Overview
Margaret Adam is a Medical Genetics specialist and a Pediatrics provider in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Adam is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypospadias. Her top areas of expertise are Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), 1p36 Deletion Syndrome, Intersex, and Microcephaly.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 81 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Hypospadias.
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Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Adam has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Paul Merguerian is a Urologist and a Pediatrics provider in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Merguerian is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypospadias. His top areas of expertise are Exstrophy of the Bladder, Hydronephrosis, Hypospadias, Lithotripsy, and Vaginectomy. Dr. Merguerian is currently accepting new patients.
Margarett Shnorhavorian is a Urologist and a Pediatrics provider in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Shnorhavorian is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypospadias. Her top areas of expertise are Exstrophy of the Bladder, Hypospadias, Intersex, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH), and Lithotripsy. Dr. Shnorhavorian is currently accepting new patients.
Swedish Pediatric Specialty Care - First Hill
Dr. Close is a board-certified fellowship-trained pediatric urologist with extensive clinical and surgical expertise in congenital and acquired genitourinary problems. Her practice focuses on providing a comforting, healing environment for the diagnosis and treatment of urologic conditions in children ranging from prenatal development to age eighteen. After completing her Pediatric Urology Fellowship at Seattle Children’s Hospital she worked in private practice and then served as Chief of Pediatric Urology at the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital. She is internationally recognized for her research and writing on congenital bladder outlet obstruction and alternate methods of bladder augmentation. Her surgical expertise includes penile malformations- chordee and hypospadias, hydroceles, undescended testes, posterior urethral valves, vesicoureteral reflux and ureteroceles. Dr. Close has received a 5 star rating from US News and World report and was named Parent’s Top Choice because of her willingness to make time for patients, her ability to answer questions with clear explanations and the parents’ perception of patient outcomes. She is a member of The Society for Pediatric Urology, The European Society for Pediatric Urology, The American Academy of Pediatrics and The American College of Surgeons. Outside the hospital Dr. Close loves tennis, birding, and piano. Dr. Close is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypospadias. Her top areas of expertise are Hypospadias, Congenital Bilateral Absence of the Vas Deferens, Renal Tubular Dysgenesis, and Undescended Testicle.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)Dr. Adam isDistinguished. Learn about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS).
- Advanced
- 1p36 Deletion SyndromeDr. Adam isAdvanced. Learn about 1p36 Deletion Syndrome.
- 5-Alpha Reductase DeficiencyDr. Adam isAdvanced. Learn about 5-Alpha Reductase Deficiency.
- Achalasia Microcephaly Syndrome
- Gomez Lopez Hernandez Syndrome
- IntersexDr. Adam isAdvanced. Learn about Intersex.
- Kabuki SyndromeDr. Adam isAdvanced. Learn about Kabuki Syndrome.
- Experienced
- Acrofacial Dysostosis Catania TypeDr. Adam isExperienced. Learn about Acrofacial Dysostosis Catania Type.
- Acrofacial Dysostosis Rodriguez Type
- Acrofrontofacionasal Dysostosis Syndrome
- Aplasia Cutis CongenitaDr. Adam isExperienced. Learn about Aplasia Cutis Congenita.
- CHARGE SyndromeDr. Adam isExperienced. Learn about CHARGE Syndrome.
- Chromosome 11 Uniparental DisomyDr. Adam isExperienced. Learn about Chromosome 11 Uniparental Disomy.
