The mission of Albert Einstein Healthcare Network's Victor Center for Jewish Genetic Diseases is to raise awareness of Jewish genetic diseases and to provide affordable genetic counseling and screening for healthy individuals at risk of being carriers of a gene mutation for at least one of these diseases.  This is accomplished through Jewish community education programs and college campus outreach. The goal of this program is prevention of these devastating genetic diseases, thus making the birth of a child a time of celebration and great joy.

The Victor Center for Jewish Genetic Diseases opened at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia in 2002.  The Center was founded  by Lois B. Victor, a mother who lost two daughters to Familial Dysautonomia.  Through the generosity of Lois Victor and other funders, the Victor Center has screened over 2,000 young adults since 2002.Two additional Victor Programs have opened, one at the Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center in Boston in 2005, and at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine in 2007.

For additional information, contact our Outreach Coordinator:
Victor Center for Jewish Genetic Diseases
Albert Einstein Medical Center
5501 Old York Rd.
Levy 2 West
Philadelphia, PA 19141
(215) 456-8722