The 20 Best Canavan Disease Doctors Near Me

Find the Top Canavan Disease Experts and Specialists

Last Updated: 04/28/2026

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MediFind found 474 doctor with experience in Canavan Disease. Of these, 376 are Experienced, 85 are Advanced, 9 are Distinguished and 4 are Elite.

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474 providers found
    Elite in Canavan Disease
    Pediatric Neurology
    Elite in Canavan Disease
    Pediatric Neurology

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    55 Fruit St, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Florian Eichler is a Pediatric Neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Eichler is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Canavan Disease. His top areas of expertise are Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), CACH Syndrome, Tay-Sachs Disease, Gangliosidosis, and Gastrostomy.

    Elite in Canavan Disease
    Elite in Canavan Disease
    Martini Str. 52, 
    Hamburg, HH, DE 

    Annette Bley practices in Hamburg, Germany. Ms. Bley is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Canavan Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Canavan Disease, CACH Syndrome, Leukodystrophy, and Metachromatic Leukodystrophy.

    Elite in Canavan Disease
    Elite in Canavan Disease

    Shriners Children's-Northern California

    2425 Stockton Blvd, 
    Sacramento, CA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    David Pleasure is a Neurologist in Sacramento, California. Dr. Pleasure is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Canavan Disease. His top areas of expertise are Canavan Disease, CACH Syndrome, Leukodystrophy, and Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

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    Elite in Canavan Disease
    Elite in Canavan Disease
    No. 157, Jinbi Road, 
    Kunming, CN 

    Hongxia Xu practices in Kunming, China. Xu is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Canavan Disease. Their top areas of expertise are Canavan Disease, CACH Syndrome, Tubal Disease, Vitrectomy, and Tubal Ligation.

    Advanced in Canavan Disease
    Advanced in Canavan Disease

    Vanderbilt Medical Group- Teleneurology

    1161 21st Ave South, A-0118 Medical Center North, 
    Nashville, TN 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    . Dr. Brown is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Canavan Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Huntington Disease, and Hereditary Ataxia.

    Christopher R. Barnes
    Advanced in Canavan Disease
    Advanced in Canavan Disease

    Corewell Health Advanced Primary Care - Alpine

    2332 Alpine Avenue Northwest, 
    Grand Rapids, MI 
    Experience:
    27+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Christopher Barnes is a primary care provider, practicing in Geriatrics in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dr. Barnes has been practicing medicine for over 27 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Canavan Disease. His top areas of expertise are Alexander Disease, Canavan Disease, Farber Lipogranulomatosis, and Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease. Dr. Barnes is currently accepting new patients.

    Gerald V. Raymond
    Advanced in Canavan Disease
    Pediatrics | Medical Genetics
    Advanced in Canavan Disease
    Pediatrics | Medical Genetics

    Rubenstein Child Health Building

    Baltimore, MD 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Dr. Gerald Raymond is a clinical geneticist and neurologist at Johns Hopkins where he is also a professor of genetic medicine and neurology. He obtained his MD at the University of Connecticut and was trained in Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Neurology at the Mass. General Hospital. He received additional training in developmental neuropathology at the Universite Catholique de Louvain in Belgium and clinical genetics at the Harvard Program. Dr. Raymond’s research has been at the overlap of genetics and neurology with specific focus on peroxisomal disorders including adrenoleukodystrophy. He has been actively involved in newborn screening for ALD and in developing clinical follow-up programs. He has extensive experience in clinical management of neurogenetic issues including peroxisomal and lysosomal disorders. He presently serves as the Director of the Lysosomal Storage Disease program in the department of Genetic Medicine. Dr. Raymond is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Canavan Disease. His top areas of expertise are Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), Metachromatic Leukodystrophy, Farber Lipogranulomatosis, and CACH Syndrome.

    Mary A. O'neal
    Advanced in Canavan Disease
    Advanced in Canavan Disease

    University Of Pittsburgh Physicians, Department Of Neurology

    3471 5th Avenue, Suite 810, 
    Pittsburgh, PA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    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 Canavan Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Migraine with Brainstem Aura, Conversion Disorder, Migraine, and Headache.

    Sumit Parikh
    Advanced in Canavan Disease
    Pediatric Neurology
    Advanced in Canavan Disease
    Pediatric Neurology

    Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

    9500 Euclid Avenue, 
    Cleveland, OH 
    Experience:
    32+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Sumit Parikh is a Pediatric Neurologist in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Parikh has been practicing medicine for over 32 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Canavan Disease. His top areas of expertise are Kearns-Sayre Syndrome, Maternally Inherited Leigh Syndrome, Leigh Syndrome, and MELAS Syndrome.

    Mary Rensel
    Advanced in Canavan Disease
    Neurology
    Advanced in Canavan Disease
    Neurology

    Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

    1950 East 89th Street, 
    Cleveland, OH 
    Experience:
    38+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Mary Rensel is a Neurologist in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Rensel has been practicing medicine for over 38 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Canavan Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS), Transverse Myelitis, and Neuromyelitis Optica.

    Ali Fatemi
    Advanced in Canavan Disease
    Pediatric Neurology
    Advanced in Canavan Disease
    Pediatric Neurology

    Kennedy Krieger Institute

    707 North Broadway, Neurology Department, Neurology Department, 
    Baltimore, MD 
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Arabic, Farsi, German

    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 Canavan Disease. His top areas of expertise are Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), CACH Syndrome, Canavan Disease, and Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease.

    Keith Mckee
    Advanced in Canavan Disease
    Physiatry
    Advanced in Canavan Disease
    Physiatry

    Avon - Richard E. Jacobs Health Center

    33100 Cleveland Clinic Boulevard, 
    Avon, OH 
    Experience:
    33+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Keith Mckee is a Physiatrist in Avon, Ohio. Dr. Mckee has been practicing medicine for over 33 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Canavan Disease. His top areas of expertise are Spastic Paraplegia Type 2, Troyer Syndrome, Spastic Paraplegia-Epilepsy-Intellectual Disability Syndrome, and Spastic Paraplegia Type 5A.

    Richard M. Dubinsky
    Advanced in Canavan Disease
    Advanced in Canavan Disease

    Landon Center On Aging

    3599 Rainbow Boulevard, 
    Kansas City, KS 
    Experience:
    44+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Richard Dubinsky is a Neurologist in Kansas City, Kansas. Dr. Dubinsky has been practicing medicine for over 44 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Canavan Disease. His top areas of expertise are Huntington Disease, Drug Induced Dyskinesia, Mcleod Neuroacanthocytosis Syndrome, and Tardive Dyskinesia. Dr. Dubinsky is currently accepting new patients.

    Distinguished in Canavan Disease
    Distinguished in Canavan Disease
    Sydney, NSW, AU 

    Georg Von Jonquieres practices in Sydney, Australia. Mr. Von Jonquieres is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Canavan Disease. His top areas of expertise are Canavan Disease, Leukodystrophy, CACH Syndrome, and Spasticity.

    Distinguished in Canavan Disease
    Family Medicine
    Distinguished in Canavan Disease
    Family Medicine

    University Of Illinois Hospital

    1331 W 75th St, 
    Naperville, IL 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    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 Canavan Disease. His top areas of expertise are Leukodystrophy, Alexander Disease, CACH Syndrome, and Canavan Disease.

    Distinguished in Canavan Disease
    Distinguished in Canavan Disease
    Doha, DA, QA 

    Hatem Zayed practices in Doha, Qatar. Mr. Zayed is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Canavan Disease. His top areas of expertise are Canavan Disease, Glutaric Acidemia Type 1, Classic Galactosemia, Galactose Epimerase Deficiency, and Angioplasty.

    Distinguished in Canavan Disease
    Distinguished in Canavan Disease

    Outpatient Neurologic Rehabilitation Program

    213 Quarry Rd, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Jacinda Sampson is a Neurologist in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Sampson is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Canavan Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Paramyotonia Congenita, Myotonic Dystrophy, Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2, Oculodentodigital Dysplasia, and Thymectomy.

    Distinguished in Canavan Disease
    Distinguished in Canavan Disease

    Regents Of The Univ. Of Michigan

    4260 Plymouth Rd, 
    Ann Arbor, MI 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Vikram Shakkottai is a Neurologist in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Shakkottai is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Canavan Disease. His top areas of expertise are Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy, Spinocerebellar Ataxia, Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1, and Drug Induced Dyskinesia.

    Distinguished in Canavan Disease
    Distinguished in Canavan Disease
    Birkendorfer Str. 65, 
    Biberach An Der Riss, BW, DE 

    Matthias Klugmann practices in Biberach An Der Riss, Germany. Mr. Klugmann is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Canavan Disease. His top areas of expertise are Canavan Disease, Leukodystrophy, Spasticity, and CACH Syndrome.

    Distinguished in Canavan Disease
    Distinguished in Canavan Disease
    Sydney, NSW, AU 

    Gary Housley practices in Sydney, Australia. Mr. Housley is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Canavan Disease. His top areas of expertise are Canavan Disease, Leukodystrophy, Occupational Hearing Loss, and Ganglion Cyst.

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    Last Updated: 04/28/2026

    What is the definition of Canavan Disease?

    Canavan disease is a progressive, fatal, genetic disorder affecting the central nervous system, muscles, and eyes. Early symptoms in infancy may include increased head size, weakness, low muscle tone and loss of head control. Symptoms progress to seizures, blindness, inability to move voluntarily and difficulty eating solids or swallowing liquids. This condition is caused by changes in the ASPA gene and is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern. Canavan disease is diagnosed based on symptoms, laboratory testing, and genetic testing.

    When should I see a Canavan Disease doctor near me?

    There are various reasons why you may want to see a specialist, such as: 

    • Your primary care provider recommends it. 
    • Your condition requires expert knowledge and specialized care. 
    • Your symptoms persist or worsen despite treatment. 
    • You need specialized testing or procedures. 
    • You want a second opinion.  

    What should I consider when choosing a Canavan Disease doctor near me?

    It’s important to see a provider with expertise in your specific condition. Each provider profile in MediFind’s doctor database includes information on which conditions they treat, years of experience, research contributions, languages spoken, insurance plans accepted, and more.  

    How does MediFind rank Canavan Disease doctors near me?

    MediFind’s rankings are based on a variety of data sources, such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials and industry conferences, as well as the number of patients that provider sees for a given condition. Note that MediFind’s provider database is not based on user reviews, and providers do not pay to be included in the database. 

    What types of insurance are accepted by Canavan Disease doctors near me?

    Most profiles in MediFind’s doctor database include a list of insurance plans accepted by that provider. However, it’s a good idea to contact the provider’s office to make sure they still accept your insurance, then doublecheck by contacting your insurance plan to confirm they’re in network. 

    How can I book an appointment online with a Canavan Disease doctor near me?

    MediFind offers direct scheduling for certain providers using the “Request Appointment” button on that provider’s profile. If the schedule option is not available for a provider, tap the red “Show Phone Number” button on their profile to get their contact information. If you prefer to find providers who offer online scheduling, select “Schedules online” under the “Availability” category of the filter feature on the left side of the Canavan Disease doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Canavan Disease doctor?

    Second opinions are an opportunity to confirm a diagnosis and its root cause, learn about alternative treatment options, or simply gain peace of mind. Many people, especially those with serious diagnoses, get second opinions so they can understand all their options and make informed decisions, so don’t hesitate to get one if you have any doubts or need more information or clarification regarding your care. Note that some insurance plans require second opinions, while others don’t cover second opinions, so be sure to confirm with your insurance provider first.   

    How can I prepare for my appointment with a Canavan Disease doctor near me?

    Prepare for your appointment by gathering the following items: 

    • Copies of medical records (dating back at least one year) 
    • Your medical history, including illnesses, medical conditions, surgeries, and other doctors you see 
    • Family history of disease 
    • List of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal remedies or supplements including names and doses 
    • Allergies to medications, food, latex, insects, etc.  
    • List of questions and concerns 
    • Your insurance card 

    You might also contact the provider’s office to see if they offer transportation or childcare services or if you’re allowed to bring a loved one for support or to take notes during your visit. 

    What questions should I ask my Canavan Disease doctor?

    Here are some sample questions: 

    • Can you explain in simple terms what this condition is and how it’s treated? 
    • What symptoms or side effects should I watch for? 
    • What tests will be involved, and when can I expect results? 
    • Are there other specialists I need to see? 
    • What’s the best way to reach you if I have follow-up questions? 

    How can I learn about the latest clinical trials and research advances my Canavan Disease doctor may know about?

    MediFind’s Clinical Trials tool asks you a series of questions to help you narrow down your search by health condition, age, gender, location, how far you’re willing to travel, and more. Each question you answer filters down the number of trials until you find the ones that are most relevant to you. 

    MediFind’s Latest Advances tool features summaries of recent articles published in medical journals. We use cutting-edge technology to scour medical publication databases for the latest research advancements on any given condition, then we simplify this information in a way that’s useful and easy to understand. 

    Can I filter my search to show male or female Canavan Disease doctors near me?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Canavan Disease doctor search results page. Select “Female” or “Male” under the “Gender” category to search for female or male providers exclusively. If the “Any” option is selected, it will pull results for both male and female providers. 

    Can I filter my search to find a Canavan Disease doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Canavan Disease doctor search results page. Select “Offers telehealth visits” under the Availability category to search for providers who offer virtual appointments (video calls). 

    Reviewed on: 11/11/24  

    By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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