About PICK

PICK was developed in late 2000, by a group of mothers of children with severe  neurological conditions resulting from kernicterus. Media coverage in September 2000, following the testimony of Susan Sheridan (PICK co-founder) at an Agency for Healthcare Quality & Research summit on patient safety, facilitated the networking of seven PICK moms. They quickly realized that their children’s injuries were not as rare as the medical and public health communities estimated. PICK mobilized rapidly to create awareness about kernicterus and strategies for preventing this easily preventable patient injury.

The current PICK board is continuing the original PICK vision of preventing new cases of kernicterus worldwide and also pursuing research into effective treatments for the neurological sequelae of kernicterus.