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

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 70 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.

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 12 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Achondroplasia, Acanthosis Nigricans, Schwartz-Jampel Syndrome, and Chondrodystrophy.

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.

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, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH), Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), and Pancreatectomy.

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 107 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Myhre Syndrome, Polydactyly, Achondroplasia, Brachydactyly Mononen Type, and Adenoidectomy.

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, Acanthosis Nigricans, Achondroplasia, and Acromicric Dysplasia.

Paul Arundel practices practicing medicine in Sheffield, United Kingdom. Mr. Arundel is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. He is also highly rated in 11 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Achondroplasia, Acanthosis Nigricans, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, and Schwartz-Jampel Syndrome.

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 47 other conditions, according to our data. Their clinical expertise encompasses Achondroplasia, Hypophosphatasia (HPP), Rickets, Osteotomy, and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).

Antonio Gea-Leiva practices practicing medicine in Malaga, Spain. Mr. Gea-Leiva is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. He is also highly rated in 2 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Achondroplasia, Acanthosis Nigricans, Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia, and Autosomal Recessive Cutis Laxa Type 1.

Howard Saal is a Medical Genetics specialist and a Pediatrics 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.

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 23 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.

William Mackenzie is an Orthopedics provider practicing medicine in Wilmington, Delaware. Dr. Mackenzie is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. He is also highly rated in 59 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 4 (MPS IV, Morquio Syndrome), Brachydactyly Mononen Type, Achondroplasia, Osteotomy, and Spinal Fusion.

Jacqueline Hecht is a Medical Genetics provider practicing medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr. Hecht is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. She is also highly rated in 9 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Pseudoachondroplasia, Achondroplasia, Cleft Lip and Palate, Adenoidectomy, and Myringotomy.

Elena Fisheleva practices practicing medicine in London, United Kingdom. Ms. Fisheleva is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. She is also highly rated in 2 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Achondroplasia, Acanthosis Nigricans, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), and Arthritis.

Louise Tofts practices practicing medicine in Sydney, Australia. Ms. Tofts is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. She is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Achondroplasia, Acanthosis Nigricans, Hypermobile Joints, and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS).

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 45 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Gaucher Disease Type 1, Gaucher Disease, Achondroplasia, Isovaleric Acidemia, and Splenectomy.

Klane White is an Orthopedics provider practicing medicine in Aurora, Colorado. Dr. White is rated as an Elite provider 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, Brachydactyly Mononen Type, Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 4 (MPS IV, Morquio Syndrome), Osteotomy, and Spinal Fusion.

Nabil Kaci practices practicing medicine in Paris, France. Mr. Kaci is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. He is also highly rated in 15 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hypochondroplasia, Achondroplasia, Acanthosis Nigricans, and Thanatophoric Dysplasia.

Masaki Matsushita practices practicing medicine in Nagoya, Japan. Mr. Matsushita is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Achondroplasia. He is also highly rated in 14 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Achondroplasia, Acanthosis Nigricans, Small Patella Syndrome, Osteotomy, and Tenotomy.