The 20 Best Canavan Disease Doctors in The United States

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.

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).

. 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 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.

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, 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 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 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.

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 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Christopher Janson is a Neurologist in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Janson is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Canavan Disease. His top areas of expertise are Canavan Disease, Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Gastrostomy.

Robert Stein is a Neurologist in Rockport, Maine. Dr. Stein is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Canavan Disease. His top areas of expertise are Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy (ADNFLE), Seizures, Stroke, and Myasthenia Gravis.

Joshua Bonkowsky is a Neurologist in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Bonkowsky is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Canavan Disease. His top areas of expertise are CACH Syndrome, Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), Leukodystrophy, Krabbe Disease, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Bonkowsky is currently accepting new patients.

I like to hike, bird watch and walk my dog. Dr. Coull is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Canavan Disease. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula, Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Transmyocardial Revascularization, and Stent Placement.

Gary Hsich is a Pediatric Neurologist in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Hsich has been practicing medicine for over 35 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Canavan Disease. His top areas of expertise are Ruvalcaba Syndrome, Lhermitte-Duclos Disease, Tension Headache, and Spasmus Nutans.

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 Canavan Disease. His top areas of expertise are Memory Loss, Cerebellar Degeneration, Dementia, and Lewy Body Dementia (LBD).