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JMF Diagnostic Centers
"Experts have estimated that as many as 500,000 cases of PI remain undiagnosed in the United States. Our goal is to give every child a chance to lead a healthy, normal life."
Baxter is pleased to support the Jeffrey Modell Foundation (JMF) in opening Diagnostic Centers throughout the country. Read about new centers as they open and learn about how Diagnostic Centers can be a resource for you and your family.  The Jeffrey Modell Foundation (JMF), together with Baxter Healthcare Corporation, celebrated the opening of the Jeffrey Modell Diagnostic Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies at the University of California – San Francisco (UCSF). Jennifer Puck, MD, professor of pediatrics and human genetics and director of the Jeffrey Modell Foundation Diagnostic Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies at UCSF, said "We will be able to diagnose and treat more patients with PI, and in partnership with our local medical colleagues and by networking with researchers around the world, we can advance cutting–edge research to learn more about these rare diseases." Seattle Children's recognized the Jeffrey Modell Foundation (JMF), together with Baxter Healthcare Corporation, for funding of a state-of-the-art molecular diagnostic laboratory within its new Center for Immunology Research. Hans Ochs, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics and the Jeffrey Modell Chair of Pediatric Immunology Research at Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute, noted that the new center "will provide cutting edge research and diagnostic opportunities not only for Seattle, but to colleagues in the U.S. and around the world." The Jeffrey Modell Diagnostic Center for PI in Children's Hospital of Wisconsin opened in January, 2007. Supported by a grant from Baxter, this new center will offer clinical programs and innovative research for patients throughout the Midwest.  In December 2006, the Jeffery Modell Diagnostic Center for PI at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center opened. The educational and diagnostic programs will be available for patients in New Orleans, the mid-southern states, Latin America and the Caribbean.  The JMF, in collaboration with Baxter, dedicated the Jeffrey Modell Diagnostic Center for PI at Emory Children's Center in Atlanta in December, 2005. The facility will serve as a Center of Excellence in immunology for patients in the southeastern states, providing diagnostic and treatment services for PI. |
