The 20 Best Achondroplasia Doctors Near Me

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-Fong is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. He is also highly rated in 26 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Achondroplasia, Rhizomelic Syndrome, Spondyloepimetaphyseal Dysplasia Strudwick Type, Adenoidectomy, and Myringotomy. Dr. Hoover-Fong is board certified in American Board Of Medical Genetics And Genomics. Dr. Hoover-Fong is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Michael B. Bober is a pediatric geneticist and an authority on skeletal dysplasias, brittle bone disease, primordial dwarfism and other genetic disorders of the skeleton. He is a frequent guest lecturer, accomplished author and consultant for numerous television networks, here and abroad. Dr. Bober is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. He is also highly rated in 69 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Microcephalic Osteodysplastic Primordial Dwarfism Type 2 (MOPD2), Microcephalic Osteodysplastic Primordial Dwarfism Type 1 (MOPD1), Achondroplasia, Osteotomy, and Adenoidectomy. Dr. Bober is board certified in American Board Of Medical Genetics And Genomics. Dr. Bober is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Ricki Carroll is a complex care and palliative care physician on the skeletal dysplasia and palliative care teams at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware. Dr. Carroll works to provide a medical home and manage care for children with a wide array of skeletal dysplasias. Her background in palliative medicine allows her to focus on pain and symptom management needs for these children, teens and young adults. Dr. Carroll also leads the skeletal dysplasia consultative service, providing care for infants and children with skeletal dysplasias who are in the hospital. Additionally, drawing upon her Master’s in Bioethics, she is currently serving as co-Chair of the Nemours Ethics and Patients’ Rights Committee. It’s an honor and a privilege to care for families, children and teens with skeletal dysplasias and medically complex conditions.  I aim to treat each child or teen as a whole, and not just treat the individual condition, as I feel spiritual and emotional needs are just as important as medical and physical ones. I try to intently listen to each child or teen and family when they are under my care, in hopes of understanding their story and their experience and, therefore, focusing goals of care to their individual needs. My medical interests include:  Clinical management of infants with skeletal dysplasias, including OI, thanatophoric dysplasia, and collagen-II-opathies Emerging medical treatments for skeletal dysplasias The elucidation of the natural history of OI and skeletal dysplasias The role of biomarkers in all skeletal dysplasias Management of chronic pain in adolescents and young adults with skeletal dysplasias Complex medical conditions Palliative care I try to make a difference by focusing on each child or teen as if they are my one and only patient. I aim to provide a comforting environment for kids while they are in our care and always consider how to better manage symptoms and control any pain. I earned a master's degree in bioethics, and often call upon what I learned to help inform how I view the way the hospital and our teams deliver excellent care to children and teens. Dr. Carroll is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. She is also highly rated in 65 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Achondroplasia, Thanatophoric Dysplasia, Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia, Diastrophic Dysplasia, and Osteotomy. Dr. Carroll is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Carroll is currently accepting new patients.

Valerie Daire-Cormier practices practicing medicine in Paris, France. Ms. Daire-Cormier is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. She is also highly rated in 108 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Myhre Syndrome, Achondroplasia, Brachydactyly Mononen Type, Polydactyly, and Adenoidectomy.

Mohamad Maghnie practices practicing medicine in Genoa, Italy. Mr. Maghnie is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. He is also highly rated in 40 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Familial Hypopituitarism, Hypopituitarism, Neurohypophyseal Diabetes Insipidus, Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency, and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).

Laurence Mallet-Legeai practices practicing medicine in Paris, France. Mr. Mallet-Legeai is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. He is also highly rated in 19 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hypochondroplasia, Achondroplasia, Acanthosis Nigricans, and Acromicric Dysplasia.

Genevieve Baujat practices practicing medicine in Paris, France. Ms. Baujat is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. She is also highly rated in 70 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva, Brachydactyly Mononen Type, Acromicric Dysplasia, Acromesomelic Dysplasia Campailla Martinelli Type, and Adenoidectomy.

Keiichi Ozono practices practicing medicine in Osaka, Japan. Ozono is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. They are also highly rated in 45 other conditions, according to our data. Their clinical expertise encompasses Achondroplasia, Hypophosphatasia (HPP), Rickets, Osteotomy, and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).

Joel Charrow is a Medical Genetics specialist and a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Charrow is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. He is also highly rated in 46 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Gaucher Disease Type 1, Gaucher Disease, Achondroplasia, Isovaleric Acidemia, and Splenectomy.

Carlos Prada is a Medical Genetics specialist and a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Prada is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. He is also highly rated in 172 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses RASopathies, Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), Neurofibromatosis, and Smith-Kingsmore Syndrome.

Frank Rutsch practices practicing medicine in Muenster, Germany. Mr. Rutsch is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. He is also highly rated in 19 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Arterial Calcification of Infancy, Achondroplasia, Singleton-Merten Syndrome, and Phenylketonuria (PKU).

Howard Saal is a Medical Genetics provider practicing medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Saal is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. He is also highly rated in 200 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Achondroplasia, Treacher Collins Syndrome, Acrofacial Dysostosis Rodriguez Type, and Acrofacial Dysostosis Catania Type. Dr. Saal is currently accepting new patients.

Bertrand Isidor practices practicing medicine in Nantes, France. Mr. Isidor is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. He is also highly rated in 71 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Achalasia Microcephaly Syndrome, Microcephaly, Hypotonia, and Cortical Dysplasia.

Melita Irving practices practicing medicine in Lausanne, Switzerland. Ms. Irving is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. She is also highly rated in 21 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Achondroplasia, Acanthosis Nigricans, Hypochondroplasia, Schwartz-Jampel Syndrome, and Kidney Transplant.

Ravi Savarirayan practices practicing medicine in Parkville, Australia. Mr. Savarirayan is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. He is also highly rated in 13 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Achondroplasia, Acanthosis Nigricans, Schwartz-Jampel Syndrome, and Chondrodystrophy.

Elise Schaefer practices practicing medicine in Strasbourg, France. Ms. Schaefer is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. She is also highly rated in 28 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Lacrimo-Auriculo-Dento-Digital Syndrome, Bardet-Biedl Syndrome, Camptodactyly Taurinuria, Camptodactyly Fibrous Tissue Hyperplasia Skeletal Dysplasia, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

Klaus Mohnike practices practicing medicine in Magdeburg, Germany. Mr. Mohnike is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. He is also highly rated in 12 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Achondroplasia, Congenital Hyperinsulinism, Low Blood Sugar, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), and Pancreatectomy.

Carlos Bacino is a Pediatrics specialist and a Medical Genetics provider practicing medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr. Bacino is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. He is also highly rated in 24 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Achondroplasia, Angelman Syndrome, Miller-Dieker Syndrome, and Lissencephaly 1. Dr. Bacino is currently accepting new patients.

Patricia Dickson is a Medical Genetics specialist and a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Saint Louis, Missouri. Dr. Dickson is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. She is also highly rated in 12 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 1 (MPS I, Hurler Syndrome), Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS), Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 3 (MPS III, Sanfilippo Syndrome), and Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 3B (MPS IIIB, Sanfilippo Syndrome B). Dr. Dickson is currently accepting new patients.

Angelo Selicorni practices practicing medicine in Como, Italy. Mr. Selicorni is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. He is also highly rated in 32 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cornelia De Lange Syndrome, 1p36 Deletion Syndrome, Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome, and KBG Syndrome.