The Cancer Risk and Prevention Clinic team includes physicians from multiple specialties as well as board-certified genetic counselors and highly skilled nurses.
Meet Our Cancer Risk & Prevention Physicians

Hematology and Oncology (Cancer)

Hematology and Oncology (Cancer)

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology (Pediatric Cancer)

Hematology and Oncology (Cancer)

Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology

Interventional Endoscopy

Gynecologic Oncology (Gynecologic Cancer)

Gynecologic Oncology (Gynecologic Cancer)

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN)

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN)

Gynecologic Oncology (Gynecologic Cancer)
Meet Our Genetic Counselors and Nurses

Elizabeth Andretich, RN, BSN, is a genetics nurse at University of Chicago Medicine. She completed the Intensive Course in Genomic Cancer Risk Assessment at City of Hope in 2018. She has been working with Dr. Andrea Amico in cancer risk genetics since 2018. Elizabeth earned her bachelor's degree in health science from Purdue University and her bachelor's degree in nursing from Lewis University.
Christine Drogan, MS, LGCG, is a board-certified Genetic Counselor in the Section of Gastroenterology at the University of Chicago and is licensed to practice in the state of Illinois. She graduated from the genetic counseling master’s program at the University of Pittsburgh in 2020, during which she completed a thesis project evaluating the use of educational video for pancreatic patients undergoing genetic testing. Since graduation, Christine has worked with Dr. Sonia Kupfer to evaluate and manage patients with hereditary gastrointestinal cancer predisposition syndromes. Her professional and research interests include genetic counseling of families at high risk of pancreatic cancer, and expanding access of genetic services to underserved populations on the South Side of Chicago. Christine is a member of the National Society of Genetic Counselors and the International Collaboration of the Americas on Inherited Gastrointestinal Cancers (CGA-IGC), of which she serves on the communications and membership committee.

Feighanne Hathaway, MS, CGC, is a licensed and board-certified genetic counselor in the Section of Hematology/Oncology at the University of Chicago Medicine. Hathaway received her bachelor of science in liberal arts and sciences from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana and a master of science in genetics from Sarah Lawrence College. Prior to joining the University of Chicago, Hathaway established genetic counseling services at the NYU Clinical Cancer Center when it opened. She was a part of the National Ovarian Cancer Early Detection Program and co-started a support group for young women with BRCA mutations at NYU. Her research interests include genetic susceptibility to breast, ovarian and prostate cancers, as well as other rare cancers. Additionally, she is interested in making genetic services available to underrepresented or underserved populations as well as training more professionals in genetics to meet the growing demands of genetic testing. She is a member of the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) and the Genetic Task Force of Illinois and currently serves as the co-chair for the Cancer SIG Communications Division at NSGC.

Perpich currently provides genetic counseling and cancer risk assessment to families with inherited cancer predisposition. In this role she also counsels pediatric, adolescent and young adult (AYA) and adult patients with solid tumor and hematologic malignancies and the young survivorship population. Prior to her current position, Perpich developed the Cancer Risk Evaluation Program at Creticos Cancer Center at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. Previously, she worked at the UChicago Medicine for ten years in the adult Cancer Risk Program, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center for ten years as a prenatal and preimplantation genetic counselor, and at the University of Illinois, Chicago as a pediatric and prenatal genetic counselor.
Perpich has been a supervisor and mentor for graduate students from the Northwestern University Genetic Counseling Program since 2000, has been an active member of the Illinois Society of Genetics Professionals (ISGP) and the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC), and has been a speaker and educational content editor for Bright Pink. She is a member of the PTEN expert panel variant curation team through ClinGen and co-chair for the pediatric subcommittee of the NSGC Cancer Special Interest Group (2022-2023). Perpich has written and co-authored articles on a broad range of topics including cancer genetics, preimplantation and prenatal genetics.
Cancer Risk & Prevention Clinic Locations
Request an Appointment
You can also make an appointment with our providers by:
– Scheduling a virtual video visit to see a provider from the comfort of your home
– Newly diagnosed patients can schedule a 15-minute introductory Express Expert Cancer Opinion virtual session at no cost
– Requesting an online second opinion from our specialists
To speak to someone directly, please call 1-855-702-8222. If you have symptoms of an urgent nature, please call your doctor or go to the emergency room immediately.
For Referring Physicians
To refer a patient to the Cancer Risk & Prevention Clinic, please call UCM Physician Connect at 1-855-702-8222.
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