Target Audience: Pediatricians, Family Practitioners, Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants

 


Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology

Division of Human Genetics

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Newborn Screening ... It’s not just PKU!

Each year, the Connecticut Department of Public Health’s Newborn Screening Program identifies more than 2,100 infants with a potential genetic disorder or permanent congenital hearing loss.

Family Health Section

Public Health Initiatives Branch

 J. Robert Galvin, MD, MPH, Commissioner


 

NOTE:  The CME and CUE offering for this program has expired -      

End Date:  February 2010


Newborn Screening in Connecticut features Connecticut’s foremost experts on newborn screening disorders.

 

·       Objectives:  After completing this program, participants will understand the:

1.   different categories of disorders included in the Connecticut Newborn Screen Program.

2.   process for diagnostic testing and confirmation of a screen positive child.

3.   channels of communication between the medical home, DPH and clinical specialists.

4.   appropriate medical and psychosocial care of children with disorders identified by the Connecticut Newborn  Screening Program.


Click on one of the modules below to view:

 

 Introduction to Connecticut’s Newborn Screening Program

            Robert M. Greenstein, MD, Division of Human Genetics, UCONN Health Center

                        

Amino Acid, Organic Acid and Fat Oxidative Disorders

            Margretta R. Seashore, MD, Yale Department of Human Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine

                        

Congenital Hypothyroidism and Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

            Scott A. Rivkees, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine

                        

Newborn Screening for Hemoglobinopathies

            Howard A. Pearson, MD, Director, Yale Sickle Cell Service, Yale University School of Medicine

                        

Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis

            Sidney M. Hopfer, PhD, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCONN Health Center

                        

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention

            Donna C. Maselli, RN, MPH, Connecticut Department of Public Health

                        

Genetic Testing for Infants with Hearing Loss

            Sally S. Rosengren, MD, Division of Human Genetics, UCONN Health Center

                        


 

This training was made possible with funding provided by:

 

The Connecticut Department of Public Health

 

and the

 

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal & Child Health Bureau

 


 

Program Director:   

Robert M. Greenstein, MD

Director, Division of Human Genetics

Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology

UCONN Health Center

 

Associate Program Director: 

Donna Maselli, RN, MPH

Nurse Consultant

Connecticut Department of Public Health

Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Program

 

Technical Coordinator:  

Alyssa Israel, MPH, CHES

Public Health Consultant

 

Video & Website Production

Video Communications Department

UCONN Health Center

 


 

 

Confidentiality:  All information gathered as part of this web cast activity will be treated as confidential and will not be disclosed or released in any format to any person or business that does not have a “need to know” as it relates specifically to this activity without the full and proper consent of the viewer/provider of this information.

 


Grateful Acknowledgement to the Coordinating Committee Members:

 

Amy Mirizzi, MPH

Health Program Assistant

Connecticut Department of Public Health

 

Dorothy Trebisacci, RN

Nurse Consultant

Connecticut Department of Public Health

 

Donna Maselli, RN, MPH

Nurse Consultant

Connecticut Department of Public Health

 

Robert M. Greenstein, MD

Director, Division of Human Genetics

University of Connecticut Health Center

 


Contacts:

 

For Program Content Information:

Robert M. Greenstein, MD

Division of Human Genetics

University of Connecticut Health Center

Greenstein@nso1.uchc.edu  

 

For Technical Content Information:

Video Communications Department

University of Connecticut Health Center

860-679-2119 or

E-mail: VCDA@exchange.uchc.edu

 

 

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