The Bulletin: May 2006
The Bulletin is a monthly newsletter for Children's and community providers.
New Chromosome Clinic Opens
Children’s now offers a Chromosome Clinic on the first Tuesday of each month.
Dawn Earl, ARNP, an advance practice nurse in genetics, coordinates the clinic, which treats patients with most types of chromosome disorders, including Down syndrome, Williams syndrome and 22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome. The clinic does not treat patients with sex chromosome abnormalities.
The clinic meets on the 4th floor of the Ambulatory Care Building.
Please refer patients to the Chromosome Clinic by calling (206) 987-2080 or by faxing a completed New Appointment Referral Form to (206) 985-3121.
Questions may be directed to Dawn Earl at (206) 987-4279; or to Michelle Crowell at (206) 987-2665.
Autism Clinic Moves to Seattle
After operating for five years on the Children’s Bellevue campus, the Autism Clinic, directed by Dr. Charles Cowan, is back on our main campus in Seattle.
The decision to move was based on changes in space and resources. To schedule new appointments in the Autism Clinic, please call or send in a referral through the usual process.
For questions about the new location, or for more information about the clinic, please call (206) 987-2210.
New Blood Draw Lab Opens
The Whale Lab, now open in the Ambulatory Care Building, offers private blood draw rooms and other features designed to give patients a new level of comfort, convenience and privacy.
The Whale Lab is open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. On weekends and holidays, phlebotomy services are available in our existing space in the Airplane Lab.
Celebrate the ACB, May 7
Please join us as we celebrate the opening of the Melinda French Gates Ambulatory Care Building, Sunday, May 7.
Community physicians and our neighbors will enjoy a special preview of the building from 1 to 2 p.m. A community celebration, featuring entertainment and fun activities for kids, will follow.
“The building’s name recognizes the special role that Melinda French Gates has played at Children’s over the past 10 years,” says Doug Picha, vice president and executive director of Children’s Foundation. “We are grateful to Melinda for her leadership, contributions and advocacy on behalf of Children’s.”
If you received information citing the date as May 6, please disregard it. The event is Sunday, May 7.
Wilfond to Lead Children's Bioethics Center
Dr. Benjamin Wilfond will be the new director of the Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics and chief of the Division of Pediatric Bioethics at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
This is the nation’s first center dedicated solely to the study of ethical issues related to research and health care for children, and the first division of Pediatric Bioethics in a Department of Pediatrics at a medical school.
Currently, Wilfond heads the Bioethics and Social Policy Unit in the Behavioral and Social Research Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI).
Wilfond will accept the director position from Dr. Douglas Diekema, who has served as the center’s interim director since it opened in December 2004.
“Doug Diekema has been the heart and soul of the clinical ethics program at Children’s,” says Dr. Richard Molteni, vice president and medical director of Children’s. “He has served in an exemplary fashion, and has brought our program national recognition.”
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