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Dr. Fran Kendall is the Founder of VMP Genetics. As a geneticist, she has supported genetic patients for the last three decades. She authored Shades of Grief, a book that highlights her walk through grief over personal struggles and her professional work as a geneticist.

Dr Fran Kendall of VMP Genetics is published in the online October version of Movement Disorders Clinical Practice.

The United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation hosts a webinar with 4 renown mitochondrial disease experts (Dr Fran Kendall being one of them) to answer your questions about the coronavirus.

MItoAction podcast - Direct to Consumer (DTC) genetic testing strengths and limitations. Includes discussion of interesting studies and data surrounding the accuracy of the variants identified in DTC testing.

MItoAction podcast - Clinical red flags that suggest an alternative diagnosis should be considered and tools utilized to reanalyze patients classified with mitochondrial disease.

Not all cars, houses, plumbers, electricians - OR doctors- are the same. An M.D. seeing an occasional rare disease case vs. specializing in the diagnosis and management of mitochondrial or other rare disorders brings two very different skill sets to the examination table. There is tremendous value in knowledge and experience and that a second opinion consultation may bring you the answers you have been searching for.

Among the multitude of challenges confronted by both children and adults with mitochondrial disease are those they face in the workplace and school environment as they attempt to navigate their disease and strive for a typical existence.

One, two, three makes a baby boy! I discuss the recent birth of a child conceived from the DNA of three parents, the revolutionary technique utilized, and the issues surrounding its use.