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Special Projects: 2015 Newborn Screening

2015 Newborn Screening Conference

September 18, 2015, Prattville, AL
Sponsored by the Alabama Department of Public Health

The 2015 Alabama Department of Public Health Newborn Screening Conference is intended to bring greater awareness to the importance of the newborn screening process. The blood spot, hearing, and pulse ox screens are illuminated by both health care professionals and family presenters that have seen the difference that these tests can make in the life of an infant. Early diagnosis and treatment can minimize, and even eliminate the devastating effects caused by the 30 disorders that we currently screen for in Alabama.

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The History of Newborn Screening (5 minutes)
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The Origin of Newborn Screening (44 minutes)
	Harvey Levy, MD, Senior Physician in Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Resources	Handouts (4 pages)
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Newborn Screening in Alabama (24 minutes)
	William Callan, PhD, CPM Former Director, Bureau of Clinical Laboratories Alabama Department of Public Health
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Family Presentations – Timeline of Newborn Screening Disorders This section includes presentations on newborn screening disorders from both health care professionals and family members that have been affected by the conditions.
Phenylketonuria (PKU) (16 minutes)
	Robert Bullock – Identified with PKU in 1965
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Phenylketonuria (PKU) (15 minutes)
	S. Lane Rutledge, MD Medical Director, Biochemical Genetics Laboratory Director, Department of Genetics Clinical Services University of Alabama at Birmingham Julie Tucker PKU Parent
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Sickle Cell (27 minutes)
	Thomas Howard, MD Professor of Pediatrics UAB School of Medicine Director, Hematology Section Children's of Alabama Mario Hendricks Sickle Cell Patient/Parent
Resources	Handouts (5 pages)
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Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (16 minutes)
	Leslie Pitts, MSN, CRNP Nurse Practitioner Division of Pediatric Endocrinology Nicole Jeffers Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Parent
Resources	Handouts (2 pages)
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Hearing Loss (14 minutes)
	Heather Taylor, MD General Pediatrician University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa Jennifer Andress Hearing Loss Parent
Resources	Handouts (1 page)
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Cystic Fibrosis (8 minutes)
	Staci Self, MSW, LGSW Newborn Screening Coordinator Cystic Fibrosis Center Children's of Alabama Jennifer McCain Cystic Fibrosis Parent
Resources	Handouts (4 pages)
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Critical Congenital Heart Disease (10 minutes)
	Waldemar Carlo, MD Division of Pediatric Cardiology Children's of Alabama Leslie Ethridge Critical Congenital Heart Disease Parent
Resources	Handouts (1 page)
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Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (16 minutes)
	T. Prescott Atkinson, MD, PhD Chief of Allergy and Immunology Children's of Alabama Melanie Self Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Parent
Resources	Handouts ( 22pages)
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The Current State of Newborn Screening (45 minutes)
	Marci Sontag, PhD Associate Professor Colorado School of Public Health Association of Public Health Laboratories, NewSTEPs
Resources	Handouts (8 pages)
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Best Practices in Screening and Intervention (58 minutes)
	Sandra Clark-Lewis, AuD Lauren Casady, Audiology Doctoral Student Auburn University Speech and Hearing Clinic
Resources	Handouts (7 pages)
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The Benefits of Routine Second Testing (29 minutes)
	Gail Mick, MD Pediatric Endocrinology Children’s of Alabama
Resources	Handouts (6 pages)
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Filtering Through the Filter Paper (24 minutes)
	Will Adams Newborn Screening Customer Service Leader
Resources	Handouts (8 pages)
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Newborn Screening and HIPAA ( minutes)
	Samarria Dunson, JD, CHC, CHPC Director, Office of Compliance and Ethics Alabama Department of Public Health
Resources	Handouts (3 pages)
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