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Texas Children’s Genetics Clinic
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Texas
Children's Genetics Clinic: |
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Sees more
than 3,000 families each year. |
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Has 18
board-certified medical geneticists,
two board-certified genetic counselors
and six genetic nurses. |
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Receives
more grant support from the National
Institutes of Health than any other
genetics department in the U.S. |
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The largest clinical
genetics clinic in the country, Texas Children's Hospital Genetics
Clinic strives to stay at the forefront of genetic research while
offering families the latest diagnostic and clinical resources
available.
Our physicians are
faculty in the
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor
College of Medicine.
Children are referred to our clinic for many reasons, including
developmental delay or a suspected genetic condition. The initial
evaluation includes the taking of a detailed family history and
physical exam.
We also counsel families when a genetic diagnosis is known as to the
pattern of inheritance, complications and prognosis of the
condition, risk for future pregnancy and reproductive options.
Specialty clinics
within our department include the metabolic clinic,
neurofibromatosis
clinic,
skeletal dysplasia
clinic,
cancer genetics clinic,
adult genetics clinic. The cardiovascular genetics clinic is a joint
effort with our department and cardiology.
Additionally,
we have a joint clinic with the otolaryngology department, the otogenetics clinic, that meets monthly.
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Evenings with
Genetics
is a monthly seminar series
that offers families, health care professionals and
the community the most current information on care,
education and research for a variety of genetic
conditions.
Please mark your
calendars for 2008! You are cordially invited to
attend the seminars sponsored by Baylor College of
Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital.
Location
The Health Musuem, 1515 Hermann Drive,
Houston, TX 77004
(map
it)
Events
September 23, 2008
Velo-Cardio-Facial
Syndrome - 22q11.2 Deletion. Charting a Course for
Success!
Presented by:
Lorraine Potocki, M.D.
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor
College of Medicine
Paige Powell, Ph.D.
Learning Support Center, Texas Children's Hospital
Mrs. Megan Wawarofsky
Parent Advocate
VeloCardioFacial syndrome or VCFS is due to a tiny
missing piece of genetic material from the 22nd
chromosome and occurs in 1 in 4000 individuals.
Children with VCFS are often born with heart defects
and/or cleft palate and may have health problems
including feeding and swallowing problems, the
ability to fight infection, speech delay, and
learning disabilities. This seminar will discuss the
diagnosis and treatment of VCFS and will highlight
ways in which early intervention and therapy can
improve medical and developmental outcome in
individuals with VCFS.
October 14, 2008
Breast Cancer and
Your Family History. How knowledge Can Keep You
Healthy
Presented by:
Sharon Plon, M.D., Ph.D., Director of Baylor
Cancer Genetics Clinics
Powel Brown, M.D., Director of Cancer Prevention
Clinic at the Breast Health Center, Baylor College
of Medicine.
Over 182,000 women and men will be diagnosed with
breast cancer in 2008 and about 5-10% of these cases
will be due to changes in a breast cancer gene.
Knowing your family history can be the best tool in
planning for health screening. This seminar will
discuss the effect of family history on breast
cancer risk, the current genetic tests as well as
updates on breast cancer prevention using estrogen
moderator medicines. In addition, this is an
opportunity to learn more about the advantages and
disadvantages of direct-to-consumer genetic testing.
All seminars will be held from 7:00 - 8:15 p.m.
Program is free and open to the public, seating is limited,
refreshments will be provided, parking is free. Register by
contacting : fernbach@bcm.edu; 832-822-4182.
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| Appointments |
832-822-4293 |
| Location |
16th
floor, Clinical Care Center |
| Mail
Code |
CC1560.00 |
| Clinic
Days/Times |
Monday, 8 a.m. to noon
Thursday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
| Telephone
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832-822-4280 |
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Referral
Fax Number |
832-825-4294 |
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E-mail |
Information request |
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Chief of Service |
Carlos A. Bacino, M.D. |
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Clinic Physicians |
Carlos Alberto Bacino, M.D. Arthur L. Beaudet, M.D. John W. Belmont, M.D., Ph.D. Jonathoan Berg, M.D. Chester Wayne Brown, M.D. William James Craigen, M.D. Christine Eng, M.D. Brett H. Graham, M.D. Seema R. Lalani, M.D. Brendan Lee, M.D., Ph.D James Lupski, M.D. Sharon E. Plon, M.D., Ph.D. Lorraine Potocki, M.D. Frank J. Probst, M.D. Fernando Scaglia, M.D. Daryl A. Scott, M.D. Marwan Shinawi, M.D. Vernon R. Sutton, M.D.
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Clinic manager and
Genetic Coordinator |
Katie
Plunkett, M.S. |
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Metabolic clinic Coordinator |
Kerri Lamance, R.N. |
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Genetic counselor |
Patti Robbins-Furman, M.P.H. |
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