Missouri
Capital: Jefferson City
Population: 5,800,310 (2005 estimate)
Land Area: 69,674 square miles
Persons per square mile: 83.2
Births/year: 81,879
Largest Cities: Kansas City, St. Louis, and Springfield
Source: MO Dept Health and Senior Services
State Poster: Missouri State Genetics Poster
Missouri Links
State of Missouri:
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
- Missouri State Genetics Home Page
- Missouri Newborn Screening Program
- Missouri Newborn Screening State Public Health Laboratory
Other links:
- Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center (St.Louis University)
- St. Luke's Hospital
- Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
- St. John's Mercy Medical Center
- Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
- St. Louis Children's Hospital (Washington University)
- University of Missouri Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Genetics
Accredited Cystic Fibrosis Centers
- Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center (St. Louis University)
- Children's Mercy Hospital
- St. Louis Children's Hospital (Washington University)
- Children's Hospital-University of Missouri Health Care
Hemoglobinopathy Centers
- Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center (St. Louis University)
- Children's Mercy Hospital
- St. Louis Children's Hospital (Washington University)
- Children's Hospital-University of Missouri Health Care
State Program Contacts
- State Genetics Coordinator
Sharmini Rogers, MBBS, MPH
Missouri Dept of Health & Senior Services
Bureau of Genetics and Healthy Childhood
930 Wildwood Dr, PO Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Tel: (573) 751-6266
Fax: (573) 751-6185
Email - Newborn Screening Coordinator
Julie Raburn-Miller, MSW, LCSW
Missouri Dept of Health & Senior Services, Bureau of Genetics and Healthy Childhood
930 Wildwood Dr PO Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Tel: (573) 751-6266
Fax: (573) 751-6185
Email - Adult Genetics Program Coordinator
James Holmes
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Bureau of Genetics and Healthy Childhood
930 Wildwood Dr. PO Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Tel: (573) 751-6266
Fax: (573) 751-6185
Email - Newborn Hearing Screening Coordinator
Cathy Harbison
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Bureau of Genetics and Healthy Childhood
930 Wildwood Dr. PO Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Tel: (573) 751-6266
Fax: (573) 751-6185
Email - Sickle Cell Program Coordinator
Nancy Althouse-Hill
220 S Jefferson
St. Louis, MO 63103
Tel: (314) 877-0225
Fax: (314) 877 2858
Email - State Laboratory Director
Dr. Eric Blank
State Public Health Laboratory
Missouri Dept of Health & Senior Services
Genomics and Newborn Health
323 Veteran’s Lane
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Tel: 573-751-2662
Fax: 573-522-8155
Email - NBS Laboratory Manager
William C. Walden
State Public Health Laboratory
323 Veteran's Lane
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Tel: 573-751-2662
Fax: 573-522-8155
Email - Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs Director
Gary Harbison
Department of Health and Senior Services, Bureau of Special Health Care Needs
930 Wildwood
P.O. Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570
Phone: (573) 751-6246
Toll-Free: (800) 451-0669 MO residents only
Fax: (573) 751-6237
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