Dr. Clifford Ronald Scott, MD

C. Ronald Scott, MD, is attending physician at Seattle Children's Hospital and professor in the departments of Pediatrics and Medicine at the University of Washington. He has special clinical expertise in the diagnosis and management of children and adults with inborn errors of metabolism. He is director of the Phenylketonuria and Metabolic Disease Clinics at the University of Washington and has initiated a program for the diagnosis and management of children or adults with lysosomal storage diseases.

Dr. Scott's research focuses on collaboration with the University of Washington's Department of Chemistry in the development of special applications of tandem mass spectroscopy for the diagnosis of biochemical disorders through newborn screening programs. He has multiple grants from federal and private agencies in support of detecting metabolic diseases through newborn screening and for the management of lysosomal storage disorders. Dr. Scott is board certified in pediatrics, …biochemical genetics and molecular genetics. He serves as an advisor on genetics for the Washington State Legislature and Department of Health. He serves as a consultant to companies who manufacture special infant formulas and to pharmaceutical companies regarding the appropriate management of individuals with lysosomal storage diseases. He has served on the board of directors for the Society for Inherited Metabolic
Disorders, the American Board of Medical Genetics and the American Society of Human Genetics. Dr. Scott recently received the FDA Commissioner's Special Citation for his work on hereditary tyrosinemia I and has been listed in "Best Doctors in America" since 1992.