Robin Fletcher, MS, CGC
Robin Fletcher, a native of Easley, S.C., graduated from Clemson University in 1989
with a Bachelor of Science in Textile Chemistry, and from the University of South
Carolina School of Medicine in 1991 with a Master of Science in Genetic Counseling.
After working as a genetic counselor in Atlanta, she served as a public health genetic
counselor for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services for 13 years.
In this role, she provided prenatal, preconception, and cancer genetic counseling
services to the residents of Western North Carolina, coordinated satellite clinics
in conjunction with Fullerton Genetics Center in Asheville, and presented educational
sessions to a variety of audiences. While attempting to adopt a child as a single
parent, she changed careers and became a high school biology teacher, working over
seven years in the Greenville and Pickens County School Districts.
In 2014, Fletcher joined the Greenwood Genetic Center as a laboratory genetic counselor
where she serves as a liaison between healthcare providers and the diagnostic lab.
Her current areas of focus are next-generation sequencing and EpiSign genome-wide
methylation analysis.
Fletcher is a certified genetic counselor (CGC) through the American Board of Genetic
Counseling, and is a member of the National Society of Genetic Counselors as well
as the South Carolina Genetic Counseling Society. She has coauthored several publications
related to EpiSign. Based on her personal diagnosis of mitochondrial disease and over
25 years of clinical and laboratory experience, she is passionate about helping patients
and families resolve their diagnostic odyssey.
She spent many years teaching children’s Sunday School, working with children’s and
youth choirs, and participating in a variety of church programs. Her interests include
music, movies, and reading, as well as discovering new china patterns and decorating
her house.