Genetics Clinic

Location 730 Welch Road, 2nd floor Palo Alto, CA 94304    Monday and Tuesday mornings

Phone: (650) 723-6858 Fax: (650) 498-4555

Services Overview

We diagnose and treat children and adults with all types of genetic disorders, including:

• Inherited metabolic and neurologic diseases. Metabolic problems affect biochemical processes in the body. Neurologic problems affect the brain, spinal cord or nerves.
• Developmental delay
• Mental retardation
• Birth defects
• Abnormal (dysmorphic) features

We also work with maternal-fetal medicine specialists (high-risk obstetricians) to provide prenatal diagnoses.
 
Our team includes clinical geneticists, genetic counselors, a social worker, nurses and consultants from various medical specialties. We coordinate treatment with the patient's primary care and/or supportive services health providers in the community.

Genetics Clinic Physicians

• Jonathan Bernstein, MD, PhD
• Uta Francke, MD
• Louanne Hudgins, MD - Service Chief
• Melanie Manning, MD 

Associated Clinics and Centers

• Center for Down Syndrome
• Craniofacial Anomalies Center
• Genetic Disorders of the Skin Clinic
• Metabolic/Biochemical Genetics Clinic
• Neurogenetics Clinic
• Genetic Counseling Clinic, Johnson Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Services