Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital – Center for Down Syndrome

The Center for Down Syndrome at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital helps each child with Down syndrome reach his or her full potential and function as independently as possible in all aspects school and family life.  Packard Children’s is one of the few children’s hospitals in the nation to offer these much needed services to children.

The clinic is staffed with a dedicated team of specialists that include:

Our team is focused on the prevention and early detection of the medical and developmental issues associated with Down syndrome. The clinic staff will work with each child’s primary care physician to provide the coordination necessary for the many services needed by these children, educate parents so that they can become strong advocates for their children and assist them to locate resources in the their community.

Each patient will receive the following services:

The clinic is directed by Dr. Melanie Manning. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology in the Divisions of Medical Genetics and Cytogenetics at Stanford and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. Dr. Manning is a pediatrician and clinical geneticist. She has years of experience in the care and evaluation of children with disabilities. She has particular interest and expertise in children and adults with chromosome abnormalities.

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