Brisbane genetic counselling and Telehealth
Our experienced healthcare professionals provide expert, up-to-date genetic information in clear, easy-to-understand language. We are committed to helping individuals and families understand their options and make informed decisions about their healthcare.
Our expertise spans all stages of life, including preconception carrier screening, prenatal screening and testing, paediatric and adult clinical genetics, and hereditary cancer risk assessment.
All consultations are provided by telehealth, giving people throughout Australia convenient access to specialist genetic counselling wherever they live. This flexible approach can make appointments easier to manage alongside work, family responsibilities, fertility treatment and other healthcare commitments.
our Consultants
Our team of professionals
Dr Di Milnes
Clinical Geneticist
BMBS (Hons) DCH GradCertBEth FRACP
Dr Di Milnes is a paediatrician, clinical geneticist and a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) and the Human Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA). She also holds a Staff Specialist position with Queensland Health, providing statewide clinical genetics services through the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Queensland Children’s Hospital and regional hospitals across Queensland.
Dr Milnes has experience across all areas of clinical genetics, including preconception carrier screening, prenatal genetics, paediatric and adolescent genetics, adult genetic conditions and cancer genetics. She is a regular presenter at national and international scientific meetings and holds a qualification in bioethics from the University of Sydney.
She is committed to providing ethical, patient-centred care and ensuring that complex genetic information is communicated clearly and compassionately. Through telehealth consultations, Dr Milnes provides people throughout Australia with convenient access to specialist genetic advice.
Simon Troth
Senior Genetic Counsellor
Simon holds a Fellowship with the Human Genetics Society of Australasia as a Board-Certified Genetic Counsellor. Simon brings to Genes Australia his knowledge and experience working in the public system in metro and regional centres where he has been providing Genetic Counselling and Genetics Education in prenatal, cancer and general genetics since 2012. Simon has a Bachelor of Science majoring in human genetics from the University of Queensland, and a Graduate Diploma in Genetic Counselling from Charles Sturt University. He is the current Executive Chair of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA) and Clinical Oncology Society of Australia’s (COSA) Cancer Genetics Group. In addition to Simon’s clinical work, he is actively involved in both the HGSA and COSA as a Council member. He is on several committees within the HGSA and the Australasian Society of Genetic Counsellors (ASGC) and contributes to research activities. Simon’s background is in the disability services, mental health and child and family services sector.
Dr Kate Wilson
Clinical Geneticist
MBBS FRACP
Dr Kate Wilson is a clinical geneticist who has specialised in both genetics and metabolic medicine. She is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and trained in Sydney, London and Oxford before returning home to Queensland. Dr Wilson is experienced in all aspects of clinical genetics including preconception carrier screening, pregnancy, paediatric and adult-onset disorders, cancer and ophthalmic genetics, and she particularly enjoys helping families with inborn errors of metabolism. Dr Wilson recently completed research on orofacial clefting with her colleagues in Oxford and she is currently studying a Masters in Bioethics at the University of Sydney. Dr Wilson is passionate about advocating for patients with rare disease and their families and is committed to providing genetic education for patients and their health care providers. She is excited to join the team at Genes Australia and is proud to provide a telehealth genetics service that can help all people across Australia.
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What we do best
reproductive genetics
clinical genetics
familial cancer genes
