Due to demand, we unfortunately cannot see every patient who is referred to our program. The Center sees both adult and pediatric patients, but we typically must limit our services to those patients living with rare or undiagnosed diseases resulting in multisystem dysfunction, functional impairment or severity of symptoms that significantly affects their quality of life.
You may be eligible if you have:
- Objective (measurable) findings from previous medical tests and exams related to your symptoms; and
- No diagnosis after a previously extensive work-up that includes evaluation by multiple specialists through the usual medical care process.
We likely can't accept you if you have:
- Symptoms with no related test or exam results;
- A previous diagnosis that explains your symptoms; or
- A medical condition that prevents you from being able to travel to attend outpatient appointments.
Patients who have not had a previously extensive work-up will likely be deferred to the appropriate specialist(s) prior to consideration for our program. Those patients eligible for the program must be willing to provide information as well as biological samples (e.g. blood, urine, skin, or other tissue) which we believe may be helpful in providing answers for patient's case. For some, parts of our program may have additional consents for further research approaches we might want to use. Accepted patients may be required to review and sign consents outside of normal clinical testing.
If upon review of the application the Center concludes that our program's resources and expertise are not appropriate, or if it is determined that is unlikely that we would reach a diagnosis beyond what has already been done, we may be able to offer alternative recommendations that might be beneficial to the patient.
For more information regarding how to submit an application, please visit our How to Apply page.