The 20 Best Alexander Disease Doctors in The United States

Amy Brown is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Brown is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alexander Disease. She is also highly rated in 35 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Hereditary Ataxia, and Mcleod Neuroacanthocytosis Syndrome. Dr. Brown is board certified in  .

Christopher Barnes is a primary care provider, practicing in Geriatrics in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has been practicing medicine for over 27 years. Dr. Barnes is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alexander Disease. He is also highly rated in 12 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Leukodystrophy, Metachromatic Leukodystrophy, Farber Lipogranulomatosis, and CACH Syndrome. Dr. Barnes is board certified in American Board Of Family Medicine. Dr. Barnes is currently accepting new patients.

Mary A. O'Neal, MD, specializes in neurology and is board-certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. O'Neal completed her fellowship and residency at Boston University Medical Center and medical degree at Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. O'neal is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alexander Disease. She is also highly rated in 16 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Migraine with Brainstem Aura, Conversion Disorder, Migraine, and Headache. Dr. O'neal is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology. Dr. O'neal is currently accepting new patients.

Sumit Parikh is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. He has been practicing medicine for over 32 years. Dr. Parikh is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alexander Disease. He is also highly rated in 168 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Leigh Syndrome, Maternally Inherited Leigh Syndrome, Kearns-Sayre Syndrome, and MELAS Syndrome. Dr. Parikh is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2006.

Mary Rensel is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. She has been practicing medicine for over 38 years. Dr. Rensel is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alexander Disease. She is also highly rated in 13 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS), Transverse Myelitis, Neuromyelitis Optica, and Adenoidectomy. Dr. Rensel is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 1997.

Keith Mckee is a Physiatrist practicing medicine in Avon, Ohio. He has been practicing medicine for over 33 years. Dr. Mckee is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alexander Disease. He is also highly rated in 36 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Spastic Paraplegia-Epilepsy-Intellectual Disability Syndrome, Spastic Paraplegia Type 2, Troyer Syndrome, and Spastic Paraplegia Type 5A.

Richard Dubinsky is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Kansas City, Kansas. He has been practicing medicine for over 44 years. Dr. Dubinsky is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alexander Disease. He is also highly rated in 47 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Huntington Disease, Drug Induced Dyskinesia, Mcleod Neuroacanthocytosis Syndrome, and Tardive Dyskinesia. Dr. Dubinsky is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology - 1992 , American Board Of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, - - 1991 , and American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, Neurology - 1988. Dr. Dubinsky is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Fatemi received his medical degree from the Medical University of Vienna, Austria in 1999. After graduation, he served as a researcher and lecturer at the Institute for Medical Chemistry in Vienna and at the Department of Pediatrics at the Vienna General Hospital. He then moved to the United States to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship in neurogenetics and neuroimaging at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2001. During this initial period, Dr. Fatemi collaborated with a team of scientists and developed new imaging methods in patients with leukodystrophies (rare genetic diseases that affect the brain's white matter) and coordinated an internet-2 based imaging network for these diseases. He then left Kennedy Krieger Institute to train in general pediatrics and then completed a child neurology residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School. Dr. Fatemi returned to the Kennedy Krieger Institute in 2008 as faculty. He is a member of the Child Neurology Society, the International Child Neurology Association, the Society for Neuroscience, the American Academy of Neurology and the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. He has served as ad hoc reviewer for the Journals Child Development and American Journal of Neuroradiology. Dr. Fatemi is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alexander Disease. He is also highly rated in 8 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), CACH Syndrome, Leukodystrophy, and Farber Lipogranulomatosis. Dr. Fatemi is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

Masahito Jimbo is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Naperville, Illinois. Dr. Jimbo is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alexander Disease. He is also highly rated in 9 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Farber Lipogranulomatosis, CACH Syndrome, Leukodystrophy, and Canavan Disease.

Jacinda Sampson is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Sampson is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alexander Disease. She is also highly rated in 73 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2, Paramyotonia Congenita, Myotonic Dystrophy, Oculodentodigital Dysplasia, and Thymectomy.

Vikram Shakkottai is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Shakkottai is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alexander Disease. He is also highly rated in 72 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy, Spinocerebellar Ataxia, Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1, and Drug Induced Dyskinesia.

Robert Stein is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Rockport, Maine. Dr. Stein is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alexander Disease. He is also highly rated in 46 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy (ADNFLE), Stroke, Seizures, and Myasthenia Gravis.

Maija-riikka Steenari is a Neurologist and a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Orange, California. Dr. Steenari is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alexander Disease. She is also highly rated in 157 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase Deficiency, Autosomal Recessive Congenital Methemoglobinemia, PEPCK 1 Deficiency, and Pyruvate Carboxylase Deficiency. Dr. Steenari is currently accepting new patients.

Saima Kayani is a Neurologist and a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Kayani is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alexander Disease. She is also highly rated in 143 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Leigh Syndrome, CLN3 Disease, CLN4 Disease, and CLN5 Disease.

I like to hike, bird watch and walk my dog. Dr. Coull is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alexander Disease. He is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula, Stroke, Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS), Stent Placement, and Transmyocardial Revascularization. Dr. Coull is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology-Vascular Neurology and American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology. Dr. Coull is currently accepting new patients.

Justin Abbatemarco is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Abbatemarco is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alexander Disease. He is also highly rated in 23 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Encephalitis, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Stiff Person Syndrome, and Optic Neuritis. Dr. Abbatemarco is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2019.

Dr. Huszar specializes in care for hospitalized pediatric neurology patients in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Institute for Brain Protection Sciences in St. Petersburg, Florida. He rejoined the medical staff in 2023 after a previous stint from 2014-19. Dr. Huszar’s clinical and research interests include neonatal and childhood cerebrovascular disorders and childhood primary headaches. Dr. Huszar received his medical degree from Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Medical University (SZOTE) in Szeged, Hungary. Dr. Huszar trained in pediatrics at Erzsebet Hospital in Hodmezovasarhely, Hungary and SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. He then completed a pediatric neurology residency/fellowship at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Dr. Huszar is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alexander Disease. He is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+), and Microcephaly. Dr. Huszar is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

Dr. Finney is a behavioral neurologist board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and in behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties. His clinical interests include Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, Lewy body dementia, mild cognitive impairment, vascular dementia and disorders of memory, thinking and cognition. He earned his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA, completed his neurology residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami in Miami, FL, and his behavioral neurology fellowship at University of Florida in Gainsville, FL. Dr. Finney is director of the Geisinger Memory and Cognition Program.|His personal interests include reading and writing science fiction, alternate history (the fan fiction of history), and fantasy as well as watching television and movies in these genres, especially the long-running British science fiction television show, Doctor Who. He loves karaoke, dancing, and going to concerts spanning artists from the 1950s to the present day. One of Dr. Finney's passions is neurology advocacy and he has been active in engaging policymakers on critical healthcare issues since medical school. Dr. Finney is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alexander Disease. He is also highly rated in 11 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Memory Loss, Cerebellar Degeneration, Dementia, and Lewy Body Dementia (LBD). Dr. Finney is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Changrui Xiao is a board-certified UCI Health neurologist, clinical geneticist and medical biochemical geneticist who specializes in neurogenetic and inherited metabolic disorders.His clinical interests include lysosomal storage diseases, hereditary and spinocerebellar ataxia, neurometabolic disorders, inborn errors of metabolism in adults, late onset Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases, and genomic diagnosis.Xiao earned his medical degree at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C. He completed an internship in internal medicine and a residency in neurology at the University of Chicago Medical Center in Illinois. He received fellowship training in medical genetics and medical biochemical genetics at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center and Johns Hopkins Hospital in Bethesda, Md., and Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C. Before joining UCI Health, he was a clinician with the National Institutes of Health Undiagnosed Disease Program.He is the author or co-author of numerous peer-reviewed publications and presentations. He is an associate editor of the journalMolecular Genetics & Genomic Medicineand a consulting editor forGeneReviews. His goal is to provide a medical home for adults with neurogenetic and metabolic conditions, and to increase access to precision therapy for these conditions. Dr. Xiao is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alexander Disease. He is also highly rated in 2 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Retinopathy Pigmentary Mental Retardation, Glutaric Acidemia Type 2, Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), and X-Linked Creatine Deficiency. Dr. Xiao is board certified in American Board Of Medical Genetics And Genomics - Clinical Genetics And Genomics and American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology - Neurology.

Jennifer Thomas is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Dallas, Texas. She has been practicing medicine for over 17 years. Dr. Thomas is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alexander Disease. She is also highly rated in 112 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Aphantasia, GAPO Syndrome, Cerebellar Hypoplasia, and Lissencephaly 2.