Keeping Children and Adolescents with Down Syndrome Healthy: Medical Updates for Physicians
In this presentation, Dr. Brian Skotko reviews the new healthcare guidelines for people with Down syndrome from the American Academy of Pediatrics. He tackles the questions and concerns that patients' parents most often have about their sons and daughters with Down syndrome, providing the answers and action steps that stem from the latest clinical research on people with Down syndrome. Based on his clinical experience in the Down Syndrome Program at Children's Hospital Boston, Dr. Skotko makes sure that every physician can anticipate medical conditions so that the potentials of all people with Down syndrome are maximized.
Prenatal and Postnatal Diagnoses of Down Syndrome: New Advances and Updates for Today's Physicians.
In this presentation, Dr. Brian Skotko reviews the latest advances in prenatal testing for Down syndrome. He further reviews the evidence-based research on how physicians can effectively deliver a prenatal and postnatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. The presentation includes highlights from his publications in Pediatrics, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and American Journal of Medical Genetics. (This presentation is targeted toward health care professionals.) This lecture is also available online for free. Dr. Skotko also joined a panel discussion
Down Syndrome: Health Care Updates for the Primary Care Pediatrician.
Down syndrome is the most common chromosomal condition in humans, but do you know the latest evidence-based medicine on how to best manage these patients? Much has changed since medical school! Many healthcare guidelines and emerging literature are changing the way that individuals with Down syndrome are diagnosed, followed, and managed. Astute physicians can now detect associated conditions before they become symptomatic in an effort to maximize health care development. The goal of this course if to review the latest advances in healthcare management of children with Down syndrome so that primary care pediatricians and other interested health care professionals can provide exceptional care. This course is available online, with CME credits, to healthcare professionals around the world.
What the Other Children Without Down Syndrome Are Thinking: Sibling Issues for the Pediatrician.
In a one-hour presentation, physicians will explore what questions, needs, and concerns are often raised by their patients who have a brother or sister with Down syndrome. Physicians will come away with practical answers to commonly raised questions. This presentation draws upon Brian Skotko and Sue Levine's publication in American Journal of Medical Genetics and their new book, Fasten Your Seatbelt: A Crash Course on Down Syndrome for Brothers and Sisters. This course is also available online for free and for CME credits.
Clinical Metabolism
In this free Webinar, Dr. Brian Skotko explains the basics of clinical metabolism. This one-hour lecture is ideal for genetics and metabolism fellows who are looking to gain a fundamental understanding of how to take care of patients with metabolic conditions. Topics covered include glycogen storage disorders, galactosemia, fatty acid oxidation disorders, amino acidopathies, organic acidurias, and urea cycle disorders.
