By Dawn Laney, MS, CGC
Let’s face it, patients carrying giant stacks of printouts from their own internet research into their medical issues is a big trigger for most healthcare providers. Despite a few exceptions, it seems that patients without medical training can easily be drawn into a web-based rabbit hole filled with misinformation and misdiagnosis. With limited time for each appointment, the ... Continue Reading
By Stephanie Keller, MD; Angela Wittenauer, MSN, FNPC, RN; and Rachel Logan MMSc, CGC
How do you connect a dried blood spot from the heel of a newborn to a life-changing treatment in under a month? The answer to this question is collaboration and expertise. The Georgia Department of Public Health tests every baby in the state for 35 conditions that if treated in the first year of life greatly improves their quality of life and health. Recent additions to the ... Continue Reading
By Marissa Shams, MD, and Dawn Laney, MS, CGC
Repeated episodes of excruciating abdominal pain and swelling that occurs suddenly without warning and results in a disfiguring swelling of the face, lips and tongue that persists for several days. Life-threatening laryngeal edema often requiring repeated intubation given the concern for asphyxiation that is unresponsive to allergy medications including anti-histamines, ... Continue Reading
By Helen K. Kelley Genomic medicine, a discipline that involves using an individual’s genomic information as part of their clinical care, is true personalized medicine. Physicians and researchers in this field are working diligently to find new treatments that customize a patient’s medical care based on their unique genetic makeup. Rapid Advances in Genetic ... Continue Reading
By William R. Wilcox, M.D., Ph.D. General Principles Treating genetic diseases is neither new nor unfamiliar: physicians treat common diseases with a heritable genetic component every day – including diabetes, hypertension, atherosclerosis, some forms of cancer, etc. Specialists in medical genetics focus on the diagnosis and treatment of disorders that are ... Continue Reading
A brief history of medical genetics and Emory's team By Michael J. Gambello, MD, PhD Medical genetics is a relatively new subspecialty that is a mystery to many healthcare providers as well as the general public. We hope to unravel some of this mystery in this issue of Atlanta Medicine and enlighten you on some aspects of our practice at Emory. At Emory, we do ... Continue Reading
