Dr. Julie Hoover-Fong is a Professor of Genetic Medicine and Pediatrics and Director of the Greenberg Center for Skeletal Dysplasias at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Hoover-Fong holds a bachelor’s degree in Human Nutrition from The Ohio State University, where she also completed her medical degree. She received her Ph.D. in the Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Hoover-Fong completed a pediatric internship and residency at Washington University in St. Louis and a fellowship in medical genetics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. She joined the Johns Hopkins University faculty in 2002 and progressed to Professor of Genetic Medicine and Pediatrics in 2019. She practices and oversees the clinical operations, research and educational ventures for the patients, families and healthcare providers served by the Greenberg Center. Her clinical team develops and improves diagnostic and treatment guidelines for comprehensive care of patients with all types of bone conditions including dwarfism, orofacial clefting, craniosynostosis and more. Dr. Hoover-Fong also mentors and teaches medical students, residents and genetic medicine trainees. As an active clinical researcher, Dr. Hoover-Fong is the Principal Investigator of multiple global clinical trials for achondroplasia, the first multi-center, investigator-initiated natural history study for achondroplasia, and multiple clinical studies for patients with orofacial clefting, hypophosphatasia and other conditions. She is also a co-investigator on the ELSI and Phenotype Review Committees for the Mendel Project, a whole exome sequencing venture to identify the genetic cause of Mendelian conditions. From an institutional service perspective, Dr. Hoover-Fong serves on the Johns Hopkins Associate Professor Promotions Committee and the Advisory Committee for the Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation. She serves on the Medical Advisory Board of the Little People of America, is a member of the Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence at Johns Hopkins University and is a charter member of the International Skeletal Dysplasia Management Consortium, publishing best practice guidelines for patients with skeletal dysplasias. Dr. Hoover is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. Her top areas of expertise are Achondroplasia, Rhizomelic Syndrome, Spondyloepimetaphyseal Dysplasia Strudwick Type, Adenoidectomy, and Myringotomy.

Ravi Savarirayan practices in Parkville, Australia. Mr. Savarirayan is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. His top areas of expertise are Achondroplasia, Acanthosis Nigricans, Chondrodystrophy, and Schwartz-Jampel Syndrome.

Michael Bober is a Medical Genetics provider in Wilmington, Delaware. Dr. Bober is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. His top areas of expertise are Microcephalic Osteodysplastic Primordial Dwarfism Type 2 (MOPD2), Microcephalic Osteodysplastic Primordial Dwarfism Type 1 (MOPD1), Achondroplasia, Osteotomy, and Adenoidectomy. Dr. Bober is currently accepting new patients.

Melita Irving practices in Lausanne, Switzerland. Ms. Irving is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. Her top areas of expertise are Achondroplasia, Acanthosis Nigricans, Chondrodystrophy, Schwartz-Jampel Syndrome, and Kidney Transplant.

Klaus Mohnike practices in Magdeburg, Germany. Mr. Mohnike is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. His top areas of expertise are Achondroplasia, Congenital Hyperinsulinism, Low Blood Sugar, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), and Pancreatectomy.

Valerie Daire-Cormier practices in Paris, France. Ms. Daire-Cormier is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. Her top areas of expertise are Myhre Syndrome, Achondroplasia, Brachydactyly Mononen Type, Polydactyly, and Adenoidectomy.

Laurence Mallet-Legeai practices in Paris, France. Mr. Mallet-Legeai is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. His top areas of expertise are Hypochondroplasia, Acanthosis Nigricans, Achondroplasia, and Acromicric Dysplasia.

Paul Arundel practices in Sheffield, United Kingdom. Mr. Arundel is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. His top areas of expertise are Achondroplasia, Acanthosis Nigricans, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, and Chondrodystrophy.

Keiichi Ozono practices in Osaka, Japan. Ozono is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. Their top areas of expertise are Achondroplasia, Hypophosphatasia (HPP), Rickets, Osteotomy, and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).

Howard Saal is a Medical Genetics specialist and a Pediatrics provider in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Saal is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. His top areas of expertise are Achondroplasia, Treacher Collins Syndrome, Acrofacial Dysostosis Rodriguez Type, and Acrofacial Dysostosis Catania Type.

Carlos Bacino is a Pediatrics specialist and a Medical Genetics provider in Houston, Texas. Dr. Bacino is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. His top areas of expertise are Achondroplasia, Angelman Syndrome, Miller-Dieker Syndrome, and Lissencephaly 1. Dr. Bacino is currently accepting new patients.

William Mackenzie is a Pediatric Orthopedics specialist and an Orthopedics provider in Wilmington, Delaware. Dr. Mackenzie is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. His top areas of expertise are Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 4 (MPS IV, Morquio Syndrome), Brachydactyly Mononen Type, Achondroplasia, Osteotomy, and Spinal Fusion. Dr. Mackenzie is currently accepting new patients.

Antonio Gea-Leiva practices in Malaga, Spain. Mr. Gea-Leiva is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. His top areas of expertise are Achondroplasia, Acanthosis Nigricans, Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia, and Cutis Laxa.

Jacqueline Hecht is a Medical Genetics provider in Houston, Texas. Dr. Hecht is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. Her top areas of expertise are Pseudoachondroplasia, Achondroplasia, Cleft Lip and Palate, Adenoidectomy, and Myringotomy.

Elena Fisheleva practices in London, United Kingdom. Ms. Fisheleva is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. Her top areas of expertise are Achondroplasia, Acanthosis Nigricans, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), and Arthritis.

Louise Tofts practices in Sydney, Australia. Ms. Tofts is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. Her top areas of expertise are Achondroplasia, Acanthosis Nigricans, Hypermobile Joints, and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS).

Nabil Kaci practices in Paris, France. Mr. Kaci is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. His top areas of expertise are Hypochondroplasia, Achondroplasia, Acanthosis Nigricans, and Achondrogenesis.

Joel Charrow is a Medical Genetics specialist and a Pediatrics provider in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Charrow is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. His top areas of expertise are Gaucher Disease Type 1, Gaucher Disease, Achondroplasia, Isovaleric Acidemia, and Splenectomy.

Masaki Matsushita practices in Nagoya, Japan. Mr. Matsushita is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. His top areas of expertise are Achondroplasia, Acanthosis Nigricans, Small Patella Syndrome, Osteotomy, and Tenotomy.

Hiroshi Kitoh practices in Nagoya, Japan. Mr. Kitoh is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. His top areas of expertise are Achondroplasia, Acanthosis Nigricans, Small Patella Syndrome, Osteotomy, and Tenotomy.