Presentation: Navigating the Medical System as an FAOD Adult: Exploring the Unknown

Adulting with an FAOD presents unique challenges and questions. This presentation will discuss the multidisciplinary care team, how to improve coordination of care and how clinicians safely apply “trial and error” for situations where they have no clear data.

About the Speaker

Jessica Gold, MD, PhD

Dr. Jessica Gold is a medical geneticist trained in pediatrics and internal medicine with a fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She currently practices at Northwell Health in NY. Both her clinical work and research is dedicated to helping adolescents and young adults with inherited metabolic disorders prepare for adulthood. For many young people, puberty and reproductive health are important milestones in emerging adulthood. Yet, clinicians lack information on these topics for people with FAODs, which impacts their ability to provide guidance. Dr. Gold is embarking on a project that is the first step in learning how people with FAODs approach puberty and reproductive health. 

Amanda Pritchard, MD

Dr. Amanda Barone Pritchard is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at University of Michigan Health in the division of Pediatric Genetics, Metabolism, and Genomic Medicine. Dr. Pritchard attended the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine before completing Pediatric Residency at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. She then trained in Medical Genetics and Genomics and completed a Medical Biochemical Genetics fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She has been involved in several clinical trials for inborn errors of metabolism and aids in coordination of follow-up for abnormal newborn screens. Dr. Pritchard serves as Program Director for the Medical Biochemical Genetics Fellowship at the University of Michigan.