Sickle Cell Disease Treatment in Central Massachusetts and Beyond

Our Children’s Medical Center is home to the Pediatric Sickle Cell program, the only program of its kind in Central Massachusetts. Our close-knit team includes board-certified pediatric hematologist-oncologists, pediatric nurses, social workers and child life specialists. We give your child a level of care and attention that is hard to find at larger institutions.

As a member of the New England Pediatric Sickle Cell Consortium, we receive the latest sickle cell updates from institutions throughout the region. This collaboration...

About Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic muscular disorder that affects many of the body’s functioning systems, including muscular, endocrine, urinary, pulmonary, digestive, respiratory, nervous, circulatory, skeletal, reproductive, etc. Duchenne primarily presents in males between the ages of 2 to 5 years old, and presents with early loss of ambulation, such as walking and upper extremity function, and, ultimately, heart failure. Interventional treatments offered at the Duchenne Clinic improve our ability to slow the progress of these symptoms in our...

Our highly specialized clinic provides comprehensive diagnostics, treatment and management of inherited cardiac disease. At the clinic, you will meet with a cardiologist, geneticist and genetic counselor to treat both pediatric and adult patients who have or may be at risk for genetic cardiac diseases. Our comprehensive team of cardiologists, electrophysiologists, and geneticists collaborate to develop a risk assessment, make screening recommendations, and identify other family members who may be at risk for cardiovascular genetic diseases. For our pediatric patients, our child life specialist...

Should Infants with Down Syndrome Be Screened More Frequently for Thyroid Dysfunction?

The Division of Pediatric Endocrinology at the UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center is conducting a research study to determine whether infants with Down syndrome need to be screened at more frequent intervals during the first year of life for thyroid disorders. If you are interested in learning more about this study, please see the attached flyer and/or contact Penny Feldman, MD, at 508-334- 7575 or at penny.feldman@umassmemorial.org.

An estimated 5,000 individuals with Down syndrome live in Massachusetts. Of those, approximately 25 percent reside in Central and Western Massachusetts.

With the growing number of patients with Down syndrome in our region, families are faced with the challenge of finding coordinated, specialized services and medical care close to home. There is no longer a need to travel far for excellent medical care for your child/adolescent. With the help of the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress, UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center now offers The Down Syndrome Program, a dedicated multidisciplinary...

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.

Through our Physician Concierge Services, you can set up a visit with our pediatric specialists to your practice or get contact information for our more than 200 specialty pediatricians.

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The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Family Resource Center provides a friendly, comfortable space where parents and families with babies in the NICU can access current, high-quality resources in support of their health information needs.

Our Collection

• Books and materials that focus on prematurity, parenting, breastfeeding, newborn growth and development
• Brochures and pamphlets relevant to car seat safety, respiratory syncytial virus, infant feeding and developmental progress
• DVDs and videos on the NICU experience, newborn care, parenting and home safety
• Information on community resources and...