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Dr. Nicole Baumer is a child neurologist / neurodevelopmental disabilities specialist at Boston Children's Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Baumer is Director of the Boston Children's Hospital Down Syndrome Program. She completed medical training at Harvard Medical school, pediatrics training at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Training at Boston Children?s Hospital. Dr. Baumer also studied Special Education, and has a Masters Degree in Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education. She specializes in clinical care of children with Down syndrome, autism, ADHD, and other neurodevelopmental and behavioral disorders. Her research is focused on neurodevelopment in Down syndrome, and on interventions to optimize health, learning, and development. Dr. Baumer?s older sister, Heather, has Down syndrome and has been a huge inspiration in her life and career.