Elena Greenfeld (Kolomietz)

Dr. Greenfeld (Kolomietz) is the Director of the Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory and Co-Head of the Division of Diagnostic Medical Genetics in Mount Sinai Hospital's Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine.

Dr. Greenfeld's area of expertise is in the clinical utility of genomic technologies in reproductive medicine, including prenatal and perinatal diagnosis.

Her research areas of interest include early prenatal diagnosis using fetal cells and the etiology of reproductive failure.

Research Synopsis

The major focus of my research is the development and application of genomic technologies to the understanding of the causes of reproductive failure.

Identification and characterization of copy number variation in infertile patients, prenatal and perinatal samples provide insight into the mechanisms that cause infertility and abnormal embryonic and fetal development.

My research area of interest also includes early prenatal diagnosis using fetal cells.

Selected Publications

Morgen EK, Maire G, Kolomietz E. A clinical algorithm for efficient high-resolution cytogenomic analysis of uncultured perinatal tissue samples. European Journal of Medical Genetics. 2012 Aug-Sep; 55(8-9):446-54. Impact Factor 2.178.

Appointments

Director, Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital

Co-Head, Division of Diagnostic Medical Genetics, Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital

Associate Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology

Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Toronto

Senior Clinical Scientist, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System

Honours and Awards

Governor-General Fellowship Award, Leukemia Research Fund of Canada (2001)

Leukemia Research Fund of Canada (2001)