Ms. Plamondon received a Bachelors of Science in Honours Biology with a minor in Psychology from Bishops Univeristy in 2008.  She then earned a Master of Science in Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia in 2010, where I studied the genetic and epigenetic factors in a mouse model for multifactorial cleft lip. Finally, she received a Master of Science in Genetic Counseling from the University of Toronto in 2012. Ms. Plamondon joined University of Maryland's Center for Advanced Fetal Care as a practicing genetic counselor in 2013. 

I provide prenatal genetic counseling to patients with a variety of concerns including family history issues, abnormal screening results, abnormal ultrasound findings, advanced maternal age and medication use during pregnancy. I have an active role in the education and training of genetic counseling students, medical students, residents and maternal fetal medicine fellows. My special interests include embryology and the implementation of expanded carrier screening in clinical practice. 

Embryology, birth defects, counseling, carrier screening