Melissa P. Wasserstein, M.D.

Professor, Department of Pediatrics (Pediatric Genetic Medicine)

Chief, Department of Pediatrics Division of Pediatric Genetic Medicine

Patricia T. and Charles S. Raizen Distinguished Scholar in Pediatrics

Associate Director, Rose F. Kennedy Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center

Montefiore Medical Center
3411 Wayne Avenue
Bronx, NY 10467

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When It Comes To the Rarest of Diseases, the Diagnosis Isn't the Answer—It's Just the Starting Point

The Conversation - April 20, 2022

Steven Walkley, D.V.M., Ph.D., and Melissa Wasserstein, M.D., write about the science behind rare diseases and the research and clinical care that Einstein and Montefiore experts provide to families of children with uncommon genetic disorders. Dr. Walkley is co-director of the Rose F. Kennedy Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center and professor in the Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, of pathology, and in the Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology. Dr. Wasserstein is professor of pediatrics and of genetics at Einstein and chief of the division of pediatric genetic medicine at Einstein and Montefiore.

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