Adoption Medicine Clinic

The preadoption consultation is a 1-hour informal, informative virtual meeting with an AMC physician to discuss diagnoses listed on a medical checklist or general questions while still considering next best steps in the adoption process.

This service is for those that have not received a child referral from an adoption agency.

This service is for families that are submitting a preadoption medical review for the first time. A summary of findings will be sent within 3-business days of form submission and payment. Summaries will be sent through the AMC Family Portal (https://adoption.ahc.umn.edu/family/). Follow-up and updates for this specific child will be continued with our team until a family obtains legal guardianship of the child.

This service is for families that have submitted 1 or more preadoption medical reviews in the past to the Adoption Medicine Clinic. A summary of findings will be sent within 3-business days of form submission and payment. Summaries will be sent through the AMC Family Portal (https://adoption.ahc.umn.edu/family/). Follow-up and updates for this specific child will be continued with our team until a family obtains legal guardianship of the child.

Pre-Adoption Medical Review, Expedited is for families, new or return, seeking an initial summary report of a preadoption medical review within 1-business day of file submission and payment. Summaries will be sent through the AMC Family Portal.

Please note: Those that request an expedited preadoption medical review on a Thursday after 3:00 pm (CT) or on a Friday can expect to receive a report summary the following Monday. Follow-up and updates for this specific child will be continued with our team until a family obtains legal guardianship of the child, however, follow-up questions will be reviewed within 3-business days of new file or question submission.

This service is for families, new or return, seeking an initial summary report of a preadoption medical review returned within 24-hours of form submission and payment over a weekend or a holiday. This applies from 3:00 pm (CT) the day prior to the weekend/holiday or on the weekend/holiday. Those seeking this service must connect with the reviewer on service to confirm availability. To determine the reviewer on service visit https://med.umn.edu/adoption/services/preadoption/preadoption-medical-reviews. Please contact iac@umn.edu if you have questions regarding this service.

Please note: Follow-up and updates for this specific child will be continued with our team until a family obtains legal guardianship of the child, however, follow-up questions will be reviewed within 3-business days of new file or question submission.

Coaching with Dr. Kimara Gustafson is open to adoptive, foster or kinship parents & caregivers interested in learning how to create better alignment with their child. Topics that coaching can help address include but are not limited to; understanding the potential impact of early adversities, multiple caregiver transitions, prenatal exposures and trauma, helping you gain confidence and comfort in your parenting relationship with your child, helping you build your own inner strength and resiliency as a parent and caregiver, supporting your child in their positive identity development as an adopted or foster care person or supporting your child’s identity in a transracial/transcultural family.

Note: This is a coaching service. Medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment for you or your child will not be provided in these sessions. If seeking medical advice, treatment or diagnosis for your child, contact iac@umn.edu to learn how to schedule an in-person clinical appointment.