The purpose of this essay is to integrate genetic information in the Trosack case to ensure that the patients can deal with the genetic basis of the disease in their child. The appropriate members who can be included in an interdisciplinary team to gain more information on Trosack’s case include Dr. Zimmerly, Rita Trosack’s physician, Rita’s father, and Peter’s father. Dr. Zimmerly is suitable for the interdisciplinary team as he has the relevant knowledge and expertise to deal with advanced cases of maternity. He is also well informed on Rita Trosack’s case as he organized for her chorionic villus sampling (CVS) test which would determine whether the baby has a genetic disorder. Dr. Zimmerly is also a suitable candidate for the interdisciplinary committee as he has prescribed prenatal vitamins for Rita which she is taking to manage her pregnancy until her due date. The physician has also provided Rita and Peter with nutritional information and exercise which she can do during her pregnancy. He has also informed a couple of the basic warning signs that might signal any health problems to both of them. Rita’s father will be a suitable candidate for the study because his parents had two sons one of whom died at an early age of unknown causes. Rita’s father will be able to provide important historical information based on what his parents told him of his brother’s death. The circumstances surrounding the death will be important in determining whether the boy died of genetic circumstances or other causes. Peter’s father will also be a suitable candidate for information as his parents had three children including him; two of whom (a boy and a girl) died of unknown causes. These unknown causal factors might be assessed by the team to determine whether they are genetically caused or there are other contributory factors to their deaths. These three people will be important in providing genetic information to determine whether Rita and Peter Trosack have the Tay-Sachs gene. The type of information that will be collected from the three individuals will include family histories and evidence of whether the family has an autosomal gene that causes Tay-Sachs, medical information that exists on the deaths of the three children, whether Rita and Peter are Tay-Sachs carriers and how long the disease takes to materialize in the body of the carrier. Once the people who will be involved in the interdisciplinary team for Trosack’s case have been identified and the relevant information has been collected from the three candidates, the next stage will involve a genetic diagnosis of the disease in both parents of the child. Tay-Sachs is a recessive genetic disorder that causes a relentless deterioration in the mental and physical ability of the sufferer. The disease is caused by a mutation in a single gene carried by the parents which are caused by large amounts of gangliosides that accumulate within the nerve cells of the body. These gangliosides eventually lead to the death of these cells causing cognitive, motor, and speech difficulties in the child as their mental and physical abilities continue to deteriorate as the disease progresses (Moe & Benke, 2005). The genetics aspect of the disease has establishe