{"id":578,"date":"2011-08-09T15:15:16","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T15:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globaldownsyndrome.org.mytempweb.com\/?page_id=578"},"modified":"2025-03-07T10:36:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T17:36:51","slug":"anna-and-john-j-sie-center-for-down-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.globaldownsyndrome.org\/sq\/our-story\/anna-and-john-j-sie-center-for-down-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Qendra Anna dhe John J. Sie p\u00ebr Sindrom\u00ebn Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About the Anna and John J. Sie Center&nbsp;for Down Syndrome<\/h2>\n<table style=\"float: right;\" width=\"300px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size: 8pt; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px;\" width=\"299\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-bottom: 4px;\" title=\"Anna and John J. Sie Center for Down Syndrome Ribbon Cutting\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/sie-center-opening-ribbon-cutting.jpg\" alt=\"Anna and John J. Sie Center for Down Syndrome Ribbon Cutting\" width=\"299px\" align=\"center\"><br \/>\n<em>Anna and John J. Sie, with their granddaughter and Jim Shmerling, president of Children\u2019s Hospital, at the opening of the Sie Center.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The Global Down Syndrome Foundation provides fundraising, education, awareness and government advocacy for the <a title=\"Qendra Anna dhe John J. Sie p\u00ebr Sindrom\u00ebn Down\" href=\"https:\/\/www.childrenscolorado.org\/doctors-and-departments\/departments\/down-syndrome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Qendra Anna dhe John J. Sie p\u00ebr Sindrom\u00ebn Down<\/a>, the medical care center for the <a title=\"Instituti Linda Crnic p\u00ebr Sindrom\u00ebn Down\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ucdenver.edu\/academics\/colleges\/medicalschool\/institutes\/lindacrnic\/Pages\/lindacrnic.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instituti Linda Crnic p\u00ebr Sindrom\u00ebn Down<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Sie Center opened its doors to patients with Down syndrome from all over the world and the US in November of 2010. It is located at the Children\u2019s Hospital Colorado, (<a title=\"US News &amp; World Report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.childrenscolorado.org\/about\/news\/2021\/june-2021\/top-10-usnwr-ranking\/#:~:text=Children's%20Hospital%20Colorado%20Earns%20Prestigious%20Top%2010%20U.S.%20News%20%26%20World%20Report%20Ranking&amp;text=For%20the%20second%20year%20in,News%20%26%20World%20Report%20released%20today\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ranked among the top ten in the nation by <em>News &amp; World Report 2021<\/em><\/a>) where there is a spectrum of experts to draw from.<\/p>\n<p>Most importantly, the Sie Center is comprised of a multi-disciplinary \u201cDream Team\u201d of experts with more than 80 years of combined experience in caring for children with Down syndrome and developmental disabilities. The Crnic Institute Director Joaqu\u00edn Espinosa manages the Dream Team, including the Sie Center Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaldownsyndrome.org\/new-leadership-childrens-hospital-colorado-spearhead-largest-down-syndrome-center-us\/\">Dr. Nicole Baumer<\/a>, Senior Physical Therapist <a title=\"Patricia C. Winders\" href=\"\/sq\/?page_id=818\">Patricia C. Winders<\/a>, and Program Director <a title=\"Dee Daniels, RN, MSN, CPNP\" href=\"\/sq\/?page_id=811\">Dee Daniels<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>To make an appointment at the Sie Center please call (720) 777-6750 or fax (720) 777-7936.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-159165 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globaldownsyndrome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/dr.baumer_homepage_bucket-270x354.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globaldownsyndrome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/dr.baumer_homepage_bucket-270x354.png 270w, https:\/\/www.globaldownsyndrome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/dr.baumer_homepage_bucket-167x219.png 167w, https:\/\/www.globaldownsyndrome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/dr.baumer_homepage_bucket-9x12.png 9w, https:\/\/www.globaldownsyndrome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/dr.baumer_homepage_bucket-170x223.png 170w, https:\/\/www.globaldownsyndrome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/dr.baumer_homepage_bucket.png 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/>The Sie Center provides the highest quality of comprehensive care to children with Down syndrome and support for their families \u2013 from the prenatal phase of life, through childhood and adolescence, up to the age of 21. Its experts coordinate medical care (including tapping into other outstanding clinics at the Children\u2019s Hospital Colorado), speech, physical and other therapies, and educational support in order to ensure the best possible care for each child and adolescent with Down syndrome. It also serves as a resource for families and primary care doctors by providing up-to-date information and support to parents who have received a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>The Sie Center is committed to contributing and updating evidenced-based health guidelines for people with Down syndrome. As part of the Crnic Institute, the Sie Center will actively participate in clinical research that will provide important evidence to what diseases or conditions people with Down syndrome are more susceptible to or protected from. Equally important, the Sie Center will advocate for research that provides evidence-based results regarding what medications or strategies work best for individuals with Down syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Anna and John J. Sie Center for Down Syndrome was inspired by the birth of <a title=\"Grandparents Making a Difference\" href=\"\/sq\/?page_id=1038\">Anna and John J. Sie\u2019s grandchild<\/a>, and partially funded through an endowed fund established by the Anna and John J. Sie Foundation. The Sie Center is a clinical care center that provides the best medical care and evidence-based clinical research for people with Down syndrome. The Sie Center is without political or religious affiliation or intention.<\/p>\n<p>To make an appointment at the Sie Center please call (720) 777-6750 or fax (720) 777-7936.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Lidershipi<\/h2>\n<p>The Sie Center is comprised of a multi-disciplinary \u201cDream Team\u201d of experts with more than 80 years of combined experience in caring for children with Down syndrome and developmental disabilities.<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Qendra Anna dhe John J. Sie p\u00ebr Lidershipin e Sindrom\u00ebs Down\" href=\"?page_id=954\">Meet the people behind the Sie Center for Down Syndrome<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Anna and John J. Sie Center&nbsp;for Down Syndrome Anna and John J. Sie, with their granddaughter and Jim Shmerling, president of Children\u2019s Hospital, at the opening of the Sie Center. The Global Down Syndrome Foundation provides fundraising, education, awareness and government advocacy for the Anna and John J. 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