HIRAL TANNA

I have been deeply involved in Medical and psychosocial Counselling and hence it is the crucial aspect of my career. Having counselled candidates across age groups has helped me understand Human Mind and everything that it takes to get them right advice or information.

• Fall 2021, New York, NY, Cantor Anna, Martineau Jessica, Manderski Elizabeth, Collecting personal and medical intake before scheduled appointment, Responsible for taking pedigree, and identifying hereditary cancer predisposition syndrome, Responsible for risk assessment calculations through risk calculating models, Responsible for creating flipbook for syndromes, attending case conference, and presenting the case., Responsible to analyse patient's psyche and direct them towards positive outcome
• Fall 2022, New York, NY, Hsieh, Vicky, Responsible for collecting personal and medical intake., Responsible for scheduling patient appointments, Responsible for taking pedigree, supervised NIPT result disclosure and MSS result disclosure., Responsible to counsel couples regarding psychosocial dilemma.
• Summer 2022, New York, NY, Lozinsky, Shannon, Involved in preparing cases, collecting pedigrees and uploading them in progeny software., Responsible for identification of hereditary cancer predisposition syndromes, supervised pretest counselling, patient education, genetic testing determination and testing discussion with the patients., Participated in the research process of variant identification and consenting of participants for the testing., Presented latest recommendations in Li-Fraumeni Syndrome management and compared with other guidelines to the clinical staff including clinicians, director, geneticists and genetic counselors. Presented case on tumor test results and interpretation in view of germline implications., Responsible for participating in journal clubs and tumor board meetings., Presented results of uncertain variants in comparison with personal and family medical history.

• April 2021 - May 2021, Bronxville, NY, Trained in pretest contracting, pedigree intake, patient education, and testing recommendations in Prenatal, Pediatric and cancer area., Trained in explaining positive, negative, and unknown variants as part of consenting process., Trained in understanding person's emotional state and help fulfil their goals.
• September 2020 - November 2020, New Jersey, NJ, Enhanced social interaction in an integrated setting including disabled members and the staff., Responsible for working with people with physical, developmental, and mental disabilities to help them make self-directed decisions and actions., Engaged people with disabilities in life-skills to help them make self-reliant and lead meaningful, integrated, and independent lives in the community.
• November 2020, Met the child with Down syndrome and engaged in his daily routine and activities, Responsible for having in-depth conversations with parents regarding their life around their child, their daily routine and their advocacy work for Down syndrome.

• November 2019 - December 2020, Hyderabad, Telangana, Participated in supervised pretest counselling, testing recommendations and observed post-test counselling sessions., Responsible for preparing mock reports and learning molecular genetics techniques.
• October 2018 - December 2018, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Involved in supervised counselling of patients for hereditary cancer syndromes., Responsible for understanding and addressing psychosocial elements of patients.
• February 2018 - September 2018, Rajkot, Gujarat, Assisted doctors during out patient department hours., Responsible for working closely with disabled/ mentally challenged children/women.

 I hold a subject knowledge in Psychology, it has certainly helped me become better at problem solving scenarios. Hence it is aligned in the field of Marketing as well, which is my current pursuit.