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Nicklaus Children’s Hospital has several outpatient and urgent care centers throughout South Florida, including on-demand, virtual care.
Walk-in urgent care with no appointment needed.
Serving as your child's primary doctor's office.
Pediatric specialty consultations available closer to home.
A full range of comprehensive services all under one roof.
Connect with providers from the comfort of your own home.
With over 800 pediatric clinicians on staff, we’re dedicated to helping you connect with the right specialist for your needs.
We have expertise in treating children and educating families on hundreds of different conditions.
We use cutting-edge, specialized treatments and procedures to ensure the best care for your child.
Also known as: genetic testing, DNA testing, genetic blood test.
Basic genetic testing is a medical screening or diagnostic test that examines an individual's genes and chromosomes. It can be performed for a variety of reasons, including screening newborns for their risk of future disease, screening parents or expecting parents for their risk of passing along diseases, helping to diagnose disease in individuals and even in helping to solve crimes.
Reviewed by: Yadira L Martinez-Fernandez, MD
This page was last updated on: November 21, 2019 10:21 AM
Dr. Parul Jayakar describes what genetic testing can reveal to a family planning to have a baby.
Crouzon syndrome is a rare disorder that is present at birth. It is characterized by the seams between a baby's soft skull bones closing early, which causes the face and eye sockets to develop incorrectly.
Genetic diseases are conditions that occur due to a mutation in a gene in the body’s cells.