The 20 Best Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5 Doctors Near Me

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The 20 Best Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5 Doctors Near Me

Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 488 doctor with experience in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5. Of these, 355 are Experienced, 97 are Advanced, 33 are Distinguished and 3 are Elite.

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    Elite in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Elite in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Madrid, MD, ES 

    Alejandro Lucia practices in Madrid, Spain. Mr. Lucia is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5. His top areas of expertise are Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5, Glycogen Storage Disease Type 7, Myoglobinuria Recurrent, Rhabdomyolysis, and Bone Marrow Transplant.

    Elite in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Elite in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Sevilla, AN, ES 

    Alfredo Santalla practices in Sevilla, Spain. Mr. Santalla is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5. His top areas of expertise are Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5, Myoglobinuria Recurrent, Rhabdomyolysis, and Cerebral Hypoxia.

    Elite in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Elite in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Badalona, CT, ES 

    Gisela Gadea-Nogales practices in Badalona, Spain. Ms. Gadea-Nogales is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5. Her top areas of expertise are Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5, Glycogen Storage Disease Type 7, Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2, Myotonic Dystrophy, and Thymectomy.

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    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Neurology | Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Neurology | Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine

    UT Southwestern - Neurology

    5323 Harry Hines Blvd, 
    Dallas, TX 
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Hindi, Urdu
    Offers Telehealth

    Salman Bhai, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology at UT Southwestern Medical Center and the Director of the Neuromuscular Center in the Institute of Exercise and Environmental Medicine at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. He specializes in neuromuscular disorders, particularly muscle disorders.Dr. Bhai earned his medical degree at Harvard University. He completed a residency in neurology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, where he also received advanced training through a fellowship in neuromuscular medicine and earned a medical education certificate.Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2021. He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Academy of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine, the Dallas County Medical Society, and the Texas Neurological Society.Dr. Bhai's clinical interests include the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of neuromuscular disorders. He focuses on patients with inflammatory and metabolic myopathies as well as those with immune checkpoint inhibitor complications.Dr. Bhai's research focuses on understanding how muscles communicate with other organ systems, particularly when muscle is inflamed, such as in myositis. The goal of his research is to better understand, diagnose, and treat patients with myositis through exercise and muscle physiology studies as well as through clinical trials. Among other work, he serves as the Principal Investigator for four clinical trials related to inflammatory and metabolic myopathies. Dr. Bhai is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5. His top areas of expertise are Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5, Inclusion Body Myositis, Dermatomyositis, Myositis, and Shoulder Arthroscopy.

    Doris G. Leung
    Advanced in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Advanced in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5

    Kennedy Krieger Institute

    1741 Ashland Avenue, Room 847, Room 847, 
    Baltimore, MD 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Dr. Leung obtained her undergraduate degree in biochemical sciences from Harvard University. While attending medical school at Duke University, she completed a year-long research fellowship studying genetic markers of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease at the National Institute on Aging as part of the NIH Clinical Research Training Program. She completed her neurology residency and clinical neurophysiology fellowship at Stanford University Medical Center, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the graduate training program in clinical investigation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Leung joined the Center for Genetic Muscle Disorders at the Kennedy Krieger Institute as a translational research fellow in 2010 and was appointed to the faculty in 2014. Her clinic specializes in electromyography and the diagnosis and treatment of hereditary muscle diseases. Dr. Leung’s research focuses on the development of imaging biomarkers and outcome measures for muscle diseases. She is the principal investigator for a longitudinal cohort study of whole-body MRI in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Dr. Leung is also a site principal investigator for the Ionis-DMPKRx trial, a phase Ib/IIa clinical trial of a novel RNA-based therapy for myotonic muscular dystrophy. Dr. Leung is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5. Her top areas of expertise are Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD), Dysferlinopathy, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2I, and Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy.

    Vern C. Juel
    Advanced in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Advanced in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5

    Duke Electromyography Laboratory - Clinic 1L

    40 Duke Medicine Cir, 
    Durham, NC 
    Experience:
    37+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Vern Juel is a Neurologist in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Juel has been practicing medicine for over 37 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5. His top areas of expertise are Myasthenia Gravis, Lambert-Eaton Syndrome, Inclusion Body Myositis, Meige Syndrome, and Thymectomy.

    Aiesha Ahmed
    Advanced in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Advanced in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5

    Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals Epilepsy - 275 Michigan St NE

    275 Michigan Street Northeast, 
    Grand Rapids, MI 
    Experience:
    26+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Aiesha Ahmed is a Neurologist in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dr. Ahmed has been practicing medicine for over 26 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5. Her top areas of expertise are Myasthenia Gravis, Neurosyphilis, Continuous Muscle Fiber Activity Hereditary, and Isaacs' Syndrome.

    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Madrid, MD, ES 

    Tomas Pinos practices in Madrid, Spain. Mr. Pinos is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5. His top areas of expertise are Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5, Myoglobinuria Recurrent, Rhabdomyolysis, and Glycogen Storage Disease Type 0.

    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Copenhagen, DK 

    Nicoline Lokken practices in Copenhagen, Denmark. Ms. Lokken is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5. Her top areas of expertise are Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, Amyotonia Congenita, and Myotonia Congenita.

    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Internal Medicine
    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Internal Medicine

    Office

    7232 Greenville Ave Ste 435, 
    Dallas, TX 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Ronald Haller is an Internal Medicine provider in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Haller is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5. His top areas of expertise are Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5, Myoglobinuria Recurrent, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2A, and Phosphoglycerate Kinase Deficiency.

    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Curitiba PR, 
    Curitiba, PR, BR 

    Paulo Lorenzoni practices in Curitiba, Brazil. Mr. Lorenzoni is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5. His top areas of expertise are Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5, Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome, Isaacs' Syndrome, Continuous Muscle Fiber Activity Hereditary, and Thymectomy.

    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Queen Square, 
    London, ENG, GB 

    Renata Scalco practices in London, United Kingdom. Ms. Scalco is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5. Her top areas of expertise are Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), Myoglobinuria Recurrent, Muscle Atrophy, and Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5.

    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Curitiba PR, 
    Curitiba, PR, BR 

    Raquel Arndt practices in Curitiba, Brazil. Ms. Arndt is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5. Her top areas of expertise are Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5, Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome, Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase 2 Deficiency, and Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase 1 Deficiency.

    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Curitiba PR, 
    Curitiba, PR, BR 

    Lineu Werneck practices in Curitiba, Brazil. Werneck is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5. Their top areas of expertise are Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5, Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome, Lambert-Eaton Syndrome, Continuous Muscle Fiber Activity Hereditary, and Thymectomy.

    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Curitiba PR, 
    Curitiba, PR, BR 

    Rosana Scola practices in Curitiba, Brazil. Ms. Scola is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5. Her top areas of expertise are Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5, Continuous Muscle Fiber Activity Hereditary, Isaacs' Syndrome, Post Polio Syndrome, and Thymectomy.

    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Madrid, MD, ES 

    Joaquin Arenas practices in Madrid, Spain. Mr. Arenas is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5. His top areas of expertise are Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5, Rhabdomyolysis, Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia, and Mitochondrial Complex 1 Deficiency.

    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Centre De Référence De Pathologie Neuromusculaire Paris Est, 
    EE 

    John Vissing practices in Estonia. Mr. Vissing is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5. His top areas of expertise are Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, Myasthenia Gravis, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2I, and Pompe Disease.

    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Madrid, MD, ES 

    Miguel Martin practices in Madrid, Spain. Mr. Martin is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5. His top areas of expertise are Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5, Myoglobinuria Recurrent, Rhabdomyolysis, and Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia.

    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Internal Medicine
    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Internal Medicine

    Optum Connecticut-Day Kimball Medical Group-Walk In

    12 Lathrop Rd, 
    Plainfield, CT 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Richard Wilcon is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Plainfield, Connecticut. Dr. Wilcon is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5. His top areas of expertise are Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5, Atherosclerosis, Coronary Heart Disease, and Venous Thromboembolism (VTE).

    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Distinguished in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5
    Curitiba PR, 
    Curitiba, PR, BR 

    Carlos Silvado practices in Curitiba, Brazil. Mr. Silvado is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5. His top areas of expertise are Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5, Epilepsy, MELAS Syndrome, and ADULT Syndrome.

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    Last Updated: 02/22/2026

    What is the definition of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5?

    Glycogen storage disease type V (also known as GSDV or McArdle disease) is an inherited disorder caused by an inability to break down a complex sugar called glycogen in muscle cells. A lack of glycogen breakdown interferes with the function of muscle cells.

    When should I see a Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5 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 Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5 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 Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5 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 Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5 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 Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5 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 Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5 doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5 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 Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5 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 Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5 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 Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5 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 Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5 doctors near me?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5 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 Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5 doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5 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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