Adele Schneider, MD
Director Clinical Genetics
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Adele Schneider, MD, and the Genetics Team, provide a wide range of genetic services, including evaluations of infants, children
and adults suspected of having developmental or physical problems with a genetic cause. The Team specializes in Ashkenazi
Jewish genetic diseases, providing genetic counseling and carrier screening for at-risk individuals. Dr. Schneider is internationally
renowned for her research on anophthalmia and microphthalmia – birth defects in which children are born without eyes or with
very small eyes – and for establishing an international registry, gene-screening program, and support group for this disease.
To schedule an appointment with this doctor, or to search for another Einstein physician, visit our Physician Finder or call 1-800-EINSTEIN.
Genetic Counselors
Rosanne B. Keep, MS
Certified Genetic Counselor
Coordinator, Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Disease Screening Program
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Rosanne Keep, MS, CGC, provides pediatric genetic counseling services to children and families with developmental delay, learning
difficulties, and/or physical differences with a suspected genetic origin. She coordinates the breast/ovarian cancer genetics
program, and provides prenatal and preconception genetic counseling services.
Ms. Keep also serves as the Coordinator of the Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Disease Screening Program, where she organizes and
implements educational outreach efforts targeted to both the Jewish Community and medical professionals. She provides genetic
counseling and facilitates carrier screenings for Jewish individuals and couples.
Darnelle L. Dorsainville, MS
Genetic Counselor
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Coordinator, Newborn Screen Follow-Up Program
Darnelle Dorsainville, MS, provides prenatal and preconception genetic counseling services to individuals and couples concerned
about potential risks to their unborn child. She performs genetic risk assessment and counseling for personal and/or family
histories of breast and ovarian cancer, and provides pediatric genetic counseling services.
Ms. Dorsainville also coordinates the Newborn Screening Follow-Up Program, with a specialty in G-6-PD positive screens.
Tanya M. Bardakjian, MS
Certified Genetic Counselor
Coordinator, Anophthalmia/Microphthalmia Research Program
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Tanya Bardakjian, MS, CGC, coordinates an international DNA and Clinical Research Program for anophthalmia and microphthalmia,
two rare eye disorders. She has presented numerous abstracts and posters on these conditions at educational conferences.
Ms. Bardakjian has over five years of experience as a genetic counselor. She has provided genetic risk assessment and counseling
to numerous families for a wide range of indications, including prenatal and preconception concerns, pediatric evaluations,
and breast/ovarian cancer histories.
Johannah Lebow
Outreach Coordinator
Kaiserman Jewish Genetic Disease Screening Program at the Victor Center for Jewish Genetic Diseases
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Johannah Lebow is the liaison between Einstein’s Victor Center for Jewish Genetic Diseases and the community. She works closely
with Rabbis, physicians, college campuses, schools and various Jewish community groups, to raise awareness of the importance
of carrier screening in the Ashkenazi Jewish population. Ms. Lebow is available to visit locations in the Philadelphia area
to provide educational programs on this subject. The Kaiserman Jewish Genetic Disease Screening Program offers free screening
to newlyweds and students.
