Amy Sturm, MS, CGC

Certified Genetic Counselor
Medical Genetics Program
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Human Genetics
Department of Internal Medicine
The Ohio State University
2001 Polaris Parkway
Columbus, OH 43240
Phone:  614-293-6694
Toll free: 1-888-329-1654
Fax: 614-293-2314
amy.sturm@osumc.edu

Specialty Interests

Cardiovascular genetics

Adult-onset genetic disorders

Family history tools and familial risk assessment

Clinical Interests

Ms. Sturm specializes in genetic counseling and risk assessment for adult-onset genetic conditions. One of Ms. Sturm’s main clinical interests is inherited forms of heart disease.  Ms. Sturm sees patients in the Medical Genetics Program and also coordinates and sees patients in the following multidisciplinary clinics at the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital: The High Risk Family Heart Clinic and The Hereditary Heart Rhythm Disorders Clinic. To schedule an appointment, call 614-293-6694 or toll free at 1-888-329-1654. Click here to request appointment online.

Research Interests

Ms. Sturm’s research interests include the development and implementation of self-administered, computerized, familial risk assessment tools. Ms. Sturm also served as the campaign coordinator for a local pilot study, “Cancer Family History Public Health Campaign”, which sought to raise awareness of the association between family history and cancer risk in minority communities in the Columbus area. Ms. Sturm also serves as the Co-Leader of the Primary Care Research Institute’s Genetics Team. She also coordinates an international gene hunting and characterization study for the condition juvenile cobalamin deficiency and coordinates a study whose goal is to collect Columbus-area controls for genetics research studies. 

Education

BS, Biology, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea OH, 1998

MS, Molecular Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH, 2000

MS, Human Genetics, concentration in Genetic Counseling, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, 2001

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