Peter Crino is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Crino is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Increased Head Circumference. His top areas of expertise are Tuberous Sclerosis, Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Cortical Dysplasia, Increased Head Circumference, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Crino is currently accepting new patients.

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 a Distinguished 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.

Monica Pearl is a Radiologist and a Pediatrics provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Pearl is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Increased Head Circumference. Her top areas of expertise are Increased Head Circumference, Arteriovenous Malformation, Brain Aneurysm, Liver Embolization, and Thrombectomy.

Karin Weiss is a Pediatrics provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Weiss is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Increased Head Circumference. Her top areas of expertise are Increased Head Circumference, Ulnar-Mammary Syndrome, Gaucher Disease Type 2, Micrognathia, and Orchiectomy.

Dr. Adam Hartman is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He focuses on treating children with epilepsy, with an emphasis on those whose seizures have not been adequately controlled with medication. He evaluates and manages patients in his clinic who may be candidates for epilepsy surgery, including those with Rasmussen syndrome, brain malformations, and perinatal strokes. Patients who may not be surgery candidates due to inborn errors of metabolism (particularly mitochondrial disorders) also are a special interest for Dr. Hartman. Dr. Hartman is currently a Physician at NINDS/NIH, serving as a Program Director in the Division of Clinical Research. Previously, Dr. Hartman was the Associate Program Director for the Pediatric Neurology Residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He also was the Co-Director of the Neurology Intensive Care Nursery and an Attending Physician on the Pediatric Neurology Inpatient Service at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Hartman’s prior laboratory work was funded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH), Technology Development Corporation (State of Maryland), a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Clinician Scientist Award, the Pakula Family, and the Becker Family. Dr. Hartman received his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School. After completing his residency in Pediatrics in the National Capital Uniformed Services Pediatric Residency Program (National Naval Medical Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center), he served as a general pediatrician in the US Navy for five years (the last as division head of general pediatrics at Naval Medical Center San Diego). He completed his residency in pediatric neurology and a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology/pediatric epilepsy, both at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Hartman is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Increased Head Circumference. His top areas of expertise are Hemimegalencephaly, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Increased Head Circumference.

Maximilian Muenke is a Medical Genetics provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Muenke is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Increased Head Circumference. His top areas of expertise are Holoprosencephaly, Turner Syndrome, Craniosynostosis, and Corpus Callosum Agenesis.

Dr. Nara Lygia De Macena Sobreira is an assistant professor at the McKusick-Nathans Department of Genetic Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her area of expertise is rare Mendelian phenotypes, analysis of next-generation sequencing, and functional testing of candidate causative variants. She earned her M.D. at the University of Pernambuco in Brazil. She finished her Ph.D. in Human Genetics at Johns Hopkins followed by a one-year postdoc also at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. During her Ph.D., she worked with Dr. David Valle using next-generation sequencing to elucidate the molecular basis of rare Mendelian phenotypes and in 2010 she discovered PTPN11 as the gene responsible for metachondromatosis by using whole-genome sequencing. She completed residencies in clinical genetics at both Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo and Johns Hopkins. Her main clinical and research focus is on identifying the genetic bases of rare phenotypes, mainly, phenotypes associated with cartilage tumors and vascular anomalies (including Ollier disease and Maffucci syndrome), and on understanding the physiopathology of these phenotypes to identify pharmacological strategies to treat them. She has worked extensively on developing strategies to better analyze the variants identified by next-generation sequencing and on novel strategies for data sharing. She participated on the development of PhenoDB, a phenotypic and genomic database, and created PhenoDB Variant Analysis Tool used worldwide. She is also one of the creators of GeneMatcher, VariantMatcher, and one of the co-founders of the Matchmaker Exchange, all intended to share next-generation sequencing data. She has also worked extensively on functional studies that evaluate the possible pathogenic effects of the candidate causative variants. Recent News Articles and Media Coverage Living the Hopkins Mission Honorees, Johns Hopkins Medicine Successes in Characterizing Genes through GeneMatcher with Nara L. M. Sobreira, MD, PhD, Ambry Genetics (April 30, 2018) Enfermedades raras: el desafio es encontrar otros pacientes que tienen el mismo mal, Lun (26 de septiembre de 2019) 2021 Science Writers' Boot Camp, Johns Hopkins Medicine (June 7, 2021) Making the Perfect Match, Johns Hopkins Medicine (February 1, 2020). Dr. De Macena Sobreira is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Increased Head Circumference. Her top areas of expertise are Spondyloepimetaphyseal Dysplasia Strudwick Type, Greenberg Dysplasia, Blepharophimosis, and Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy.

Amy Kaplan is a Pediatrics provider in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Kaplan is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Increased Head Circumference. Her top areas of expertise are Croup, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection, Delayed Growth, and Herpangina. Dr. Kaplan is currently accepting new patients.

Kevin Berger is a Radiologist in Catonsville, Maryland. Dr. Berger is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Increased Head Circumference. His top areas of expertise are Vertigo, Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS), Familial Porencephaly, and Choroid Plexus Cyst.

After completing her bachelors of science degree in biochemistry from the City College of New York (CUNY), Dr. Smith-Hicks entered the Medical Scientist Training Program at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, where she obtained her M.D., Ph.D. in 2000. She trained in Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed her Neurology and Pediatric Neurology training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2005. Dr. Smith-Hicks trained as a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine under the guidance of Dr. Paul Worley. She joined the faculty at Kennedy Krieger Institute in 2010 where she now sees patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Rett Syndrome, while conducting basic science research exploring disorders of learning and memory. Dr. Smith is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Increased Head Circumference. Her top areas of expertise are Rett Syndrome, Ruvalcaba Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy.

William Gahl is a Medical Genetics specialist and a Pediatrics provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Gahl is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Increased Head Circumference. His top areas of expertise are Oculocutaneous Albinism Type 2, Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome, Oculocutaneous Albinism Type 1, Oculocutaneous Albinism, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

Sakkubai Naidu is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Naidu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Increased Head Circumference. Her top areas of expertise are Rett Syndrome, Leukodystrophy, CACH Syndrome, and Hypotonia.

Tollese Bankett is a Pediatrics provider in Laplata, Maryland. Dr. Bankett is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Increased Head Circumference. Her top areas of expertise are Obesity in Children, Increased Head Circumference, Diarrhea, and Polydactyly. Dr. Bankett is currently accepting new patients.

Arthur Kane is a Radiologist in Stevensville, Maryland. Dr. Kane is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Increased Head Circumference. His top areas of expertise are Vertigo, Mikulicz Disease, Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), and Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS). Dr. Kane is currently accepting new patients.

Rennie Thomas is a Pediatrics provider in Hyattsville, Maryland. Dr. Thomas is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Increased Head Circumference. Her top areas of expertise are Obesity in Children, Increased Head Circumference, Asthma in Children, and Anemia. Dr. Thomas is currently accepting new patients.

Alison Williams is a Radiologist in Bowie, Maryland. Dr. Williams is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Increased Head Circumference. Her top areas of expertise are Osteopenia, Melorheostosis with Osteopoikilosis, Melorheostosis, and Neonatal Ovarian Cyst.

Carol Greene is a Pediatrics provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Greene is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Increased Head Circumference. Her top areas of expertise are Musculocontractural Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (mcEDS), Phenylketonuria (PKU), Increased Head Circumference, and MELAS Syndrome.

Jignesh Tailor is a General Surgeon and a Neurosurgery provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Tailor is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Increased Head Circumference. His top areas of expertise are Choroid Plexus Cyst, Hydrocephalus, Hydrocephalus due to Congenital Stenosis of Aqueduct of Sylvius, Rhizotomy, and Awake Craniotomy.

Emily Atwood is a Pediatrics provider in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Atwood is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Increased Head Circumference. Her top areas of expertise are Delayed Growth, Increased Head Circumference, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, and Umbilical Hernia. Dr. Atwood is currently accepting new patients.

Giovanni Impeduglia is a Pediatrics provider in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Impeduglia is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Increased Head Circumference. His top areas of expertise are Obesity in Children, Delayed Growth, Stork Bite, and Vascular Birthmark. Dr. Impeduglia is currently accepting new patients.