{"id":115725,"date":"2023-01-23T22:06:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T03:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=115725"},"modified":"2023-01-23T22:06:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T03:06:22","slug":"lehigh-valley-health-network-adds-down-syndrome-medical-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=115725","title":{"rendered":"Lehigh Valley Health Network Adds Down Syndrome Medical Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lehigh Valley, Pa. (January 23, 2023) \u2013 Eastern\u00a0Pennsylvania Down Syndrome Center\u2019s (EPDSC) medical clinic is now part of Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) and will expand access to specialized treatment for people with Down syndrome in the region. EPDSC will continue to provide resources, education, advocacy and programs to patients and families in the region and continue its long-standing partnership with LVHN.<\/p>\n

As part of LVHN, the clinic, located within the Health Center at Trexlertown, will be named LVPG Down Syndrome Medical Clinic.<\/p>\n

LVHN plans to recruit additional doctors and clinicians, therapists, and family support specialists to the existing team. Since 1999, LVHN has been providing doctors to patients seeking care at EPDSC\u2019s clinic and current patients will be able to keep their same team.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to provide comprehensive, multidisciplinary and holistic care to people with Down syndrome and their families and we look forward to expanding care options in the near future,\u201d said the clinic\u2019s Medical Director, Donald Levick, MD.<\/p>\n

\u201cLVHN has been a wonderful partner for more than 20 years and this new partnership will allow our patients and families to receive world-class, specialized care from doctors and therapists they already know and trust,\u201d said Kerri DiDario, EPDSC Executive Director.<\/p>\n

The clinic currently provides care\u00a0for more than 250 patients.<\/p>\n

Lehigh Valley Health Network<\/a>\u00a0(LVHN) includes 13 hospital campuses, four in Allentown, two in Bethlehem, one in Easton, one in East Stroudsburg, one in Hazleton, two in Pottsville, one in Dickson City, and one in\u00a0Lehighton, Pa.; 28 health centers; numerous primary and specialty care physician practices; 20\u00a0ExpressCARE<\/a>\u00a0locations including the area\u2019s only\u00a0Children\u2019s ExpressCARE<\/a>; pharmacy, imaging, home health, rehabilitation and lab services; and preferred provider services through Valley Preferred. Specialty care includes: trauma care for adults and children, burn care at the Regional Burn Center; kidney and pancreas transplants; perinatal\/neonatal, cardiac, cancer, orthopedics, neurology, complex neurosurgery capabilities including national certification as a Comprehensive Stroke Center, and robotic surgery in 10 specialties.\u00a0Lehigh Valley Topper Cancer Institute<\/a>,\u00a0Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute<\/a>,\u00a0Lehigh Valley Institute for Surgical Excellence<\/a>,\u00a0Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Lehigh Valley Fleming Neuroscience Institute<\/a>\u00a0physicians provide the most advanced treatments.\u00a0Lehigh Valley Topper Cancer Institute is a member of the\u00a0Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Alliance<\/a>\u00a0(MSK Cancer Alliance)<\/u>, an initiative that helps community providers improve the quality of cancer care and offers access to MSK clinical trials.\u00a0Lehigh Valley Reilly Children\u2019s Hospital<\/a>, the third largest children’s hospital in Pennsylvania, provides care in more than 30 specialties and general pediatrics.\u00a0Lehigh Valley Hospital\u2013Cedar Crest<\/a>\u00a0is ranked as the region\u2019s No. 1 hospital for nine straight years and has been recognized among Pennsylvania\u2019s top 10 hospitals for nine consecutive years by\u00a0U.S. News & World Report<\/a>. Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVH)\u2013Cedar Crest,\u00a0LVH\u201317th Street<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0LVH\u2013Muhlenberg<\/a>\u00a0are the region\u2019s only\u00a0Magnet\u00ae<\/a>\u00a0hospitals for nursing excellence. Additional information is available by visiting\u00a0LVHN.org<\/a>\u00a0or following us on\u00a0Facebook\u00a0<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Jamie L. Stover
\nMedia Relations Specialist
\nMarketing & Public Affairs
\nLehigh Valley Health Network
\nAllentown, PA 18105<\/p>\n

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