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Dr. Axelrod brings hope to patients wit rare disease

On a Sunday afternoon, Felicia Axelrod, M.D., FAAP, enjoyed the fruits of her labor by spending two hours of social time with six of her patients, ages 21 to 33. She listened and smiled as they talked of their hopes for the future.

"I watched them support each other in such a giving and loving way that I really felt it was all worthwhile," she said.

As professor of Dysautonomia Treatment and Research at New York University (NYU) School of Medicine, and director of the Dysautonomia Treatment and Evaluation Center in New York, Dr. Axelrod helps patients survive with familial dysautonomia (FD), a rare genetic disorder affecting children of Ashkenazi Jewish parents.

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