Neurofibromatosis (NF) Care Team

Cynthia Campen, MD, is the Co-director of the NF Center.

David Stevenson, MD, is the Co-director of the NF Center.

Devon Bonner, MS, LCGC, is a genetic counselor in Medical Genetics and the Stanford University Center for Undiagnosed Diseases. She received her undergraduate degree from University of South Florida in 2011 and her master’s degree in genetic counseling from the Johns Hopkins University/National Human Genome Research Institute in 2017. She joined the Stanford University Center for Undiagnosed Diseases, clinical site of the Undiagnosed Disease Network, in 2017 and joined Medical Genetics in 2018.

Maia Borensztein, MS, LCGC, is a genetic counselor in Medical Genetics. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2016 and her master’s degree in genetic counseling from Stanford University in 2020. Her graduate research was on the critical components of informed consent for genetic testing. She joined Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in July 2020 and participates in the Medical Genetics clinic and coordinates the Down Syndrome Clinic.

Laurel Calderwood, MS, LCGC, is a genetic counselor in Medical Genetics and clinical assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics. She received her undergraduate degree from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2009 and her master’s degree in genetic counseling from Boston University in 2012. She started her career at Boston Children’s Hospital. She joined Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in 2016 and focuses her clinical work primarily in the Metabolic and Neurometabolic clinics.

Brooke Dunleavy, MS, LCGC,  is a genetic counselor in Medical Genetics. She received her undergraduate degree from California Polytechnic State University in 2015 and her master’s degree in genetic counseling from Ohio State University in 2018. She was a LEND fellow at the Ohio State University, where she completed coursework and research in neurodevelopmental disabilities. She joined Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in June 2018 and participates in the Medical Genetics clinic as well as the Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) multidisciplinary clinic. She serves as the clinic coordinator for the Differences of Sexual Development (DSD) multidisciplinary clinic.

Natalie Dykzeul, MS, LCGC, is a genetic counselor in Medical Genetics. She received her undergraduate degree from California State University Stanislaus in 2016 and her master’s degree in genetic counseling from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2018. She was a trainee in the Virginia Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (Va-LEND) program while in graduate school. She joined Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in 2018 and is currently working in both the Medical Genetics and the Biochemical Genetics clinics. She is also the dedicated genetic counselor in the multidisciplinary Cleft & Craniofacial and Craniosynostosis clinics.

Trish Farahzadi, MSN, CPHON, CPNP, is a Nurse Practitioner.

Ellyn Farrelly, MS, MA, LCGC, is the genetic counselor supervisor in Medical Genetics and a clinical assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics. She received her undergraduate degree from California State University, Sacramento in 1995 and her master’s degree in genetic counseling from Stanford University in 2010. She also has a master’s degree in Divinity and Ethics from University of Chicago. Before returning to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in 2015, Ellyn worked at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center providing genetics care across the life span, including prenatal, pediatric, and adult genetics. She has been the genetic counseling supervisor in Medical Genetics since 2018. She helps coordinate the RASopathy/Neurofibromatosis clinic in Medical Genetics.

Andrea Hanson-Kahn, MS, LCGC, is a genetic counselor in Medical Genetics. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1996 and her master’s degree in genetic counseling from the University of California, Irvine. She has been at Stanford since 2000 and has worked in the Medical Genetics, Genetic/Dermatology, Craniofacial Anomalies, and outreach clinics. She has been the associate director of the MS in Human Genetics and Genetic Counseling training program at Stanford since 2009.

Jenny Kim, MS, LCGC, is a genetic counselor in Medical Genetics. She received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 2017 and her master’s degree in genetic counseling from Northwestern University in 2020. She joined Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in 2020 and works in both the Medical Genetics and Biochemical Genetics clinics as the prenatal liaison.

Susan Schelley, MPH, LCGC, is a genetic counselor in Medical Genetics and clinical assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics. She received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University in 1979 and her master’s degree in genetic counseling from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1983. Over her 30 years at Stanford University, she has been very involved in teaching genetics, including lecturing for various medical student courses and supervising genetics residents, postdocs, and genetic counseling students.

Emma Smith, MS, LCGC, is a genetic counselor in Medical Genetics. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa in 2015 and her master’s degree in genetic counseling from the University of British Columbia in 2017. She joined Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in 2017 and provides genetic counseling in the Medical Genetics clinic, including serving patients in the general genetics clinic as well as subspecialty clinics, such as the RASopathies and vascular anomalies clinics.