Overview
Dr. Hilary Vernon is a Professor of Genetic Medicine and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is also an attending physician at Kennedy Krieger Institute. Hilary Vernon has expertise in treating inborn errors of metabolism and mitochondrial disorders. She is the director of the Mitochondrial Care Center at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Barth Syndrome Interdisciplinary Clinic at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Her research interests include understanding intermediary metabolism in Barth syndrome and in disorders of branch chain amino acid metabolism. Dr. Vernon also co-directs the Department of Genetic Medicine Clinical Trials Unit, and is the principal investigator on multiple clinical trials for rare diseases. Dr. Vernon received her medical degree and doctorate from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. She completed residencies in genetics and pediatrics at The Johns Hopkins University, and a fellowship in clinical laboratory biochemical genetics at The Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Vernon was recognized with the 2010 Francis F. Schwentker Award for Excellence in Research at Johns Hopkins University and the 2011 James B. Sidbury Jr. Fellowship in Biochemical Genetics at Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Vernon is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Increased Head Circumference. Her top areas of expertise are Methylmalonic Acidemia, Propionic Acidemia, Infantile Neutropenia, Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia, and Gastrostomy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 86 peer reviewed articles and participating in 3 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 1 article in the study of Increased Head Circumference.
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Locations
Rubenstein BLDG Lower Level, Baltimore, MD 21287
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Rubenstein Child Health Building
Dr. Julie Hoover-Fong is a Professor of Genetic Medicine and Pediatrics and Director of the Greenberg Center for Skeletal Dysplasias at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Hoover-Fong holds a bachelor’s degree in Human Nutrition from The Ohio State University, where she also completed her medical degree. She received her Ph.D. in the Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Hoover-Fong completed a pediatric internship and residency at Washington University in St. Louis and a fellowship in medical genetics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. She joined the Johns Hopkins University faculty in 2002 and progressed to Professor of Genetic Medicine and Pediatrics in 2019. She practices and oversees the clinical operations, research and educational ventures for the patients, families and healthcare providers served by the Greenberg Center. Her clinical team develops and improves diagnostic and treatment guidelines for comprehensive care of patients with all types of bone conditions including dwarfism, orofacial clefting, craniosynostosis and more. Dr. Hoover-Fong also mentors and teaches medical students, residents and genetic medicine trainees. As an active clinical researcher, Dr. Hoover-Fong is the Principal Investigator of multiple global clinical trials for achondroplasia, the first multi-center, investigator-initiated natural history study for achondroplasia, and multiple clinical studies for patients with orofacial clefting, hypophosphatasia and other conditions. She is also a co-investigator on the ELSI and Phenotype Review Committees for the Mendel Project, a whole exome sequencing venture to identify the genetic cause of Mendelian conditions. From an institutional service perspective, Dr. Hoover-Fong serves on the Johns Hopkins Associate Professor Promotions Committee and the Advisory Committee for the Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation. She serves on the Medical Advisory Board of the Little People of America, is a member of the Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence at Johns Hopkins University and is a charter member of the International Skeletal Dysplasia Management Consortium, publishing best practice guidelines for patients with skeletal dysplasias. Dr. Hoover is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Increased Head Circumference. Her top areas of expertise are Achondroplasia, Rhizomelic Syndrome, Spondyloepimetaphyseal Dysplasia Strudwick Type, Adenoidectomy, and Myringotomy.
Maximilian Muenke is a Medical Genetics provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Muenke is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Increased Head Circumference. His top areas of expertise are Holoprosencephaly, Turner Syndrome, Craniosynostosis, and Corpus Callosum Agenesis.
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Natalie Hauser is a Medical Genetics specialist and a Pediatrics provider in Falls Church, Virginia. Dr. Hauser is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Increased Head Circumference. Her top areas of expertise are Focal or Multifocal Malformations in Neuronal Migration, Increased Head Circumference, Centronuclear Myopathy, and Vici Syndrome. Dr. Hauser is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Methylmalonic AcidemiaDr. Vernon isDistinguished. Learn about Methylmalonic Acidemia.
- Propionic AcidemiaDr. Vernon isDistinguished. Learn about Propionic Acidemia.
- Advanced
- Beta-Ketothiolase DeficiencyDr. Vernon isAdvanced. Learn about Beta-Ketothiolase Deficiency.
- Coenzyme Q Cytochrome C Reductase Deficiency
- Delayed GrowthDr. Vernon isAdvanced. Learn about Delayed Growth.
- Inborn Amino Acid Metabolism Disorder
- Inborn Renal AminoaciduriaDr. Vernon isAdvanced. Learn about Inborn Renal Aminoaciduria.
- Infantile NeutropeniaDr. Vernon isAdvanced. Learn about Infantile Neutropenia.
- Experienced
- 15q11.2 MicrodeletionDr. Vernon isExperienced. Learn about 15q11.2 Microdeletion.
- 3p Deletion SyndromeDr. Vernon isExperienced. Learn about 3p Deletion Syndrome.
- Achalasia Microcephaly SyndromeDr. Vernon isExperienced. Learn about Achalasia Microcephaly Syndrome.
- AlbinismDr. Vernon isExperienced. Learn about Albinism.
- AlkaptonuriaDr. Vernon isExperienced. Learn about Alkaptonuria.
- Autism Spectrum DisorderDr. Vernon isExperienced. Learn about Autism Spectrum Disorder.