Management of Genetic Syndromes

It is imperative for primary care providers and genetic practitioners to have access to appropriate management guidelines for the diagnosis, genetic counseling and management of individuals of all ages affected by relatively common genetic syndromes. This revision of the critically acclaimed bestseller offers original insights into the medical management of 60 syndromes commonly seen by physicians. This fully revised and expanded Third Edition provides family physicians, internists, specialty physicians, medical geneticists, genetic counselors, and families of patients with a more precise reference for study of physical manuifestations of certain syndromes.

Suzanne Cassidy, MD, is Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at University of California, San Francisco and at University of California, Irvine. She is a board-certified Medical Geneticist and Pediatrician who has focused on care of individuals with genetic syndromes throughout her 30-year academic and clinical career. She is devoted to educating medical geneticists, having served on the American Board of Medical Genetics and the founding Residency Review Committee for Medical Genetics, as well as directed genetics training programs in 4 institutions. She served on the board of directors of the American Society of Human Genetics and as a member of the Board of Scientific Counselors of National Center for Human Genome Research at NIH. She has been identified as one of 'America's Top Doctors'.

Judith E. Allanson, MD, is Chief of the Department of Genetics, and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Ottawa.  She is a board-certified Medical Geneticist and Internist with longstanding interests in pattern recognition, syndrome identification and management.