For Medical Professionals

Welcome! We appreciate the opportunity to refer you to helpful information on various healthcare related topics.

Delivering a diagnosis of Down syndrome to new or expectant parents? Click this link for important information:  

http://www.ndsccenter.org/physiciansguide/

Gold Coast Down Syndrome Organization provides support to the medical community in many ways:

• Informational resource for your patients and families with a diagnosis of Down syndrome.
• Materials available for you to have in your office to support your patients with Down syndrome and their families.
• Website links that provide extensive information about diagnosis and medical care.
• Contact us by email gcdso@bellsouth.net or phone 561-912-1231.

Down Syndrome: The Journey Ahead in English and Spanish is a video produced by the Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati. This 15 minute film highlights parents talking about their journey raising a child with Down syndrome. Watch the video in English here: http://dsagc.com/resources_videos.asp  Watch the video with Spanish subtitles here: http://vimeo.com/2771886 

Click here to learn about The Option of Adoption

For a comprehensive website of briefs and reports on Down syndrome health issues, compiled by Dr. Len Leshin, M.D., F.A.A.P., pediatrician and father of Avi, born with Down syndrome, click here www.ds-health.com

View Health Supervision for Children with Down Syndrome by the AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS:
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;107/2/442

Medical Professionals might also be interested in our Health and Nutrition Info page.

Brian Skotko, M.D., M.P.P. is the sibling of an individual with Down syndrome and a resident physician at Children's Hospital Boston and Boston Medical Center.  He has dedicated his professional energies toward children with cognitive and development disabilities. In 2001 he co-authored the national award-winning book, Common Threads: Celebrating Life with Down Syndrome. He is a graduate of Duke University, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Dr. Skotko recently authored major research on how physicians deliver a diagnosis of Down syndrome to new and expectant parents. He has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The L.A. Times, NPR's On Point, and ABC's Good Morning America. Dr. Skotko serves on the Board of Directors for the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress and the National Down Syndrome Society. He further serves on the Professional Advisory Council to the National Down Syndrome Congress.  He provides important information for fellow physicians here:  
http://www.brianskotko.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

Looking for information about healthcare for adults with Down syndrome?
Click this link for the Adult Down Syndrome Center