Clinical Genetics Residency

1. The Harvard Medical School Genetics Training Program offers a two year residency. Trainees must complete two years of graduate medical education in an ACGME accredited program before beginning the genetics residency. If you are unsure whether your residency program is accredited by the ACGME, please contact the American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) at http://www.abmg.org.
   
   
2. Foreign medical graduates must obtain an ECFMG certificate before applying to the program. For more information about the ECFMG process please refer to their website http://www.ecfmg.org.
   
   
3. Completion of the training program is not sufficient to be eligible to sit for the ABMG examination in Clinical Genetics. The ABMG requires all trainees to possess a valid full medical license at the time of the examination. Please note that "full" medical licenses are different from "limited" medical licenses, which are issued for training purposes. A complete list of eligibility criteria is available on the ABMG website.
   
   
4. A major source of funding for trainees is through the NIH. Applicants who are not US citizens or do not have permanent residency status in the United States may be considered if they can provide adequate funding from an institution in their home country.
   

Clinical Laboratory Fellowships (includes Clinical Biochemical Genetics, Clinical Cytogenetics, Clinical Molecular Genetics, and Ph.D. Medical Genetics)

1. Trainees must identify a research mentor and source of funding before an application to biochemical genetics, clinical molecular genetics or clinical cytogenetics will be considered. There is no specific funding available for clinical laboratory fellows.
   
   
2. Trainees must be eligible to sit for the ABMG examination in the clinical laboratory specialty to which they are applying upon completion of the program. A complete list of eligibility criteria is available on the ABMG website at http://www.abmg.org/genetics/abmg/cert-2002/2k-cert-02.htm.
   
   
3. Trainees who have received doctoral degrees outside the US, Puerto Rico or Canada must comply with additional requirements, which are outlined at http://www.abmg.org/genetics/abmg/cert-2002/2k-cert-13.htm. Please note: Trainees who hold an M.D. or equivalent from a foreign country must have either a standard certificate from the ECFMG or have passed the Test of Spoken English (TSE).