Wellspring Genetics - Genetic Counselling and Testing Brisbane

What do we offer?

Prenatal or Pre-Pregnancy Appointment

For couples and single patients interested in gene testing to decrease their chance of having a child with a serious health problem.

For couples using either natural conception or IVF to have a child.

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Well Adult Appointment

For healthy adults interested in a gene test that may predict a future health problem.

Tests look for genes that can predispose to cancer, cardiovascular diseases and others

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Genetic Testing

Certified, world-leading laboratories

Wellspring Genetics uses leading Australian and international laboratories including Color, Invitae, QML via Genomic Diagnostics, Sullivan Nicolaides via Sonic Genetics, and VCGS Pathology.

All are certified by the relevant quality assurance authorities for medical testing.

Affordable

The cost of gene testing varies from about $350 to $995 depending on the test required. The most common test costs about $400.

This cost is paid to the pathology laboratory, not Wellspring Genetics.

Rapid Access

Wellspring Genetics will aim to see any patients within two weeks. A patient in the public hospital system may have to wait up to 12 months.

Any patient with medical issues that need to be discussed can also be offered a fast track appointment to see Dr Michael Gattas at Brisbane Genetics.

Our Team

Dr Michael Gattas MBBS (Hons) FRACP

Dr Gattas is a Physician or Medical Specialist who has completed sub-specialty training in Clinical Genetics.

Dr Gattas graduated with honours from Sydney University Medical School in 1986. He moved to Brisbane in 1988 to complete his training in Paediatrics at the Mater Children’s Hospital. He then moved to Melbourne with his young family and started training in Clinical Genetics as a Fellow at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. The next 3 years were spent in Birmingham in England working in the West Midlands Clinical Genetics Service. He has always worked in clinical practice, and not in research or laboratory genetics practice.

Dr Gattas returned to Brisbane in 1996 and has worked for over 20 years in public hospital practice at Genetic Health Qld. He started his private practice at Brisbane Genetics in 2004. He has a broad experience in all aspects of genetics, including cancer genetics, chromosome abnormalities, paediatric genetics, IVF and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). He was an author of one of the earliest papers on the use of video-consultation for clinical genetics practice in 2001.