KGI Week 1

Elisabeth King, RN, FNP, AOCNP, AGN is a nurse practitioner and the senior manager of Genomic Cancer Risk Counseling in the Division of Clinical Cancer Genomics at City of Hope. Ms. King joined City of Hope in 2018 from Texas Oncology, where she helped lead and support the Advanced Practice Provider and Genetics programs throughout the state. She is a family nurse practitioner and also holds advanced nursing certifications in oncology and genetics. She received her bachelor’s degree in biology with a focus on genetics and biotechnology from University of Texas at Austin. She earned her master’s degree in nursing at Frontier Nursing University. King is an alumnus and clinical faculty member of the City of Hope Intensive Course in Cancer Risk Assessment.

RACHELLE MANOOKIAN, MS, CGC is a licensed and board-certified cancer genetic counselor specializing in pediatric oncology at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). She was previously with the Division of Clinical Cancer Genomics at City of Hope, and before that, a general genetic counselor at the VA Medical Center serving six VA hospitals via telehealth. She has a special interest in genitourinary cancers. She brings her growing expertise in medical education to her role as an adjunct faculty member for the Keck Graduate Institute Genetic Counseling and Genomic Data Analytics master’s programs. She serves as a faculty mentor, graduate capstone supervisor, and rotation supervisor for current genetic counseling students. She is actively engaged in the Fanconi anemia community and has been a volunteer at Camp Sunshine Fanconi Anemia week since 2016, and she is a two-time nominee of the Heart of Genetic Counseling Award from the National Society of Genetic Counselors