On June 25–26, the Newborn Screening Mass Spectrometry Laboratories at the Wadsworth Center hosted Dr. Naija Cottingham, a Fellow from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Cottingham is the first participant in this new Fellowship Program, initiated by Dr. Jaya Ganesh, Interim Program Director of the Medical Residency Training Program and Director of the Newborn Screening Inherited Metabolic Disease Specialty Care Center at Mount Sinai.
During her visit, Dr. Cottingham received a comprehensive overview of the newborn screening process, with an in-depth focus on the Lysosomal Disease and Inherited Metabolic Disease Laboratories.
Training included hands-on exposure to sample processing, analytical testing, data review, reporting procedures, and special case evaluations. The five-day Fellowship includes two in-person days at the Wadsworth Center and three virtual sessions, during which she reviewed abnormal screening results with Newborn Screening Program staff.