Joy Larsen Haidle, MS, CGC, is a genetic counselor at the North Memorial Health Cancer Center in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. She is a board-certified genetic counselor with more than 23 years of experience in counseling hereditary cancer genetics. She is also a policy and peer review consultant for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota and an expert resource for other Minnesota payers.
Haidle is a clinical preceptor in the Genetic, Cell Biology, and Development Department at the University of Minnesota. She has authored several practice guidelines and published articles on topics such as Lynch syndrome and juvenile polyposis. She has a special interest in public policy, appropriate utilization of genetic tests, and identifying individuals/families at increased cancer risk that might benefit from heightened surveillance or risk reduction.
Haidle received a master’s degree in human genetics from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, and a bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry from Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, Iowa.