Gerald B. Schaefer, MD

Clinical Geneticist (M.D.)

Dr. Gerald B. Schaefer is a Clinical Geneticist (M.D.) in Springdale, AR with special training and skill in identifying inherited and acquired genetic conditions. As a Clinical Geneticist (M.D.), Gerald B. Schaefer, MD performs DNA analysis on patients of all ages. Clinical Genetics (M.D.) is the study and treatment of genetic disorders. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Clinical Geneticists (M.D.) include cleft lip and palate, sickle-cell disease, Down Syndrome, muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Clinical Geneticists (M.D.) include acquiring blood and skin samples.

A clinical geneticist demonstrates competence in providing comprehensive diagnostic, management and counseling services for genetic disorders.

Pediatric Endocrinologist

Dr. Gerald B. Schaefer is a Pediatric Endocrinologist in Springdale, AR with special training and skill in treating childhood endocrine, metabolism, and hormonal disorders. As a Pediatric Endocrinologist, Gerald B. Schaefer, MD performs medical diagnosis, prevention, assessment, and treatment of glandular disorders in children. Pediatric Endocrinology is a specialty of medicine that deals with preventing, diagnosing, and treating children's conditions affecting the adrenals, thyroid, pancreas, and other glands. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Pediatric Endocrinologists include hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Cushing's syndrome, adrenal insufficiency, childhood obesity, parathyroidism, developmental disorders, diabetes, and glandular cancers. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Pediatric Endocrinologists include hormone and thyroid level testing, urine and blood testing, childhood nutrition education, diabetes treatment, bariatric surgery assessment, radioactive iodine treatment, adrenal and thyroid surgery, and intensive insulin therapy.

A pediatrician who provides expert care to infants, children and adolescents who have diseases that result from an abnormality in the endocrine glands (glands which secrete hormones). These diseases include diabetes mellitus, growth failure, unusual size for age, early or late pubertal development, birth defects, the genital region and disorders of the thyroid, the adrenal and pituitary glands.