Guney Yilmaz is an Orthopedics provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Yilmaz is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brachydactyly Type B. His top areas of expertise are Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia, Collins Pope Syndrome, Brachydactyly Type B, Tenotomy, and Osteotomy.

Joshua Abzug is an Orthopedics specialist and a Pediatric Orthopedics provider in Lutherville Timonium, Maryland. Dr. Abzug is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brachydactyly Type B. His top areas of expertise are Compartment Syndrome, Accessory Navicular Bone, Brachial Plexopathy, Fasciotomy, and Osteotomy. Dr. Abzug is currently accepting new patients.

Erin Honcharuk, M.D., is a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon with training and expertise in a variety of bone and joint injuries, deformities and diseases affecting children, adolescents, and young adults. She specializes in treating children with conditions affecting the lower extremities, including hip dysplasia, joint instability, clubfoot, bone dysplasias and fractures. She is also skilled in limb-lengthening and reconstructive procedures to correct uneven limbs and treat congenital limb differences. Dr. Honcharuk graduated from the Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey, where she received a full scholarship. She completed her residency there in orthopaedic surgery, and was awarded the Resident of the Year Award. She then trained as a pediatric orthopaedic fellow at the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas, Texas. She did an additional fellowship at the Paley Orthopaedic and Spine Institute in West Palm Beach, Florida, focusing on limb reconstruction and lengthening. Dr. Honcharuk’s research interests include evaluation and treatment of limb length inequality, traumatic injuries, foot deformities and other pediatric conditions. She is a member of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, the American Orthopaedic Association, and the Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society. When not at work, Dr. Honcharuk enjoys spending time with her husband and their rescue beagle mix, Furiosa. She also enjoys yoga and baking and decorating cakes. Videos Erin Honcharuk, M.D.Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon Leg Length Inequality with Dr. Erin Honcharuk Clubfoot in Children with Dr. Erin Honcharuk. Dr. Honcharuk is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brachydactyly Type B. Her top areas of expertise are Blount Disease, Brachydactyly Type A2, Liebenberg Syndrome, Brachydactyly Type C, and Osteotomy.

Dr. Hilary Vernon is a Professor of Genetic Medicine and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is also an attending physician at Kennedy Krieger Institute. Hilary Vernon has expertise in treating inborn errors of metabolism and mitochondrial disorders. She is the director of the Mitochondrial Care Center at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Barth Syndrome Interdisciplinary Clinic at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Her research interests include understanding intermediary metabolism in Barth syndrome and in disorders of branch chain amino acid metabolism. Dr. Vernon also co-directs the Department of Genetic Medicine Clinical Trials Unit, and is the principal investigator on multiple clinical trials for rare diseases. Dr. Vernon received her medical degree and doctorate from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. She completed residencies in genetics and pediatrics at The Johns Hopkins University, and a fellowship in clinical laboratory biochemical genetics at The Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Vernon was recognized with the 2010 Francis F. Schwentker Award for Excellence in Research at Johns Hopkins University and the 2011 James B. Sidbury Jr. Fellowship in Biochemical Genetics at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Vernon is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brachydactyly Type B. Her top areas of expertise are Methylmalonic Acidemia, Propionic Acidemia, Infantile Neutropenia, Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia, and Gastrostomy.

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 Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brachydactyly Type B. Her top areas of expertise are Achondroplasia, Rhizomelic Syndrome, Spondyloepimetaphyseal Dysplasia Strudwick Type, Adenoidectomy, and Myringotomy.