TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa General Hospital is the first hospital in Florida to the Sunshine Genetics Newborn Screening Program, a voluntary pilot program.
Dr. Tara Randis, chair of pediatrics at TGH Muma Children’s Hospital, said that newborns are typically screened for about 60 conditions. This will expand newborn testing to 750 genetic conditions to help families find diagnoses and access treatments sooner.
The program is personal for Palm Harbor state Rep. Adam Anderson and his wife, Brianne, who lost their son Andrew to Tay-Sachs disease when he was four years old. Anderson said there was a long period when the family did not know what disease they were dealing with…