What kind of physician is a dysmorphologist?
A dysmorphologist is a boarded pediatrician (American Board of Pediatrics) who has spent 2-3 additional years in training focusing on the causes, treatment and prevention of birth defects. Dysmorphology is a system for the approach to clinical diagnosis in the areas of birth defects and developmental abnormalities. Most physicians who specifically call themselves dysmorphologists either trained with Dr. Smith or trained with someone who did in order to learn this approach.
