STEFANIE DUGAN, MS, CGC, LGC

Stefanie is a genetic counselor who has worked with patients and families with severe bleeding disorders at the Comprehensive Center for Bleeding Disorders in Milwaukee for over 25 years, promoting understanding of the genetics and inheritance underlying medical conditions not only to address familial implications, but also to improve patient outcomes and support informed, shared decision-making in the high stakes era of gene therapy. Stefanie's deep dive into von Willebrand disease came with a role in the Diagnostic Laboratory at Versiti (BloodCenter of Wisconsin), leading a team providing clinical support around genetic testing services for hemophilia, VWD, and rare non-malignant hematologic disorders, focusing on laboratory stewardship, clinical correlation, and interpretation and reporting of results. Stefanie is a member of the ClinGen Variant Curation Expert Panels for platelet disorders and for von Willebrand disease, and serves on boards and committees focused on severe von Willebrand disease and international rare disease.

She recently accepted a newly created role at Medical College of Wisconsin as Associate Director of the Rare Disease Treatment Center at Children’s Wisconsin,  working to build a multidisciplinary, cross-specialty program to improve access to genetic therapies and emerging treatments for children with rare genetic conditions.