biography
Penny Chow started with the UW Genetic Counseling Graduate Program in early 2021. For over 15 years, she has had the pleasure of working as a pediatric genetic counselor at Seattle Children's Hospital. While most of her clinical focus was in the Craniofacial Center and the 22q Clinic, in the past she has worked at the Seattle Children’s Hospital Biochemical Genetics Clinic, the Genetic Medicine Clinic and the Metabolic Bone Disease Clinic, and the State of Alaska Biochemical Genetics Clinic. Penny started the genetic counseling internship program at Seattle Children’s in 2009 and oversaw the program for over 10 years. She brings the expertise she has gained to her current role in the UW GCGP as the Director of Fieldwork Education. In addition to her love of pediatric genetic counseling, her other passions are training genetic counseling students and coordinating clinical rotations. Penny earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Seattle University and a master’s degree in genetic counseling from California State University, Northridge.
