Fall 2007 Newsletter
CARES Foundation, Inc.
New Addition to Medical Advisory Board
CARES Foundation is pleased to welcome Pediatric Psychologist David E. Sandberg, Ph.D. to our Medical Advisory Board. Dr. Sandberg is Associate Professor and Director of the Division of Child Behavioral Health in the Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
A child and adolescent clinical psychologist with expertise in caring for youths with chronic medical conditions and their families, Dr. Sandberg has served as a member of healthcare professional teams caring for youths with various endocrine conditions for more than 18 years. His clinical research program flows from these clinical experiences, including studies of the psychosocial aspects of short stature.
A second focus is the psychological development of children born with a conditions identified by newborn screening. He has developed a psychoeducational treatment manual for clinicians caring for newborns with congenital adrenal hyperplasia and is designing health-related quality of life questionnaires for patients with conditions affecting sexual or reproductive function, and their parents.
Dr.
Sandberg obtained his doctorate from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada and
completed postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Miami and at the College
of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University. He is a member of the Lawson
Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society, is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association
and the Society of Pediatric Psychology, and is on the editorial board of the Journal
of Pediatric Psychology.
Dr.
Daniel Gunther passed away unexpectedly on September 30, 2007 at the age of 49.
He was a founding member of the CARES Foundation Scientific and Medical Advisory
Board. Dr. Gunther was a kind, thoughtful man and dedicated physician. He cared
deeply for his patients, going the extra mile to make sure that his patients received
the best quality care. He was always available to CARES Foundation staff and its
members, often calling members in distant places who were not his patients to offer
support and guidance when asked.
Dr. Gunther was born Feb. 21, 1958 in Washington, DC, and grew up in southern California. In 1980 he graduated from University of California Santa Barbara with a BA. After serving in the US Army for 3 years, he received an MA in Educational Psychology from University of California, Berkeley in 1986. Dan then graduated from University of California Davis School of Medicine in 1992. He received specialty training in Pediatrics from University of Rochester, New York, completed in 1995. His Fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology was at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, completed in 1998. At the time of his death, Dan was Associate Professor at University of Washington School of Medicine and was an Attending Physician, Pediatric Endocrinology, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle, since 1998.
Dr.
Gunther leaves behind a large, loving family: his father and father’s wife,
eight siblings and many nieces and nephews. May he rest in peace.
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