The 20 Best Gaucher Disease Doctors Near Me in Ann Arbor, MI

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Last Updated: 04/28/2026

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MediFind found 11 doctor with experience in Gaucher Disease near Ann Arbor, MI. Of these, 10 are Experienced and 1 are Advanced.

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    Experienced in Gaucher Disease
    Radiology | Nuclear Medicine
    Experienced in Gaucher Disease
    Radiology | Nuclear Medicine

    University Hospital

    1500 E Medical Center Dr, Floor B1 Reception C, 
    Ann Arbor, MI 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Experience:
    17+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Benjamin Viglianti is a Radiologist and a Nuclear Medicine provider practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has been practicing medicine for over 17 years. Dr. Viglianti is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gaucher Disease. He is also highly rated in 35 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Neuroendocrine Tumor, Osteopenia, Melorheostosis with Osteopoikilosis, and Melorheostosis. Dr. Viglianti is board certified in Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine.

    Advanced in Gaucher Disease
    Nephrology | Internal Medicine
    Advanced in Gaucher Disease
    Nephrology | Internal Medicine

    U Of M Nephrology

    1500 E Medical Center Dr, 
    Ann Arbor, MI 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    James Shayman is an Internal Medicine specialist and a Nephrologist practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Shayman is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gaucher Disease. He is also highly rated in 4 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Fabry Disease, Gaucher Disease, Gaucher Disease Type 3, and Polycystic Kidney Disease. Dr. Shayman is board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology.

    Experienced in Gaucher Disease
    Radiology | Pediatric Radiology
    Experienced in Gaucher Disease
    Radiology | Pediatric Radiology

    U Of M Radiology

    1500 E Medical Center Dr, 
    Ann Arbor, MI 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    David Bloom is a Radiologist and a Pediatric Radiologist practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Bloom is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gaucher Disease. He is also highly rated in 57 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Neurogenic Bladder, PIK3CA-Related Overgrowth Spectrum, Atresia of Small Intestine, and Parkes Weber Syndrome. Dr. Bloom is board certified in Diagnostic Radiology and Pediatric Radiology.

    Are you looking for a specific type of Gaucher Disease?

    Common conditions include: Gaucher Disease Type 1, Gaucher Disease Type 2, Gaucher Disease Type 3

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    Experienced in Gaucher Disease
    Medical Genetics | Pediatrics
    Experienced in Gaucher Disease
    Medical Genetics | Pediatrics

    C. S. Mott Children's Hospital

    1540 E Hospital Dr, Floor 6 Reception C, 
    Ann Arbor, MI 
     (0.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Ayesha Ahmad is a Medical Genetics specialist and a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Ahmad is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gaucher Disease. She is also highly rated in 50 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Pompe Disease, Propionic Acidemia, Von Gierke Disease, and Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 1 (MPS I, Hurler Syndrome). Dr. Ahmad is board certified in Clinical Biochemical Genetics and Clinical Genetics & Genomics.

    Experienced in Gaucher Disease
    Medical Genetics | Pediatrics
    Experienced in Gaucher Disease
    Medical Genetics | Pediatrics

    C. S. Mott Children's Hospital

    1540 E Hospital Dr, Floor 6 Reception C, 
    Ann Arbor, MI 
     (0.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Dr. Pritchard is a Michigan native who returned to the University of Michigan to join the faculty here in 2019 after completing her pediatrics and genetics residencies and biochemical genetics fellowship. She enjoys care of complex patients with rare genetic diseases. Dr. Pritchard is active in medical education as Program Director for the Medical Biochemical Genetics Fellowship program and Associate Program Director for the Medical Genetics and Genomics training programs.Outside of work, Dr. Pritchard enjoys cooking, reading, hiking, and spending time with her husband and two daughters. Dr. Pritchard is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gaucher Disease. She is also highly rated in 149 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Microcephaly Deafness Syndrome, Propionic Acidemia, Delayed Growth, and Cohen Syndrome.

    Experienced in Gaucher Disease
    Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine | Pediatric Neurology
    Experienced in Gaucher Disease
    Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine | Pediatric Neurology

    C. S. Mott Children's Hospital

    1540 E Hospital Dr, Floor 6 Reception C, 
    Ann Arbor, MI 
     (0.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Erin Knierbein is a Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine specialist and a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Knierbein is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gaucher Disease. She is also highly rated in 125 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Danon Disease, Pompe Disease, Dysferlinopathy, and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Dr. Knierbein is board certified in Neurology W/Spec Qual Child Neuro and Neuromuscular Medicine.

    Experienced in Gaucher Disease
    Hematology | Oncology | Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Gaucher Disease
    Hematology | Oncology | Internal Medicine

    Rogel Cancer Center

    1500 E Medical Center Dr, Floor B1 Reception A, 
    Ann Arbor, MI 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Scott Gitlin is a Hematologist and an Oncologist practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Gitlin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gaucher Disease. He is also highly rated in 8 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), Adult Immune Thrombocytopenia, Nodular Lymphocyte-Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma (NLPHL), and Hemangioma Thrombocytopenia Syndrome.

    Experienced in Gaucher Disease
    Neurology | Medical Genetics
    Experienced in Gaucher Disease
    Neurology | Medical Genetics

    Taubman Center

    1500 E Medical Center Dr, Floor 1 Reception C, 
    Ann Arbor, MI 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    John K. Fink, MD, is a professor in the Department of Neurology and director of the Neurogenetic Disorders Program in the University of Michigan Medical School. He directs basic science laboratory research focused on identifying genes and mechanisms responsible for age-dependent neurologic degeneration; and on developing treatments for these conditions.Fink's laboratory investigates the molecular basis of inherited neurologic and psychiatric disorders. His clinical expertise focuses on inherited and degenerative disorders of the nervous system. Dr. Fink evaluates individuals of all ages, from infancy through senescence with these disorders, which include lysosomal storage disorders (such as Gaucher disease, Niemann-Pick disease and Fabry disease), ataxias (including Friedreich's ataxia), leukodystrophies (such as Krabbe, CADASIL and adrenoleukodystrophy), familial dystonia, primary lateral sclerosis, Wilson's disease, familial motor neuron disease (including familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), familial dementia, and a group of inherited spinal cord disorders known collectively as the Hereditary Spastic Paraplegias (HSPs).Dr. Fink came to the University of Michigan in 1990 as an assistant professor of neurology and director of the Neurogenetic Disorders Clinic. The program provides care and evaluation for individuals and families with inherited and degenerative neurologic disorders; and clinical and molecular laboratory training for physicians and scientists studying these disorders. He was promoted to associate professor in 1996 and professor in 2005.Board-certified in neurology and medical genetics, Dr. Fink received his medical degree in 1980 from the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo. Following internship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, he completed a neurology residency in 1984 at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Subsequently, he trained in developmental and metabolic neurology and medical genetics at the National Institutes of Health.Dr. Fink has served as the Medical Advisor to the Spastic Paraplegia Foundation since its establishment (2002), and serves as ad hoc reviewer for numerous journals and NIH study sections.A member of the American Society of Human Genetics, American Academy of Neurology, American Neurological Association and the American College of Genetics, Dr. Fink received the Derek Denny-Brown Neurological Scholar Award from the American Neurological Association in 2002. In addition, he has been elected by peers to Best Doctors in America annually since 2001. Dr. Fink is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gaucher Disease. He is also highly rated in 45 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Spastic Paraplegia Type 7, Spastic Paraplegia Type 2, Primary Lateral Sclerosis, and CACH Syndrome. Dr. Fink is board certified in Clinical Genetics and Neurology.

    Experienced in Gaucher Disease
    Medical Genetics | Pediatrics
    Experienced in Gaucher Disease
    Medical Genetics | Pediatrics

    Domino's Farms

    24 Frank Lloyd Wright Dr Ste 1300, Lobby C, 
    Ann Arbor, MI 
     (4.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Cooking, spending time with my family. Dr. Ames is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gaucher Disease. She is also highly rated in 115 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Delayed Growth, Cardiomyopathic Lentiginosis, Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome, and Noonan Syndrome. Dr. Ames is board certified in Pediatrics, Clinical Genetics & Genomics, and Medical Biochemical Genetics.

    Experienced in Gaucher Disease
    Family Medicine
    Experienced in Gaucher Disease
    Family Medicine

    Amy F. Saunders M.D. PLLC

    2800 S State St Ste 215, 
    Ann Arbor, MI 
     (1.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Amanda Kaufman is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Kaufman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gaucher Disease. Her clinical expertise encompasses Gaucher Disease, Gaucher Disease Type 2, Gaucher Disease Type 3, and Gaucher Disease Type 1.

    Experienced in Gaucher Disease
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Gaucher Disease
    Internal Medicine

    Partners In Internal Medicine PLLC

    2200 Green Rd Ste B, 
    Ann Arbor, MI 
     (4.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Pamela Shore is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Shore is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gaucher Disease. She is also highly rated in 17 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hypertension, Familial Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Hypothyroidism.

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    Last Updated: 04/28/2026

    What is the definition of Gaucher Disease?

    Gaucher disease is an inherited disorder that affects many of the body's organs and tissues. The signs and symptoms of this condition vary widely among affected individuals. Researchers have described several types of Gaucher disease based on their characteristic features.

    When should I see a Gaucher Disease doctor near Ann Arbor, MI?

    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 Gaucher Disease doctor near Ann Arbor, MI?

    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 Gaucher Disease doctors near Ann Arbor, MI?

    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 Gaucher Disease doctors near Ann Arbor, MI?

    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 Gaucher Disease doctor near Ann Arbor, MI?

    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 Gaucher Disease doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Gaucher 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 Gaucher Disease doctor near Ann Arbor, MI?

    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 Gaucher 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 Gaucher 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 Gaucher Disease doctors near Ann Arbor, MI?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Gaucher 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 Gaucher Disease doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Gaucher 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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