The Medical Home is Vital for Quality Newborn Screening

Dr. Howell is professor of pediatrics, and chairman emeritus, at the school of medicine at the University of Miami. Board certified both in pediatrics and in clinical biochemical genetics, Dr. Howell has long been active in the diagnosis and treatment of inherited metabolic disease. He was the founding chair of the congressionally mandated Advisory Committee on Heritable Diseases in Newborns and Children, established to advise the Secretary of Health and Human Services about genetic testing in children, with particular emphasis on newborn screening. Dr. Howell is chairman of the board of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. He said he had no relevant financial disclosures.