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Nicola Cadenas

Nicola Cadenas

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Genetic counselor
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Nicola Cadenas is a genetic counselor working with families who have hereditary cancers or who may be at risk for them. She has a special interest in hereditary endocrine cancer syndromes.

In addition to counseling patients at UCSF, Cadenas teaches cancer genetics to genetic counseling students at California State University, Stanislaus.

Cadenas earned her master's degree in genetic counseling from the University of California, Berkeley.

  • Board Certifications

    American Board of Genetic Counseling, Certified Genetic Counselor, 2002

  • Degree

    University of California, Berkeley, 2002

  • Languages

    English

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