Susan D. Klugman

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Susan D. Klugman

Women's Health

Susan D. Klugman, MD

Reproductive Genetics
  • Director, Reproductive and Medical Genetics
  • Program Director, Medical Genetics and Genomics at Montefiore Einstein
  • Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health (Reproductive & Medical Genetics)
  • Professor, Department of Pediatrics
  • Director of Reproductive Genetics, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health

Areas of Expertise

  • Prenatal testing
  • The BRCA gene
  • Osteoporosis
  • Genetic causes for diseases
  • Genetic risk factors in ethnic populations
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Expert Summary

Dr. Klugman is a "medical detective" who works to identify the possible genetic risk factors for many inherited diseases. She encourages couples to consider genetic testing even before they get married so they can be as informed as possible when planning their families. Dr. Klugman’s clinical focus is on the evaluation of patients and families at risk for genetic disorders during pregnancy or preconception, including prenatal diagnosis and consultation for patients undergoing assisted reproductive technologies. She also provides evaluations for patients at risk for hereditary cancer syndromes. Dr. Klugman has appeared on ABC World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer and WABC-TV Ch. 7. She has also been profiled and quoted in numerous articles in the Westchester Journal News.