Amanda L. Bergner, LCGC, MS

Amanda Bergner is a Professor Genetic Counseling at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, the founding Director for the Columbia University Program in Genetic Counseling, and a genetic counselor in the Department of Neurology. She earned her genetic counseling degree from the University of California Berkeley and has several decades of experience in education, research, and clinical care. Ms. Bergner’s clinical work is focused in neurogenetics, she has developed and worked with several multidisciplinary clinics for a variety of neurological and rare disease indications including epilepsy, neurofibromatosis, neuromuscular disorders, ataxia, Huntington disease and ALS. She is now the genetic counselor for both the Columbia University HDSA Center of Excellence and the Columbia University NF Clinic. She has extensive experience in genetic/genomic research and has primarily focused on improving care for people and families with neurogenetic disorders, as well as working to increase access to genetic counseling and genetic testing.