As part of the second event of the Education Series, Dr. Cohen discussed the health concerns of people with Down syndrome.
The late William I. Cohen, M.D., specialized in developmental and behavioral pediatrics in the Child Development Unit of the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. He was director of the Down Syndrome Center of Western Pennsylvania and an associate professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Cohen also co-founded the Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group and was medical editor of Down Syndrome Quarterly. He edited the "Health Care Guidelines for Individuals with Down Syndrome: 1999 Revision," published in Down Syndrome Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 3, (September 1999).
Click here to read an interview with Dr. Cohen about the Health Care Guidelines.
