Down Syndrome Program
An estimated 5,000 individuals with Down syndrome live in Massachusetts. Of those, approximately 25 percent reside in Central and Western Massachusetts.
An estimated 5,000 individuals with Down syndrome live in Massachusetts. Of those, approximately 25 percent reside in Central and Western Massachusetts.
At UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center, we value our relationship with referring physicians and are committed to meeting and exceeding your needs by providing timely communication and efficient service. Our goal is to remain easily accessible to referring physicians and to return your patients back to your care as quickly as possible.
If your child is suspected to have a neurological disorder or has already been diagnosed with this type of condition, it’s important to know that the UMass Pediatric Neurosurgery Program provides expert, compassionate care for children of all ages—right here in Worcester.
Working together with youth and their families, we offer comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services to improve and transform the lives of young people struggling with psychiatric conditions. Our dedicated clinicians evaluate children and adolescents to offer a variety of evidence-based interventions across many conditions, including:
The Division of Pediatric Urology at UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center is committed to providing high-quality, accessible care from providers you can trust. As the only dedicated pediatric urology program in Central Massachusetts, the Children’s Medical Center's pediatric urology team is ready to provide the expert health care your child deserves.
A life-limiting illness in a family is difficult for everyone involved. When it is your child who has one, you need support and care to help you through the challenges. To meet your needs, UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center offers pediatric palliative care services. The program offers services to meet the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of children with life-limiting illnesses and their families.
A life-limiting illness is defined as an illness that can limit normal life expectancy such as:
UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center specialists in pediatric neurology can evaluate and treat your child for neurology problems, which are disorders with the central nervous system.
Our pediatric neurology team treats children up to 18 years old. Physicians have expertise in various neurological disorders including:
Working closely with your family and your child’s referring physician, experienced UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center pediatric dietitians (registered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration) provide a broad range of nutritional services.
Conditions we treat include:
If your child has a kidney disorder, our pediatric-trained nephrologists at UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center can help. Our experts specialize in diagnosing and treating infants, children and adolescents with kidney disorders.
Kidney disorders we treat include:
Your child's immune system fights infections. If it's not working the way it should, your child may suffer from many kinds of health problems. In those cases, a pediatric immunologist has the special skills needed to treat your child.
If your child has primary (when the immune system is missing or does not work properly) or acquired (when diseases or medications cause problems with the immune system) immunodeficiency disorder, you can be confident in the care provided by pediatric immunology experts.