Cheryl Shuman, M.S.

EDUCATION:

M.S.:  Sarah Lawrence College
B.Sc.:  University of Toronto

BIOSKETCH:

Cheryl Shuman, MS, CGC, received a Master of Science degree in Genetic Counselling from Sarah Lawrence College in 1979, following which she worked in the Genetics-Birth Defects Center at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.  In 1981, Cheryl joined the Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids).  She was certified in Genetic Counselling by the American Board of Medical Genetics in 1982 and became a Charter Member of the American Board of Genetic Counseling in 1993.  She was the Program Director of the MSc Program in Genetic Counselling at the University of Toronto from 1998 to 2020 and was appointed Director, Genetic Counselling at SickKids in 1999.