Paula Clemens, MD, is a neurologist certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She is chief of the Division of Veterans Affairs and a professor of Neurology, Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Human Genetics, and Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She received her medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania and completed her residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, followed by a neuromuscular fellowship at Mayo Clinic and a molecular genetics fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Clemens is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Becker Muscular Dystrophy. Her top areas of expertise are Becker Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Pompe Disease, and Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2.

Sameh Morkous is a Pediatric Neurologist and a Neurologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Morkous is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Becker Muscular Dystrophy. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Cramp-Fasciculation Syndrome, and GAPO Syndrome.

John Brandsema is a Pediatric Neurologist and a Neurologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Brandsema is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Becker Muscular Dystrophy. His top areas of expertise are Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Becker Muscular Dystrophy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), Primary Lateral Sclerosis, and Thymectomy.

Gihan Tennekoon is a Neurologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Tennekoon is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Becker Muscular Dystrophy. His top areas of expertise are Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Becker Muscular Dystrophy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), and Primary Lateral Sclerosis.

Hoda Abdel-Hamid is a Pediatrics specialist and a Neurologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Abdel-Hamid is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Becker Muscular Dystrophy. Her top areas of expertise are Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Becker Muscular Dystrophy, Cramp-Fasciculation Syndrome, and Nemaline Myopathy.

Benjamin Kozyak is an Intensive Care Medicine specialist and a Pediatric Cardiologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Kozyak has been practicing medicine for over 18 years and is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Becker Muscular Dystrophy. His top areas of expertise are Becker Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), and Mitral Atresia.

Laura Jean Olivieri, MD, is a board-certified Pediatric Cardiologist and the Director of Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging at Children's Hospital Pittsburgh, and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at University of Pittsburgh. She graduated from University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at Brown University in Providence, RI, where she also was invited to stay for a chief year. She completed her training in pediatric cardiology at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC following by a year in advanced cardiac imaging at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute specializing in cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging. She is expert in transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, cardiac MRI and cardiac CT. She is also considered a leader in the field of 3-dimensional reconstruction of congenital heart defects from 3D imaging, and in adapting MRI methods to babies and children. She is most interested in improving image acquisition using MRI and echocardiographic in 3D printing of heart models and has compiled a successful grant portfolio to that end. She also serves as Principal Investigator for an R01 to investigate application of cardiac MRI and Interventional Cardiac Magnetic Resonance on the care of pediatric heart transplant patients. This is a 4.5 million dollar, 5-year contract aimed at using CMR to guide interventional cardiac catheterization procedures, using less sedation for diagnostic CMR procedures and to advance diagnostic CMR capabilities to use less invasive testing. Dr. Olivieri is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Becker Muscular Dystrophy. Her top areas of expertise are Subpulmonary Stenosis, Coarctation of the Aorta, Tetralogy of Fallot, Heart Transplant, and Angioplasty.

Terry Heiman-Patterson is a Neurologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Heiman-Patterson is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Becker Muscular Dystrophy. Her top areas of expertise are Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3, and Gastrostomy.

Lauren Elman is a Neurologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Elman is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Becker Muscular Dystrophy. Her top areas of expertise are Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2, and Myotonic Dystrophy. Dr. Elman is currently accepting new patients.

Carol Wittlieb is a Pediatric Cardiologist and a Cardiologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Wittlieb is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Becker Muscular Dystrophy. Her top areas of expertise are Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Cardiomyopathy, Becker Muscular Dystrophy, Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy, and Heart Transplant.

James Dowling is a Neurologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Dowling is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Becker Muscular Dystrophy. His top areas of expertise are Tubular Aggregate Myopathy, Congenital Fiber-Type Disproportion, X-Linked Myotubular Myopathy, and Horizontal Gaze Palsy with Progressive Scoliosis. Dr. Dowling is currently accepting new patients.

Carsten Bonnemann is a Pediatric Neurologist and a Pediatrics provider in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Bonnemann is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Becker Muscular Dystrophy. His top areas of expertise are Tubular Aggregate Myopathy, Congenital Fiber-Type Disproportion, X-Linked Myotubular Myopathy, Hypotonia, and Gastrostomy.

Max Lowden is a Neurologist in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Dr. Lowden is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Becker Muscular Dystrophy. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Peripheral Neuropathy, Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy, and Hereditary Sensory Neuropathy Type 1 (HSN1).

Gabriel Pilar is a Neurologist in West Reading, Pennsylvania. Dr. Pilar is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Becker Muscular Dystrophy. His top areas of expertise are Activated PI3K Delta Syndrome (APDS), Chronic Polyradiculoneuritis, Miller-Fisher Syndrome, and Guillain-Barre Syndrome.

Shawn West, MD, MSc, is a pediatric cardiologist at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is board-certified in general pediatrics and pediatric cardiology. Dr. West received his medical degree from Augusta University Medical College of Georgia, after which he completed his pediatric residency there. Subsequently, Dr. West completed a pediatric cardiology fellowship at the University of Virginia, earning a master’s degree in Clinical Research from the University of Virginia at the same time. Following fellowship, he pursued advanced training in heart transplant, heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and advanced mechanical support at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. As an advanced fellow, Dr. West served as the Claude R. Joyner Endowed Fellow in Pediatric Cardiology. Dr. West’s main clinical role is in support of the heart transplant, cardiomyopathy (heart failure), advanced mechanical support, and pulmonary hypertension team. He has participated in several multi-center collaborative research projects. His primary research interest is outcomes-based research of patients following heart transplant. He is a member of the Pediatric Heart Transplant Society, the International Pediatric Transplant Association, the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, the American Society of Transplant, the American Heart Association, and the Pulmonary Hypertension Association. View the full list of Dr. West’s publications on PubMed. Dr. West is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Becker Muscular Dystrophy. His top areas of expertise are Pediatric Myocarditis, Restrictive Cardiomyopathy (RCM), Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Cardiomyopathy, and Heart Transplant.

Marinos Dalakas is a Neurologist and a Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine provider in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania. Dr. Dalakas is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Becker Muscular Dystrophy. His top areas of expertise are Stiff Person Syndrome, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, Hereditary Hyperekplexia, Chronic Polyradiculoneuritis, and Laminectomy.

David Lacomis, MD, is a neurologist and is certified in neurology, clinical neurophysiology, and neuromusculoskeletal medicine by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is chief of the Division of Neuromuscular Diseases and director of clinical research for the Live Like Lou Center of ALS Research. He is also a professor of Neurology and Pathology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Penn State College of Medicine and completed his residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, followed by his fellowship at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Dr. Lacomis is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Becker Muscular Dystrophy. His top areas of expertise are Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Myasthenia Gravis, Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Lambert-Eaton Syndrome, and Thymectomy.

Benjamin Shipton is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Mercer, Pennsylvania. Dr. Shipton is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Becker Muscular Dystrophy. His top areas of expertise are Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, Hypertension, Familial Hypertension, and Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism.

Shaji Menon, MD, is a pediatric cardiologist with UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute and is board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric cardiology by the American Board of Pediatrics. He received his medical degree and Doctorate in Pediatrics from Baroda Medial College, India. He completed his residency at New York University Medical Center, followed by his fellowships in Pediatric Cardiology at Mayo Clinic and Cardiac MRI at the University of Virginia. Dr. Menon also completed a Master of Science in Clinical Investigation from the University of Utah. He is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Utah. Dr. Menon is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Becker Muscular Dystrophy. His top areas of expertise are Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), Tricuspid Atresia, Marfan Syndrome, Heart Transplant, and Tissue Biopsy.

Joseph Rossano is a Pediatric Cardiologist and an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Rossano is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Becker Muscular Dystrophy. His top areas of expertise are Pediatric Myocarditis, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), Heart Transplant, and Spinal Fusion.