Month: September 2020

STRASBURG, PA- A new study details the identification of pathogenic variants in the gene GBF1 in four unrelated families with individuals affected by Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy (CMT2) or hereditary motor neuropathies (HMNs). The study includes a long-term patient of the Clinic for Special Children (CSC) and details an example of gene discovery work at CSC. The project was a broad, international collaborative effort with contributions from clinicians and researchers at CSC and appears in The American Journal of Human Genetics in September 2020.

Read the full press release HERE

Read the full paper HERE

Thank You, Results, & Photos!

Thank you to our 2020 Clinic for Special Children Virtual 5k participants for raising over $10,000! Over 130 registrants ran, jogged, biked, and walked all over the world in support of the Clinic. Your support this year allows us to continue to provide vital services to children and adults with rare genetic disorders.

View the 2020 CSC 5k RESULTS HERE

2020 Virtual 5k Race Gallery

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Thank you for participating in the 2020 CSC Virtual 5k!

We are excited to officially welcome Dr. Grace Loudon to the Clinic for Special Children! Dr. Loudon, a family practice physician, will join Dr. Strauss, Dr. Carson, Dr. Poskitt, and nurse practitioner Donna Robinson in providing clinical services at the Clinic.

Dr. Loudon’s training allows her to see patients of any age making her an ideal addition to our staff. Her experience in working with adult patients will allow her to lead efforts in formalizing an adult services program at the Clinic. Dr. Loudon earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Bryn Mawr College in 2012 and a medical degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in 2017. She completed her family medicine residency at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health (LGH).

Dr. Loudon is already a familiar face at the Clinic, as she has been visiting and seeing patients periodically for the past two years as part of a special program between the Clinic and LGH called the Clinical Genomics area of concentration. When the Clinic partnered with the Family Medicine Residency Program at LGH to create this genetic medicine training program, Dr. Loudon was one of the first to sign up.

Dr. Loudon will begin to see patients at the Clinic in August 2020. In her free time, Dr. Loudon enjoys spending time with her family and her two cats, visiting the beach, working on home improvement projects, biking, and running with her dog, Remi.