Dr. Mary Kate LoPiccolo
Pediatrician
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Dr. Mary Kate LoPiccolo is a pediatrician and medical geneticist at Mount Sinai in New York City.
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Episode # 125 • 14 Jul 2026
Genetic Carrier Screening Explained: What Every OBGYN Should Know
How can OBGYNs navigate the complexities of modern prenatal carrier screening? In this episode of BackTable Women’s Health, host Dr. Nicole Faulkner interviews Dr. Mary Kate LoPiccolo, a pediatrician and medical geneticist at Mount Sinai, to break down the essentials of prenatal carrier screening in OBGYN practice. They discuss what carrier screening is, when to order it, and how to manage and interpret results in real-world clinical settings.
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About
Dr. Mary Kate (MK) LoPiccolo joined the Division of Medical Gentics and Genomics in August 2023. Her clinical interests include fatty acid oxidation disorders, lysosomal storage disorders, newborn screening, and bioethics.
She attended medical school at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and completed a combined Pediatrics/Medical Genetics residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. LoPiccolo completed a fellowship in Medical Biochemical Genetics at the University of Colorado/Children's Hospital of Colorado before returning to Mount Sinai as an Assistant Professor with the Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences.
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