Clinical Genetics Residencies

For over two decades, the HMS Genetics Training Program has prepared physicians to serve in academic positions worldwide. Our residents train in clinical genetics, cancer genetics, prenatal genetics, biochemical genetics, molecular genetics, cytogenetics, quantitative genetics, bioinformatics, and dysmorphology. The program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Residents work in inpatient and outpatient settings at our affiliated hospitals: Boston Children’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. The successful completion of the HMS Genetics Training Program prepares trainees for board certification by The American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG).

In addition to the categorical genetics residency, we also offer combined programs in pediatric genetics, maternal fetal medicine, genetics and internal medicine genetics. Genetics and genomics are currently the major drivers of medical research, and promise to lead to advances in diagnosis and treatment of both rare and common disorders. Implementation of the many advances in genetics requires a well-educated and talented workforce of genetics professionals. As part of any of the clinical genetics residency programs, trainees will have a dedicated research component on our T32 NIH Training Grant. The NIH Training Grant in Genetics enables postdoctoral research training in medical genetics in the Harvard Medical School (HMS) Genetics Training Program (HMSGTP) to prepare the future academic leaders of this discipline.