PICK Mission

The Parents of Infants and Children with Kernicterus is organized exclusively for charitable, scientific and educational purposes. Our primary mission is to prevent ALL new cases of kernicterus through a system-wide change in jaundice management. PICK can be characterized in three words – partnership, prevention and promise. This is our motivation and inspiration.

Our Goals include:

• Develop an effective parent/healthcare partnership model that is family-centered and systems-based for addressing preventable disabilities in newborns
• Prevent kernicterus through a universal system wide program of education, objective screening, follow up, diagnosis and treatment
• Provide information and support to families
• Identify effective therapies and treatment that could improve the quality of life for children and adults with kernicterus
• Implement a structure of accountability for reported cases of hyperbilirubinemia

is committed to pursuing intervention, both currently available and emerging, that provide children with kernicterus the opportunity and means to realize their maximum potential and enjoy the highest quality of life possible.