Susan P. Pauker, M.D., FACMG, violin

Dr. Susan Pauker is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, Chief of Medical Genetics at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates (formerly Harvard Community Health Plan) since 1975. At Harvard Medical School she serves as Academy Scholar, Member of the Faculty Council, Associate Master of the Francis Weld Peabody Society, and member of the Division of Medical Ethics. At Massachusetts General Hospital, she directed the Genetics Clinic from 1981. A practicing Medical Geneticist, she consults at Brigham and Womens, Lahey, Boston Children’s and Beth Israel Deaconess Hospitals and lectures on Ethics and Medical Genetics nationally to prevent birth defects, cancer, and genetic disease.

Dr. Pauker trained in Pediatrics and in Medical Genetics at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is Board Certified in Pediatrics and in Medical Genetics and is a Founding Fellow and Trustee of the American College of Medical Genetics, and Fellow of the American Society of Human Genetics. She received the first Jonas Salk Memorial Award and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Award from the March of Dimes, the Outstanding Physician Award from Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, and the Exceptional Woman in Health Care Award from WMJX, Boston. She serves as editorial advisor in Genetics for the Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide, the Harvard Women’s Health Watch, and the Harvard Health Letter.

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