Briana L. Sawyer
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Briana L. Sawyer, MS, CGC

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Eccles Primary Children's Outpatient Services

Salt Lake City
801-213-3599
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  • Briana L. Sawyer, MS LCGC is a Licensed Genetic Counselor with the Heart Center Genetics clinic who provides genetic counseling for patients with congenital heart defects, arrhythmias and cardiomyopathies.

    Briana earned her Master’s degree in Genetic Counseling from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City in 2011. She has been a genetic counselor with the University of Utah since 2011. In addition to clinical patient care she also teaches and supervises students for the University of Utah Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling where she is a guest lecturer in several courses. She also provides clinical supervision to genetic counseling students thereby providing mentorship to many developing students.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Genetic Counseling

  • Briana L. Sawyer, MS LCGC is a Licensed Genetic Counselor with the Heart Center Genetics clinic who provides genetic counseling for patients with congenital heart defects, arrhythmias and cardiomyopathies.

    Briana earned her Master’s degree in Genetic Counseling from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City in 2011. She has been a genetic counselor with the University of Utah since 2011. In addition to clinical patient care she also teaches and supervises students for the University of Utah Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling where she is a guest lecturer in several courses. She also provides clinical supervision to genetic counseling students thereby providing mentorship to many developing students.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Assistant Professor (Clinical)
    Academic Divisions Cardiology
    Board Certification
    American Board of Genetic Counseling

    Education history

    Graduate Training Genetic Counseling - University of Utah M.S.
    Undergraduate Genetics - University of California, Davis B.S.
    Undergraduate Psychology - University of California, Davis B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Gakenheimer-Smith L, Meyers L, Lundahl D, Menon SC, Bunch TJ, Sawyer BL, Tristani-Firouzi M, Etheridge SP (2021). Expanding the phenotype of CACNA1C mutation disorders. Mol Genet Genomic Med, 9(6), e1673. (Read full article)
    2. Sawyer BL, Tristani-Firouzi M, Wells LE, Vatta M, Etheridge SP (2020). Maternal mosaicism in long QT syndrome due to a pathogenic variant in KCNH2. HeartRhythm Case Rep, 7(2), 74-78. (Read full article)
    3. Schnbach EM, Strauss RW, Ibrahim MA, Janes JL, Birch DG, Cideciyan AV, Sunness JS, Muoz B, Ip MS, Sadda SR, Scholl HPN, ProgStar Study Group (2020). Faster Sensitivity Loss around Dense Scotomas than for Overall Macular Sensitivity in Stargardt Disease: ProgStar Report No. 14. Am J Ophthalmol, 216, 219-225. (Read full article)
    4. Schnbach EM, Strauss RW, Kong X, Muoz B, Ibrahim MA, Sunness JS, Birch DG, Hahn GA, Nasser F, Zrenner E, Sadda SR, West SK, Scholl HPN, ProgStar Study Group (2018). Longitudinal Changes of Fixation Location and Stability Within 12 Months in Stargardt Disease: ProgStar Report No. 12. Am J Ophthalmol, 193, 54-61. (Read full article)
    5. Kong X, Strauss RW, Michaelides M, Cideciyan AV, Sahel JA, Muoz B, West S, Scholl HP, ProgStar Study Group (2016). Visual Acuity Loss and Associated Risk Factors in the Retrospective Progression of Stargardt Disease Study (ProgStar Report No. 2). Ophthalmology, 123(9), 1887-97. (Read full article)
    6. Xu M, Gelowani V, Eblimit A, Wang F, Young MP, Sawyer BL, Zhao L, Jenkins G, Creel DJ, Wang K, Ge Z, Wang H, Li Y, Hartnett ME, Chen R (2015). ATF6 Is Mutated in Early Onset Photoreceptor Degeneration With Macular Involvement. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 56(6), 3889-95. (Read full article)
    7. Young MP, Sawyer BL, Hartnett ME (2013). Ophthalmologic findings in an 18-month-old boy with focal dermal hypoplasia. J AAPOS, 18(2), 205-7. (Read full article)