Why develop a center for clinical excellence for a rare disease‪?‬ Pediatric Leadership: The New Medicine

Getting help for patients with rare diseases can often be a large struggle for families. Finding someone who understands and has the experience to properly diagnose and treat can lead to frustration for families. Often there is no place to go. For long standing issues, this can lead to bouncing from multiple doctors without resolution of symptoms. For more acute issues, not having an expert available can cause significant morbidity, even mortality. Today we are going to talk about one of our pediatric endocrinologists who set up a center for treating a rare disease, hyperinsulinism.