Synapticure Physician - Krista Savage
Krista Savage
Genetic Counselor
4.9
Krista is a genetic counselor with 10 years of experience in neurogenetics, working with conditions like ALS, dementia, and Parkinson’s disease. Based in Salt Lake City, she enjoys hiking, skiing, and exploring national parks.
Credentials
Residency
Fellowship
Education
- University of Cincinnati (Genetic Counseling Graduate Program)
- Marquette University (Undergraduate)
Affiliations
- National Society of Genetic Counselors
- Association for Utah Genetic Counselors
About the Expert
Biography
Krista is a genetic counselor with ten years of clinical experience in neurogenetics. She has worked with many individuals and families with ALS, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurodegenerative conditions. Her experience includes working as a clinical and research genetic counselor in an academic medical center and providing telehealth genetic counseling services across multiple platforms. She received her M.S. degree in Genetic Counseling from the University of Cincinnati in 2014.
Krista grew up in Wisconsin and enjoys spending time with animals and in the outdoors. She currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah and enjoys hiking, skiing, and visiting national parks.
Publications
- Youmans and Winn Neurological Surgery E-Book: 4-Volume Set, HR Winn, Elsevier Health Sciences
- 5p deletions: Current knowledge and future directions, Joanne M Nguyen, Krista J Qualmann, Rebecca Okashah, Amysue Reilly, Mikhail F Alexeyev, Dennis J Campbell
- Familial syndromes involving meningiomas provide mechanistic insight into sporadic disease, K Kerr, K Qualmann, Y Esquenazi, J Hagan, DH Kim
- THSD1 (Thrombospondin Type 1 Domain Containing Protein 1) Mutation in the Pathogenesis of Intracranial Aneurysm and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Teresa Santiago-Sim, Xiaoqian Fang, Morgan L Hennessy, Stephen V Nalbach, Steven R DePalma, Ming Sum Lee, Steven C Greenway, Barbara McDonough, Georgene W Hergenroeder, Kyla J Patek, Sarah M Colosimo, Krista J Qualmann, John P Hagan, Dianna M Milewicz, Calum A MacRae, Susan M Dymecki, Christine E Seidman, JG Seidman, Dong H Kim
- Family history of cluster headache: a systematic review, MW Waung, A Taylor, KJ Qualmann, MJ Burish
- Behavioral assessment of acute inhibition of system xc- in rats, Victoria Lutgen, Jon Resch, Krista Qualmann, Nicholas J Raddatz, Cristina Panhans, Ellen M Olander, Linghai Kong, SuJean Choi, John R Mantsch, David A Baker
- Synthesis of chiral GABAA receptor subtype selective ligands as potential agents to treat schizophrenia as well as depression, Guanguan Li, Michael R Stephen, Revathi Kodali, Nicolas M Zahn, Michael M Poe, VVN Phani Babu Tiruveedhula, Alec T Huber, Melissa K Schussman, Krista Qualmann, Cristina M Panhans, Nicholas J Raddatz, David A Baker, Thomas D Prevot, Mounira Banasr, Etienne Sibille, Leggy A Arnold, James M Cook
- Pediatric epilepsy surgery: the prognostic value of central nervous system comorbidities in patients and their families, Krista J Qualmann, Christine G Spaeth, Melanie F Myers, Paul S Horn, Katherine Holland, Francesco T Mangano, Hansel M Greiner
- Reduction in phencyclidine induced sensorimotor gating deficits in the rat following increased system xc− activity in the medial prefrontal cortex, V Lutgen, K Qualmann, J Resch, L Kong, SJ Choi, DA Baker
- Lynch Syndrome With Germline MSH2 Mutation in a Patient With Primary Anaplastic Glioneuronal Tumor, S Azam, LY Ballester, SH Ramkissoon, S Hsu, JJ Zhu, KJ Qualmann
- Genetic counselor approaches to BRCA1/2 direct‐to‐consumer genetic testing results, S Burke, M Mork, K Qualmann, A Woodson, M Jin Ha, B Arun, M Kaulfus
- Germline and somatic mutations in the pathology of pineal cyst: A whole‐exome sequencing study of 93 individuals, Yuanqing Yan, Rebecca Martinez, Maria N Rasheed, Joshua Cahal, Zhen Xu, Yanning Rui, Krista J Qualmann, John P Hagan, Dong H Kim
- Investigating Medical Examiners' Practices: Genetic Evaluation for Fatal Acute Aortic Dissection, B Power
- GENE-04. CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH A PRIMARY BRAIN TUMOR UNDERGOING HEREDITARY CANCER MULTI-GENE PANEL TESTING, Sarah Azam, Krista Qualmann, Syed Hashmi, Aarti Ramdaney, David Rodriguez-Buritica, Leslie Dunnington, Michelle Jackson
- 頭蓋内動脈瘤およびくも膜下出血の病態形成における THSD1 (Thrombospondin Type 1 Domain Containing Protein 1) の変異, Teresa Santiago-Sim, Xiaoqian Fang, Morgan L Hennessy, Stephen V Nalbach, Steven R DePalma, Ming Sum Lee, Steven C Greenway, Barbara McDonough, Georgene W Hergenroeder, Kyla J Patek, Sarah M Colosimo, Krista J Qualmann, John P Hagan, Dianna M Milewicz, Calum A MacRae, Susan M Dymecki, Christine E Seidman, JG Seidman, Dong H Kim
- NGTS-04SUGGESTION OF TP53 GERMLINE GENETIC TESTING BASED ON RESULTS FROM NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING OF TUMOR SPECIMEN: A CASE REPORT, KJ Qualmann, DH Kim, S Papasozomenos, JJ Zhu
- NGTS-03CHARACTERIZATION OF PRIMARY GLIOMAS IN INDIVIDUALS WITH LI-FRAUMENI SYNDROME: A CASE SERIES, Krista J Qualmann, Nitin Tandon, Dong H Kim, Scott R Shepard, Meenakshi Bhattacharjee, Sozos Papasozomenos, Angel I Blanco, Jay-Jiguang Zhu
- Examining the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Population: The Prognostic Value of Central Nervous System Comorbidities in Probands and their Families, KJ Qualmann
Affiliations
- National Society of Genetic Counselors
- Association for Utah Genetic Counselors
states licensed in
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
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- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
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- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- Washington DC
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Reviews
4.9
Overall Experience
- Very informative and friendly.
- Mostly satisfied with the explanation but the level of discussion could be a bit more scientific in my case
- Very informative. Answered all my questions.