Brian G Skotko, MD, MPP
Clinical Cytogenetics
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Age Groups Seen
- Adults
- Geriatrics
Languages
- English
Gender
MaleAbout Brian G Skotko
A Board-certified medical geneticist, Dr. Skotko is the Emma Campbell Endowed Chair on Down Syndrome at Massachusetts General Hospital. As the Director of the hospital's Down Syndrome Program, he has dedicated his professional energies toward children with cognitive and development disabilities. He co-authored the national award-winning books, Common Threads: Celebrating Life with Down Syndrome and Fasten Your Seatbelt: A Crash Course on Down Syndrome for Brothers and Sisters. He is a graduate of Duke University, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard Kennedy School, and he is currently a Professor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Skotko is a leader on clinical and translational research about Down syndrome. He has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The L.A. Times, NPR's "On Point," and ABC's "Good Morning America." Dr. Skotko has a sister with Down syndrome and serves on the Honorary Board of Directors for the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress.
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Locations
- Massachusetts General Medical Genetics
- 55 Fruit Street, Yawkey Building, 6th Floor, Suite 6C, Boston, MA 02114
- Get Directions
- phone: 617-726-1561
- fax: 617-726-1566
Expertise
Education
- Fellowship: Boston Children's Hospital (for MD/DO), Genetics, 2012
- Internship: Boston Medical Center (BMC), Pediatrics, 2009
- Internship: Children's Hospital Boston, Pediatrics, 2007
- Medical Education: Harvard Medical School, 2006
Board Certifications
- Clinical Genetics (MD): American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics, 2022
Insurance
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid CT
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid NY
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Tufts Medicare Preferred
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH