RESOURCES
Vascular Anomalies Programs and Physicians affiliated with the PHACE Syndrome Community Medical Advisory Board
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Children's Hospital of Wisconsin - Birthmarks & Vascular Anomalies Center
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Website: http://www.chw.org/medical-care/birthmarks-and-vascular-anomalies-center/
Physician on the PHACE Syndrome Community Medical Advisory Board: ​
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Beth Drolet, MD, Chair of the Department of Dermatology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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Dawn Siegel, MD, Department of Dermatology
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Boston Children’s Hospital - Vascular Anomalies Center
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Website: http://www.childrenshospital.org/centers-and-services/vascular-anomalies-center-program
Physicians on the PHACE Syndrome Community Medical Advisory Board:
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Denise Adams, MD, Co-Director of the Vascular Anomalies Center (VAC) and Member of faculty at Harvard Medical School
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Darren Orbach, MD, PhD, Co-Director, Cerebrovascular Surgery and Interventions Center, Division Chief, Interventional & Neurointerventional Radiology, Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
University of California San Francisco: Birthmarks & Vascular Anomalies Center and Benioff Children’s Hospital - Pediatric Brain Center
Location: San Francisco, CA
Website: https://www.ucsfhealth.org/clinics/birthmarks-and-vascular-anomalies-center and https://www.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org/clinics/pediatric_brain_center/
Physicians on the PHACE Syndrome Community Medical Advisory Board:
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Ilona J. Frieden, MD, Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco
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Christine Fox, MD, Pediatric Stroke Neurologist, Board Certified in both Vascular Neurology and Neurology, with added qualifications in Child Neurology
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Heather Fullerton, MD, Chief of Child Neurology at UCSF's Department of Neurology, and director of Pediatric Brain Center at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
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Christopher P. Hess, MD, PhD, Associate Professor & Associate Chair, Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco
Columbia University Medical Center – Vascular Anomalies Clinic
Location: New York, NY
Website: http://dermatology.columbia.edu/clinical/pediatric_dermatology.html
Physician on the PHACE Syndrome Community Medical Advisory Board:
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Maria Garzon, MD, Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center
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The Hospital for Sick Children / University of Toronto
Location: Toronto, Canada
Website: http://www.sickkids.ca/Dermatology/What-we-do/index.html#Vascular%20Tumour%20Service
Physician on the PHACE Syndrome Community Medical Advisory Board:
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Elena Pope, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Dept of Paediatric Dermatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto
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Other Vascular Anomalies Programs and Physicians
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University of Wisconsin's Department of Dermatology
Location: Madison, WI
Website: https://dermatology.wisc.edu/
Physician: Dr. Beth Drolet
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Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta – Vascular Anomalies Clinic
Location: Atlanta, GA
Website: https://www.choa.org/medical-services/surgery/vascular-anomalies-clinic
Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health – Vascular Anomalies Program
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Website: https://www.rileychildrens.org/departments/vascular-anomalies-program
Physician: Anita Haggstrom, MD
Texas Children's Hospital
Location: Houston, TX
Website: http://www.texaschildrens.org/Locate/Departments-and-Services/Dermatology/Research/
https://www.texaschildrens.org/find-a-doctor/denise-w-metry-md
Physician: Denise Metry, MD
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Cincinnatti Childrens Hospital and Medical Center
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Website: https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/service/h/hemangioma
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Associations
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PHACES Foundation of Canada (our Canadian counterpart)
http://www.phacesfoundation.ca/
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Hemangioma Investigator Group
http://hemangiomaeducation.org/
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Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance
http://pedraresearch.org/
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NOVA (National Organization of Vascular Anomalies)
www.novanews.org
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The Vascular Birthmarks Foundation
http://www.birthmark.org
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Forms
Managing and keeping track of all the appointments, procedures, medications and other vital information can be overwhelming. We highly recommend getting a binder and documenting the various aspect of your child's medical care. Below are a list of forms from Children's Wisconsin Hospital that they were kind in letting us share with all our families.
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Blogs/Personal Journeys
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