Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center Southern New Jersey Regional PKU Center
Barbara Marcelo Evans, M.D., Medical Director (856) 342-2094
Ann Starr, MS, RD, Nutritionist (856) 342-2290
UMDNJ University Regional Metabolic Treatment Center
Anna Haratounian, M.D., Medical Director (973) 972-3306
Sara Wiley, Clinic Coordinator (973) 972-3306
JoAnne Friedman, MA, RD, Nutritionist (973) 972-3308
Saint Peter’s University Hospital Institute for Genetic Medicine
Debra-Lynn Day-Salvatore, M.D., Ph.D, FAAP, FACMG, Director
(732) 745-6659
Marynell Tabayoyong, MS, RD, Genetic Metabolic Dietician (732) 745-6659
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Section of Metabolic Disease
Mark Yudkoff, M.D., Section Chief (215) 590-3376
Can Ficicioglu, M.D., Ph.D, Metabolic Physician (215) 590-3376
Brenda Weiss, BNS, RN, Newborn Screening Coordinator and Triage Nurse
(267) 426-5363
FYI: Current thinking among medical specialists is that persons with PKU need to follow a low phenylalanine diet for life. Women of child bearing age with elevated blood levels of phenylalanine are at high risk of having infants with severe heart and/or brain defects known as Maternal PKU Syndrome. It is of particular importance that any female with PKU who may become pregnant follow a low phenylalanine diet even before she becomes pregnant. If you are a woman or female adolescent and you have PKU, speak with your doctor or call one of the treatment centers listed above for critical information.
