Past President

Katie Bisordi, MS, MGC, CGC

Katharine (Katie) Bisordi is a genetic counselor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Katie earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology with a double concentration in Pre-Medicine and Biology Psychology from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA in 2006. She earned a Master of Science in Medical and Molecular Genetics at the Indiana School of Medicine in Indianapolis, IN in 2011. After graduating, she worked as a Genetic Specialist in the research department at the Indiana Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, Inc. before moving to Baltimore, MD to pursue her career in genetic counseling. In 2014, she earned a Master in Genetic Counseling degree from the University of Maryland Baltimore, where she studied factors that influence parental decision to disclose carrier status to daughters in families with hemophilia. She is certified by the American Board of Genetic Counseling. After graduating, she joined the genetics team in the UMSOM Department of Pediatrics.

Katie’s clinical activities focus on adult oncology, pediatric hematology/oncology, general pediatric and adult genetics, and telegenetics. Research activities include working on various projects with diverse topics such as monogenic diabetes, human disease ontology, and telegenetics program expansion and training site development. Katie also remains active in the UMSOM Master’s in Genetic Counseling Program as a faculty member, instructor, student thesis committee member, and student supervisor. Outside of work, Katie enjoys working with the Muscular Dystrophy Association as a volunteer and advisory board member for both the MDA Baltimore Teen Group and MDA Maryland Summer Camp.

To Contact: kbisordi@som.umaryland.edu