Clinics
The CdLS Foundation Clinics provide comprehensive, multidisciplinary evaluations in a single day, offering families expert guidance, individualized treatment recommendations, and strategies to address the unique challenges of CdLS. Learn more about the five clinics below. Clinic visits also contribute valuable medical data that helps researchers and physicians better understand CdLS, improve care, and identify trends.
The CdLS Foundation never wants the cost to prevent a family from receiving care. Limited financial assistance is available for U.S. families traveling to a U.S. CdLS Clinic. To learn more, contact [email protected].
Multidisciplinary Clinic for Adolescents and Adults at Greater Baltimore Medical Center
This Foundation-managed, free clinic occurs twice yearly at Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) in Baltimore, MD. Foundation Medical Director and Director of Pediatric Genetics at the Harvey Institute for Human Genetics at GBMC, Antonie Kline, M.D., has led these free clinics since 2001. Any individual age 12 or older with CdLS can attend with their family. Clinics occur each spring and fall and can accommodate up to eight individuals. A Family Service Coordinator from the Foundation always attends to provide support.
Participants receive one-to-one consultations with specialists from pediatric ophthalmology, gynecology, pediatric dentistry, genetics, gastroenterology and nutrition, psychiatry and behavioral psychology. View the Brochure
To learn more or schedule an appointment, please contact the CdLS Foundation: (860) 899-9391 or [email protected].
Center for CdLS and Related Diagnoses at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
At the Center for Cornelia de Lange Syndrome and Related Diagnoses, a team of specialists provides care to children and adults with CdLS and related diagnoses.
The Center holds clinics monthly and offers comprehensive evaluations to address medical issues common to the diagnosis and those based on the child’s history. For information on the Center, click here. Insurance authorization is required.
To learn more or schedule an appointment, please contact Baergen Schultz, LCGC, 1-844-873-4642 or book online here.
Shriners Hospital for Children—Salt Lake City, Utah
Shriners Children’s—Salt Lake City, Utah hosts a Cornelia de Lange Syndrome clinic in March of each year. A wide range of specialists are available for children with CdLS under the age of 18. (The specialties have included developmental pediatrics, pediatric orthopedics, neurology and GI and ENT. Other specialists include genetics, ENT, audiology, social work, a dietician and physical therapists. Children can also receive consults on devices such as custom shoe inserts and orthotics, braces, seating systems for medical strollers and wheelchairs, and other devices that improve mobility. A CdLS Family Service coordinator from the Foundation attends to provide support. Shriners Children’s provides care regardless of a family’s ability to pay or insurance status. To learn more or schedule an appointment, please contact Michelle Nylander: [email protected]
The Cornelia de Lange Syndrome and Related Disorders Clinic at Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston Children’s Hospital hosts families at the Cornelia de Lange Syndrome and Related Disorders Clinic at Boston Children’s Hospital throughout the year. The clinics serve children with CdLS up to the age of 18 as well as anyone currently being followed at Boston Children’s.
The clinicians in the Cornelia de Lange Syndrome and Related Disorders Clinic have much experience caring for children with CdLS.ders. Their goal is to provide carefully coordinated multispecialty care that serve the needs of individuals with CdLS and their families. The core specialists available are in genetics, pediatric neurology, and gastroenterology. However, these specialists will collaborate with experts across Boston Children’s to ensure families receive comprehensive care.
To learn more or to request an appointment click here or email [email protected]
Cohen Children’s Medical Center CdLS Multispecialty Clinic
