Meet the Care Team
Conditions We Treat
Pediatric achondroplasia (dwarfism)
Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
Pediatric Marfan syndrome (MFS)
McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS)
Pediatric metabolic diseases
Congenital chromosomal anomalies
Down syndrome in children
Treacher Collins syndrome
Yunis-Varon syndrome
Developmental delays in children
Pediatric autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) in children
Rett syndrome in children
Pediatric Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS or elastic skin)
Pediatric short stature
Klinefelter syndrome (KS)
Pediatric and adolescent Turner syndrome (TS)
More Details
In the Children’s Health℠ Genetics clinic, we see children up to age 19 who have a known or suspected genetic condition. Genes are the building blocks of heredity that hold DNA, the instructions for making proteins. Proteins do most of the work in cells by moving molecules to where they are needed, building structures, breaking down toxins and doing general clean up and maintenance work around the body. Sometimes there is a mutation or a change in a gene or genes. This effects the gene's instructions for making a protein. If the protein is missing or not working properly, this causes a medical condition known as a genetic disorder.