2024 Health Care for Adults with Down Syndrome Presentation
Tue, Jul 23
|The Atlantis Room: Paradise A
Time & Location
Jul 23, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
The Atlantis Room: Paradise A, 3800 S Virginia St, Reno, NV 89502, USA
Guests
About the event
The Down Syndrome Network of Northern Nevada is proud to offer an ACCME accredited presentation in conjunction with the Katerini Zoe Medical Outreach Program and The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. Dr. Brian Chicoine is a nationally recognized leader in medical research and care pertaining to adults with Down syndrome.
Overview: The life expectancy of people with Down syndrome has doubled over the last 40 years. The
number of people with Down syndrome living into adulthood has also increased significantly. In
this presentation, Brian Chicoine, MD, will review the health care changes, past and present,
that contributed to these changes. He will also describe differences in the prevalence of health
conditions in adolescents and adults with Down syndrome compared to those without Down