Jill Fischer, M.S., C.G.C.

Ms. Fischer is the Director of the Genetic Counseling Graduate Program. She is a board certified genetic counselor with a successful career in clinical care and academia. Most notably, Ms. Fischer established, and continues to support, the role of the genetic counselor in assisted reproductive technologies (ART), specifically preimplantation genetic testing (PGT).  She received her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University.  In 1993, she earned her M.S. in Genetic Counseling from the University of South Carolina. 

Ms. Fischer is the former Director of the Long Island University Genetic Counseling Graduate Program. Until 2014, she was the Director of Clinical Genetic Services for Reprogenetics, LLC, a PGT laboratory (now CooperGenomics). She oversaw clinical aspects of care for PGT patients including counseling of patients, orientation and education of associated IVF groups, supervision of the genetic counseling and molecular testing teams, as well as overall organization of PGT cases. Other experience in ART includes being the genetic counselor for the Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Science at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in New Jersey and the Jones Institute for Women’s Health in Virginia. Ms. Fischer also has extensive experience in prenatal and pediatric genetics and is a Co-Founder of Recombine, a genetic testing company (purchased by CooperGenomics).

In 1996, Ms. Fischer founded and chaired the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Infertility Special Interest Group (SIG). She is a founding member and past Chair of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Genetic Counseling Professional Group. An international speaker, Ms. Fischer has chaired and presented numerous conference plenary talks, ASRM Post-Graduate Courses, NSGC Short Courses, NSGC Educational Breakout Sessions and American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics symposia. She also serves in various advisory roles including being a past member of the NSGC Board of Directors. Ms. Fischer is the President-Elect of the Human Genetics Association of New Jersey.