The 20 Best Hypothalamic Hamartomas Doctors Near Me in Boston, MA

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The 20 Best Hypothalamic Hamartomas Doctors near Boston, MA

Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 46 doctor with experience in Hypothalamic Hamartomas near Boston, MA. Of these, 34 are Experienced, 11 are Advanced and 1 are Distinguished.

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    Advanced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Endocrinology
    Advanced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Endocrinology

    Carlos Fernandez-Del Castillo MD

    15 Parkman St, 
    Boston, MA 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Gilbert Daniels is an Endocrinologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Daniels is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypothalamic Hamartomas. His top areas of expertise are Thyroid Cancer, Follicular Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Nodule, Papillary Thyroid Cancer, and Thyroidectomy.

    Distinguished in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Distinguished in Hypothalamic Hamartomas

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    55 Fruit St, 
    Boston, MA 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Othon Iliopoulos is an Oncologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Iliopoulos is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypothalamic Hamartomas. His top areas of expertise are Hemangioblastoma, Hypothalamic Hamartomas, Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), and Koolen De Vries Syndrome.

    Niravkumar Barot
    Experienced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Experienced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas

    BIDMC Department Of Neurology

    330 Brookline Avenue, 
    Boston, MA 
     (2.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Gujarati , Hindi
    Offers Telehealth

    Niravkumar Barot is a Neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Barot is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypothalamic Hamartomas. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Benign Rolandic Epilepsy.

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    Anand Vaidya
    Experienced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Endocrinology
    Experienced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Endocrinology

    Brigham And Women's Hospital, Division Of Endocrinology, Diabetes And Hypertension

    221 Longwood Avenue 2nd Floor Brigham And Women's At 221 Longwood Boston, 2nd Floor Brigham And Women's At 221 Longwood, 
    Boston, MA 
     (2.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Anand Vaidya is an Endocrinologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Vaidya is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypothalamic Hamartomas. His top areas of expertise are Hyperaldosteronism, Adrenal Cancer, Adrenal Gland Adenoma, Gastric Bypass, and Thyroidectomy.

    John D. Rolston
    Experienced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Neurosurgery
    Experienced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Neurosurgery

    Brigham And Women's Hospital, Neurosciences Center

    60 Fenwood Road, 1st Floor Hale Building For Transformative Medicine, 
    Boston, MA 
     (3.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. John Rolston is a neurosurgeon and neuroscientist at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, recognized internationally for his contributions to epilepsy surgery and movement disorder surgery. Before moving to Brigham & Women’s, he served as the Director of Epilepsy Surgery and the Director of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at the University of Utah from 2017 to 2022.Dr. Rolston received his Bachelor’s degree from Columbia University, where he won the Russell Mills Award for Excellence in Computer Science. For his PhD, he developed brain-computer interfaces for epilepsy at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. He received an MD from Emory University before completing his residency training and post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco.Dr. Rolston’s NIH-funded laboratory investigates how neural engineering can be used to map and ultimately rewire the diseased brain. The same tools can be used to better understand neural information processing and how it is disordered in illnesses like epilepsy, Parkinson’s, and psychiatric disease. Dr. Rolston ardently promotes patient safety in neurosurgery and has led several studies examining the frequency and causes of neurosurgical errors and complications. He has over 150 publications and has received numerous awards, such as the University of California’s Harold Rosegay Award for teaching and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons’ Basic Science Award for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. Dr. Rolston is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypothalamic Hamartomas. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, Essential Tremor, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Thalamotomy.

    Steven D. Tobochnik
    Experienced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Experienced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas

    Brigham And Women's Hospital, Neurosciences Center

    60 Fenwood Road, 1st Floor Hale Building For Transformative Medicine, 
    Boston, MA 
     (3.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Steven Tobochnik is a Neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Tobochnik is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypothalamic Hamartomas. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Absence Seizure.

    Advanced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Ophthalmology
    Advanced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Ophthalmology

    Mass Eye And Ear, Longwood Eye Care

    800 Huntington Avenue, 
    Boston, MA 
     (3.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Daniel Vu is an Ophthalmologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Vu is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypothalamic Hamartomas. His top areas of expertise are Peters Anomaly, Peters Plus Syndrome, Glaucoma, and Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome.

    Experienced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Experienced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas

    The General Hospital Corporation

    55 Fruit St, 
    Boston, MA 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Douglas Micalizzi is an Oncologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Micalizzi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypothalamic Hamartomas. His top areas of expertise are BRCA Positive Breast Cancer, HER2 Negative Breast Cancer, Li-Fraumeni Syndrome, and Linear Nevus Sebaceous Syndrome.

    David Walton
    Advanced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Pediatrics
    Advanced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Pediatrics

    Office

    2 Longfellow Pl Ste 201, 
    Boston, MA 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    David Walton is a Pediatrics provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Walton is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypothalamic Hamartomas. His top areas of expertise are Aniridia, Walker Dyson Syndrome, Sturge-Weber Syndrome, Trabeculectomy, and Cataract Removal.

    Experienced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Experienced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas

    Carlos Fernandez-Del Castillo MD

    15 Parkman St, 
    Boston, MA 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Giuseppe Barbesino is an Endocrinologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Barbesino is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypothalamic Hamartomas. His top areas of expertise are Thyroid Cancer, Graves Disease, Follicular Thyroid Cancer, and Thyroid Nodule.

    Advanced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Pediatrics | Internal Medicine
    Advanced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Pediatrics | Internal Medicine

    The General Hospital Corporation

    55 Fruit St, 
    Boston, MA 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Jocelyn Ronda is a primary care provider, practicing in Pediatrics and Internal Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Ronda is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypothalamic Hamartomas. Her top areas of expertise are Phacomatosis Pigmentovascularis, Cowden Syndrome, Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) Syndrome, and Linear Nevus Sebaceous Syndrome. Dr. Ronda is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Experienced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    55 Fruit St, 
    Boston, MA 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Ryan Sullivan is an Oncologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Sullivan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypothalamic Hamartomas. His top areas of expertise are Melanoma, Melanoma of the Eye, Metastatic Uveal Melanoma, and Posterior Fossa Tumor.

    Advanced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Advanced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas

    Office

    55 Fruit St # 9, 
    Boston, MA 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Scott Plotkin is a Neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Plotkin is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypothalamic Hamartomas. His top areas of expertise are Schwannomatosis, Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2), Neurofibromatosis, and Acoustic Neuroma.

    Advanced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Ophthalmology
    Advanced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Ophthalmology

    Massachusetts Eye And Ear

    243 Charles St, 
    Boston, MA 
     (0.9 miles away)
    Experience:
    44+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Shizuo Mukai is an Ophthalmologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Mukai has been practicing medicine for over 44 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypothalamic Hamartomas. His top areas of expertise are Retinal Detachment, Retinoblastoma, Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) Syndrome, Sturge-Weber Syndrome, and Vitrectomy.

    Evangelos Gragoudas
    Experienced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Experienced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas

    Massachusetts Eye And Ear

    243 Charles St, 
    Boston, MA 
     (0.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Evangelos Gragoudas is an Ophthalmologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Gragoudas is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypothalamic Hamartomas. His top areas of expertise are Melanoma of the Eye, Metastatic Uveal Melanoma, Uveal Melanoma, Choroid Plexus Carcinoma, and Vitrectomy.

    Advanced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Advanced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas

    Department Of Ophthalmology

    300 Longwood Ave, 
    Boston, MA 
     (2.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Deborah Vanderveen is a Pediatrics provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Vanderveen is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypothalamic Hamartomas. Her top areas of expertise are Congenital Cataract, Strabismus, Retinopathy of Prematurity, Cataract Removal, and Trabeculectomy.

    Advanced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Medical Genetics
    Advanced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Medical Genetics

    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.

    450 Brookline Ave, 
    Boston, MA 
     (2.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Huma Rana is a Medical Genetics provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Rana is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypothalamic Hamartomas. Her top areas of expertise are Li-Fraumeni Syndrome, BRCA Positive Breast Cancer, HER2 Negative Breast Cancer, and Hypothalamic Hamartomas. Dr. Rana is currently accepting new patients.

    Advanced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Ophthalmology
    Advanced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Ophthalmology

    Massachusetts Eye And Ear

    800 Huntington Ave, 
    Boston, MA 
     (3.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Milica Margeta is an Ophthalmologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Margeta is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypothalamic Hamartomas. Her top areas of expertise are Glaucoma, Ocular Hypertension (OHT), Hypothalamic Hamartomas, Trabeculectomy, and Cataract Removal.

    Experienced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Experienced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    55 Fruit St, 
    Boston, MA 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Leif Ellisen is an Oncologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Ellisen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypothalamic Hamartomas. His top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, BRCA Positive Breast Cancer, HER2 Negative Breast Cancer, and Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.

    Experienced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    Experienced in Hypothalamic Hamartomas

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    55 Fruit St, 
    Boston, MA 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Kalpathy Krishnamoorthy is a Pediatrics provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Krishnamoorthy is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypothalamic Hamartomas. His top areas of expertise are Pallister-Hall Syndrome, Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM), Accessory Deep Peroneal Nerve, Cerebellar Hypoplasia, and Posterior Fossa Decompression.

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    Last Updated: 02/22/2026

    What is the definition of Hypothalamic Hamartomas?

    Hypothalamic hamartomas (HH) are rare, tumor-like malformations that occur during fetal development and are present at birth. The lesions usually do not change in size or spread to other locations. Both the type and severity of symptoms vary greatly among patients with Hypothalamic hamartomas. Common symptoms include frequent gelastic seizures (spontaneous laughing, giggling and/or smirking) or dacrystic seizures (crying or grunting); developmental delays; and/or precocious puberty. Additional symptoms may include cognitive impairment; emotional and behavioral difficulties; and endocrine disturbances. These symptoms often start early in life but are frequently misdiagnosed. For some patients, endocrine (hormonal) disturbances such as central precocious puberty may be the only symptom. Though Hypothalamic hamartomas can occur in patients with certain genetic disorders (such as Pallister-Hall syndrome), the majority of cases are sporadic.

    When should I see a Hypothalamic Hamartomas doctor near Boston, MA?

    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 Hypothalamic Hamartomas doctor near Boston, MA?

    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 Hypothalamic Hamartomas doctors near Boston, MA?

    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 Hypothalamic Hamartomas doctors near Boston, MA?

    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 Hypothalamic Hamartomas doctor near Boston, MA?

    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 Hypothalamic Hamartomas doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Hypothalamic Hamartomas 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 Hypothalamic Hamartomas doctor near Boston, MA?

    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 Hypothalamic Hamartomas 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 Hypothalamic Hamartomas 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 Hypothalamic Hamartomas doctors near Boston, MA?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Hypothalamic Hamartomas 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 Hypothalamic Hamartomas doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Hypothalamic Hamartomas 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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