Charlotte
E. Thompson, M.D. possesses 50 years of expertise in pediatrics, muscle
diseases, and adolescent medicine, including 15 years in private practice.
Training with the top muscle disease specialists in the world paved the
way for her book, Raising a Child
with a Neuromuscular Disorder, as well as ground-breaking journal
articles and presentation papers at key international medical conferences.
She has also written 101 Ways To the
Best Medical Care. Her latest book is Grandparenting
a Child with Special Needs. Please see her curriculum
vitae for additional information.
She is the founder and former director of the nonprofit Center for Handicapped
Children and Teenagers in San Francisco, CA. which closed September 30,
2004 after 23 years of caring for patients from all over the United States.
Dr. Thompson still communicates with parents by e-mail.