program at the Medcan Clinic in Toronto called “Medcan Genetics”. In her practice she has provided the full range of genetic testing from classical genetics to genomics, including pharmacogenetic testing. Her focus is bringing the most advanced, personalized, genetics knowledge to communities of all types, to optimize health. She is the Associate Medical Director for Life and Health Claims for a large insurance company which is a division of the largest bank in Canada.
Her passion, in addition to working with families affected by genetic conditions, and providing excellent medical evaluation in the insurance context, is public education about genetics and science. Her special interests include addressing educational needs of communities, particularly those which are underserved, and enhancing international collaborative science education efforts of academia, industry, and government, particularly in the U.S. She was the Chair of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Information and Education committee for two years, coordinating several projects and workshops including ASHG’s “Science Education Summit” in Bethesda (September, 2004). She has given numerous presentations and interactive workshops in North America for professionals, students at all levels, and the public. She is a recent board member of the Genetic Alliance, which represents 7 million people with genetic conditions worldwide. She has been selected as head judge for the past four years for the Biotechnology Institute’s Genzyme Invitrogen Biotech Educator Award, which selects the top biotechnology high school teacher in North America. She represents the 8,000 members of ASHG as their sole member of the Board of Directors of FASEB (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology), based in Bethesda, MD. FASEB is the largest coalition of biomedical associations in the United States, representing 21 member societies and more than 84,000 members.
She is passionate in her commitment to mentorship, education, and belief in the potential of all students. Her vision is that genetics can be used as a tool to enhance literacy and health, by engaging and inspiring youth about the wonder of science and continued learning
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