Kathy Morris

MSSW, LCGC

Kathy has a long history as a genetic counselor. She received her Genetic Counseling degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1981 and has spent much of her career in academic medicine. She is board certified and licensed in New Mexico, one of the first states to confer Genetic Counseling licensure. Though her primary interest has always been in prenatal diagnosis and counseling, Kathy has also worked in pediatric genetics, including in specialty clinics serving patients with Neurofibromatosis and hemophilias. She has a strong interest in coordination of care for patients with fetal anomalies, whose medical and psycho-social needs are so complex. A brief career detour allowed Kathy to practice home-based social work, intervention for families with documented child abuse or neglect, an eye-opening experience, and one that contributed much to her counseling skills.

Kathy was a faculty member in Pediatrics at St. Louis University and in OB/GYN at the University of New Mexico where she enjoyed teaching medical students, residents and fellows.  She has mentored numerous genetic counseling graduate students and is still involved in UNM Maternal Fetal Medicine fellow education. Kathy has served as a board member of the National Society of Genetic Counselors, and won “Volunteer of the Year” award for the NSGC Prenatal Special Interest Group in 2016. She has facilitated workshops at the NSGC Annual Education Conference, and she was principal investigator for a multicenter collaborative research project, the results of which she presented at the NSGC Annual Education Conference in 2017.  

When not seeing patients at the Piñon Perinatal home office or Lovelace Women’s Hospital, Kathy enjoys cycling, singing and playing percussion for a local community band. She lives in Albuquerque with her family.  

Education