How genomics is changing pediatric healthcare
Jul 08, 2016
Sarah Soden, M.D.
How genomics is changing pediatric healthcare

Dr. Sarah Soden is the Director, Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Soden will share information about medical discoveries being made at the Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine.  She will explain how doctors and researchers at Children's Mercy are using genome sequencing to solve medical mysteries and help improve the lives of children and their families.

Dr. Sarah Soden is a Neurodevelopmental Pediatrician and the Director of the Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO.  She joined the center in 2011, leading efforts to integrate genomics into pediatric health care throughout the institution.  Dr. Soden’s clinical practice involves the diagnosis and treatment of developmental disorders including intellectual disability and autism.  

Dr. Soden is a graduate of the University Of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine.  She completed pediatric residency at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO, followed by a Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Fellowship at The University of Kansas Developmental Disabilities Center and Children’s Mercy Hospital.  Research interests include inherited intellectual disaility, clinical and ethical implications of pediatric genomic medicine, and translational pharmacogenomics.