Medical Geneticist
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
University of Ottawa
Dr. Richer is a medical geneticist at CHEO and an associate professor at the University of Ottawa. Her clinical practice primarily consists of the care of patients with underlying connective tissue disorders such as familial thoracic aneurysms, and cardiogenetic disorders.
Dr. Richer's recent projects include spearheading the establishment of Virtual Trans-Canada Aortopathy Rounds – a virtual educational session for geneticists, genetic counsellors, cardiologists, vascular surgeons, with participants from coast to coast. In May 2023, Dr. Richer became the lead for the Cardiogenetics Expert Group for the Provincial Genetic Progam at Ontario Health.
She is a member of the international ClinGen HTAD expert panel, and has previously served on a number of committees, including on the CMA Ethics Committee, as the vice-chair of the specialty committee for Medical Genetics for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and as chair for the Ethics, Education and Public Policy committee of the Canadian College of Medical Geneticists.
Dr. Richer completed medical school at L'Université de Montreal, FRCPC in medical genetics at the University of Manitoba and a fellowship in medical ethics at Harvard University.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Sunday, October 27, 2024
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT