Tanya Lehky is a Neurologist in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Lehky is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Axonal Neuropathy. Her top areas of expertise are Giant Axonal Neuropathy, Peripheral Neuropathy, Chediak-Higashi Syndrome, and Sandhoff Disease.

Richard Marvel is an Obstetrics and Gynecologist in Annapolis, Maryland. Dr. Marvel is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Axonal Neuropathy. His top areas of expertise are Pudendal Neuralgia, Giant Axonal Neuropathy, Wallerian Degeneration, and Femoral Nerve Dysfunction. Dr. Marvel is currently accepting new patients.

Soe Aung is a Neurologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Aung is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Axonal Neuropathy. His top areas of expertise are Cervical Myelopathy, Spinal Tumor, Tarlov Cysts, Subependymoma, and Angioplasty.

Jonathan Johnson is a Neurologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Johnson is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Axonal Neuropathy. His top areas of expertise are Cervical Myelopathy, Hemangioblastoma, Spinal Tumor, and Subependymoma.

Bassel Shneker is a Neurologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Shneker is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Axonal Neuropathy. His top areas of expertise are Cervical Myelopathy, Hemangioblastoma, Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumors (DNET), and Brain Stem Cancer.

Vitor Pacheco is a Neurologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Pacheco is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Axonal Neuropathy. His top areas of expertise are Tarlov Cysts, Dysarthria, Cervical Myelopathy, and Spinal Tumor.

Reza Kanani is a Neurologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Kanani is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Axonal Neuropathy. His top areas of expertise are Cervical Myelopathy, Spinal Tumor, Brain Stem Cancer, and Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumors (DNET).

Neurologist Payam Mohassel specializes in myopathies, muscular dystrophies, and other hereditary neuromuscular disorders and is the co-director of the Johns Hopkins Myositis Center. Dr. Mohassel obtained his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he remained for a medical internship, residency training in neurology, and clinical fellowship training in neuromuscular medicine. He then joined the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Neurogenetics branch as a clinical research fellow. Dr. Mohassel’s research focuses on translational studies on neuromuscular disorders, and it spans gene discovery efforts, mechanistic studies to identify therapeutic targets, and early phase interventional clinical trials. Dr. Mohassel is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Axonal Neuropathy. His top areas of expertise are Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Hereditary Sensory Neuropathy Type 1 (HSN1), and Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathy Type 2.

Dr. Ahmet Hoke is Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, W. W. Smith Charitable Trust Professor of Neuroimmunology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Director of the Daniel B. Drachman Division of Neuromuscular Diseases and Director of the Merkin Peripheral Neuropathy and Nerve Regeneration Center at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his medical training at Hacettepe University School of Medicine in Ankara, Turkey followed by his PhD studies in developmental neuroscience at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and neurology residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital. After completing his neuromuscular training at University of Calgary, Canada, he returned to Johns Hopkins University as faculty and rose through the ranks. He is the recipient of several awards including Derek Denny Brown Young Neurological Scholar Award (2005) and Wolfe Neuropathy Research prize (2018) given by the American Neurological Association, Myung Memorial Lecture Award (2017) by the Korean Neurological Association, Nejat Eczacibasi Medical Scientist Award (2019) by the Eczacibasi Foundation, Turkey, and Alan J. Gebhart Prize in Excellence in Neuropathy Research (2022) by the Peripheral Nerve Society. He is an Ex-Officio member of the Board of Directors of the American Neurological Association, and Vice-President of the Toxic Neuropathy Consortium. He serves on several editorial boards and is the Editor-in-Chief of Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. Dr. Hoke is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Axonal Neuropathy. His top areas of expertise are Wallerian Degeneration, Peripheral Neuropathy, Tomaculous Neuropathy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy with Arthrogryposis, and Prostatectomy.

Dr. Charlotte Sumner is a Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Sumner cares for patients with genetically-mediated neuromuscular diseases. Her practice is notable for a focus on individuals with inherited neuromuscular disorders of peripheral nerves and motor neurons, including spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease. She co-directs the Johns Hopkins Muscular Dystrophy Association Care Center, the Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), and the Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) clinics, which deliver multidisciplinary clinical care, engage in international natural history studies, and provide cutting edge therapeutics. Dr. Sumner’s research focuses on developing treatments for degenerative disorders of motor neurons and peripheral nerves. Her laboratory uses human tissues and induced pluripotent cell lines, mouse models and cultured cells to characterize disease mechanisms and develop treatments. Dr. Charlotte Sumner received her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine following undergraduate studies at Princeton University. She completed internal medicine internship and neurology residency at the University of California San Francisco, after which she returned to the east coast for a neuromuscular fellowship at Johns Hopkins and a neurogenetics fellowship in the Neurogenetics Branch at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. She joined the neurology faculty at Johns Hopkins in 2006. Dr. Sumner is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Axonal Neuropathy. Her top areas of expertise are Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2, and Gastrostomy.

Dr. Tom Crawford has been a member of the Department of Neurology since 1987. He is co-director of the MDA clinic for Neuromuscular Disorders and Neurologist for the Ataxia Telangiectasia Clinical Center at Johns Hopkins. His practice involves general child neurology with a principal interest in caring for children with neuromuscular, neuromotor, and ataxic disorders. Primary research interests involve the basic science and clinical characterization of two important neurologic disorders that affect children: Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Ataxia Telangiectasia. He is also actively involved in the Biology of neurofilaments by characterization of transgenic animal models. He is on the Medical and Scientific Advisory Boards of Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy, and the Medical Advisory Committee for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. He is the Neurologist for the Ataxia Telangiectasia Clinical Center at Johns Hopkins, which has evaluated almost half of the known patients with this disorder in the United States. Additional specific clinical interests include evaluation and treatment of children with brachial plexus palsies. Dr. Crawford received his medical degree from the University of Southern California. He completed a pediatric internship and residency at the Pediatric Pavilion of the Los Angeles County / University of Southern California Medical Center, followed by a pediatric chief residency. He completed his training in Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology at the Los Angeles Childrens Hospital. He then traveled east to the laboratory of Dr John Griffin at Johns Hopkins for a fellowship in Neuromuscular Disorders. Prior to medical training and Neurology residency, he majored in Psychology and Religion at Yale College. Dr. Crawford has published extensively and presented nationally and internationally. He has an active role in teaching medical students and residents in neurology. In addition, Dr. Crawford has special interest and experience in EMG studies of children and adults. Dr. Crawford is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Axonal Neuropathy. His top areas of expertise are Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), Ataxia-Telangiectasia, and Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2.

Mark Matsunaga is a Cardiologist and a Pain Medicine provider in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Matsunaga is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Axonal Neuropathy. His top areas of expertise are Fibromyalgia, Chronic Pain, Opioid Induced Constipation, and Neuralgia.

Dr. Akhil Chhatre is an assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation and neurological surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is director of spine rehabilitation at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Chhatre sees and treats adults with a wide range of spinal diseases and disorders, including neck and low back pain, lumbar and cervical degenerative disease, scoliosis, spinal stenosis, facet joint disease, whiplash syndrome, sacroiliac and appendicular skeletal joint disease, and peripheral neuropathy. He has a special interest in helping patients regain function and reduce pain using non-surgical techniques and performing pain-reducing medicinal procedures, including steroid injections, nerve blocks and radiofrequency denervation. He received his medical degree from the University of Missouri School of Medicine and completed his residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Kansas Medical Center School of Allied Health. He performed his fellowship in interventional spine and sports medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, Dr. Chhatre worked as an interventional spine and sports fellow at the Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania after completing a residency in physical medicine & rehabilitation at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Dr. Chhatre is a member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, the International Spine Intervention Society, and the North American Spine Society. For information on conditions he treats and for scheduling information, please review this document. Dr. Chhatre is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Axonal Neuropathy. His top areas of expertise are Sciatica, Scoliosis, Sacroiliac Joint Disease, Cervical Spondylosis, and Vertebroplasty.

Paul Christo is a Pain Medicine specialist and an Anesthesiologist in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Christo is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Axonal Neuropathy. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Pain, Neuralgia, Central Pain Syndrome, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, and Osteotomy.

Eellan Sivanesan is a Pain Medicine specialist and an Anesthesiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Sivanesan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Axonal Neuropathy. His top areas of expertise are Neuralgia, Chronic Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, and Shingles.

Avindra Nath is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Nath is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Axonal Neuropathy. His top areas of expertise are Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy, Encephalitis, CACH Syndrome, and Stroke.

Christopher Clark is a Physiatrist in Hagerstown, Maryland. Dr. Clark is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Axonal Neuropathy. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Pain, Sciatica, Sacroiliac Joint Disease, and Scoliosis.

Edward Soriano, DO, specializes in pain medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation and is board-certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Soriano received his medical degree from Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine (University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey) and completed his residency at Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine. Dr. Soriano is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Axonal Neuropathy. His top areas of expertise are Sciatica, Chronic Pain, Spinal Stenosis, and Cervical Spondylosis.

Vinay Chaudhry is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Chaudhry is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Axonal Neuropathy. His top areas of expertise are Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Myasthenia Gravis, Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3, and Advanced Bronchoscopy.

Anna Irwin is a Pain Medicine specialist and an Anesthesiologist in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Irwin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Axonal Neuropathy. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Pain, Neuralgia, Cervical Spondylosis, and Sciatica. Dr. Irwin is currently accepting new patients.