The 20 Best Lafora Disease Doctors Near Me in Florida, US

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The 20 Best Lafora Disease Doctors in Florida, US

Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 380 doctor with experience in Lafora Disease near Florida, US. Of these, 314 are Experienced, 61 are Advanced and 5 are Distinguished.

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380 providers found
    Distinguished in Lafora Disease
    Distinguished in Lafora Disease

    Neurologic Care Center P.A.

    6101 Webb Rd Ste 210, 
    Tampa, FL 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Mary Shriver is a Neurologist in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Shriver is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lafora Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy, Unverricht-Lundborg Syndrome, and Lafora Disease.

    Adriana Rodriguez
    Advanced in Lafora Disease
    Advanced in Lafora Disease

    Egil And Pauline Braathen Center/Maroone Cancer Center

    2950 Cleveland Clinic Boulevard, 
    Weston, FL 
    Experience:
    32+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Spanish
    Offers Telehealth

    Adriana Rodriguez is a Neurologist in Weston, Florida. Dr. Rodriguez has been practicing medicine for over 32 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lafora Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Vertebral Artery Dissection, Partial Familial Epilepsy, Memory Loss, and Partial Seizure.

    Distinguished in Lafora Disease
    Distinguished in Lafora Disease

    Taher Husainy MD

    787 37th St Ste E210, 
    Vero Beach, FL 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Taher Husainy is a Neurologist in Vero Beach, Florida. Dr. Husainy is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lafora Disease. His top areas of expertise are Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy, Unverricht-Lundborg Syndrome, Lafora Disease, and Miller-Fisher Syndrome. Dr. Husainy is currently accepting new patients.

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    Distinguished in Lafora Disease
    Distinguished in Lafora Disease

    Thomas A Digeronimo MD PA

    3302 W Baker St, 
    Plant City, FL 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Thomas Digeronimo is a Neurologist in Plant City, Florida. Dr. Digeronimo is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lafora Disease. His top areas of expertise are Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy, Lafora Disease, Unverricht-Lundborg Syndrome, and Dravet Syndrome. Dr. Digeronimo is currently accepting new patients.

    Distinguished in Lafora Disease
    Distinguished in Lafora Disease

    Brain And Spine Institute Of Port Orange

    1211 Dunlawton Ave, 
    Port Orange, FL 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Timothy Wierzbicki is a Neurologist in Port Orange, Florida. Dr. Wierzbicki is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lafora Disease. His top areas of expertise are Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy, Unverricht-Lundborg Syndrome, Lafora Disease, and Dravet Syndrome. Dr. Wierzbicki is currently accepting new patients.

    Distinguished in Lafora Disease
    Neurology
    Distinguished in Lafora Disease
    Neurology

    Neurology Associates Of Ormond Beach PA

    8 Mirror Lake Dr Ste A, 
    Ormond Beach, FL 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    James Scott is a Neurologist in Ormond Beach, Florida. Dr. Scott is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lafora Disease. His top areas of expertise are Infantile Axonal Neuropathy, Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis, Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathy Type 2, and Thromboangiitis Obliterans.

    Advanced in Lafora Disease
    Neurology
    Advanced in Lafora Disease
    Neurology

    Office

    2881 Delaney Ave Ste A, 
    Orlando, FL 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Ahmed Sadek is a Neurologist in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Sadek is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lafora Disease. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Memory Loss, and Landau-Kleffner Syndrome.

    Advanced in Lafora Disease
    Neurology
    Advanced in Lafora Disease
    Neurology

    Optimal Family Care & Aesthetics

    2001 N Federal Hwy Unit 219, 
    Pompano Beach, FL 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Brad Dajani is a Neurologist in Pompano Beach, Florida. Dr. Dajani is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lafora Disease. His top areas of expertise are Drug Induced Dyskinesia, Cerebellar Degeneration, Meige Syndrome, and Alzheimer's Disease.

    Advanced in Lafora Disease
    Advanced in Lafora Disease

    St. Mary's Neurology Center Inc.

    15267 Amberly Dr, 
    Tampa, FL 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Reena Kavilaveettil is a Neurologist in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Kavilaveettil is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lafora Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Thromboangiitis Obliterans, and Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy.

    Advanced in Lafora Disease
    Advanced in Lafora Disease

    Shahab U Kidwai MD PA

    2000 N Federal Hwy Ste 203, 
    Pompano Beach, FL 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Shahab Kidwai is a Cardiologist in Pompano Beach, Florida. Dr. Kidwai is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lafora Disease. His top areas of expertise are Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy, Lafora Disease, Unverricht-Lundborg Syndrome, and Dravet Syndrome.

    Advanced in Lafora Disease
    Advanced in Lafora Disease

    Neurology Department At Medical Center Clinic - Building 1, Floor 3

    8333 N Davis Hwy, 
    Pensacola, FL 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Kristin Davis is a Neurologist in Pensacola, Florida. Dr. Davis is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lafora Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Essential Tremor, Peripheral Neuropathy, Memory Loss, and Benign Rolandic Epilepsy.

    Samer Riaz
    Experienced in Lafora Disease
    Neurology
    Experienced in Lafora Disease
    Neurology

    Egil And Pauline Braathen Center/Maroone Cancer Center

    2950 Cleveland Clinic Boulevard, 
    Weston, FL 
    Experience:
    16+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Samer Riaz is a Neurologist in Weston, Florida. Dr. Riaz has been practicing medicine for over 16 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lafora Disease. His top areas of expertise are Continuous Spike-Wave During Slow Sleep Syndrome, Photosensitive Epilepsy, Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, and Seizures.

    Danita Jones
    Experienced in Lafora Disease
    Experienced in Lafora Disease

    Medical Outpatient Center, Palm Beach Gardens

    4520 Donald Ross Road, 
    Palm Bch Gdns, FL 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Danita Jones is a Neurologist in Palm Bch Gdns, Florida. Dr. Jones is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lafora Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Migraine, Cerebellar Degeneration, Primary Progressive Aphasia, and Frontotemporal Dementia.

    Joshua D. Leibner
    Experienced in Lafora Disease
    Experienced in Lafora Disease

    Cleveland Clinic - Stuart Family Health Center

    3801 South Kanner Highway, 
    Stuart, FL 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Joshua Leibner is a Neurologist in Stuart, Florida. Dr. Leibner is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lafora Disease. His top areas of expertise are Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Seizures, Photosensitive Epilepsy, and Continuous Spike-Wave During Slow Sleep Syndrome. Dr. Leibner is currently accepting new patients.

    Angel W. Hernandez
    Experienced in Lafora Disease
    Experienced in Lafora Disease

    Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg

    601 5th Street South, Suite 560, Suite 560, 
    Saint Petersburg, FL 
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Spanish
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. Hernandez is a pediatric neurologist and epileptologist, and chief of pediatric neurology at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. He joined the hospital staff in 2024. He was previously division chief of neurosciences and epilepsy, as well as medical director of the Jack H. Miller Magnetoencephalography Center, at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was also a professor in the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Department of Pediatrics in Grand Rapids. Dr. Hernandez has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and given many talks nationally and internationally. Dr. Hernandez earned his medical degree at Ponce Health Sciences University in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He completed a pediatric residency at Western Michigan University School of Medicine in Kalamazoo, a child neurology residency at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, and a pediatric epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology fellowship at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Videos Meet Angel Hernandez, M.D. Dr. Hernandez is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lafora Disease. His top areas of expertise are Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy (ADNFLE), Seizures, Memory Loss, and Partial Seizure.

    Diana Galindo
    Experienced in Lafora Disease
    Experienced in Lafora Disease

    Krupa Center

    3250 Meridian Parkway, 
    Weston, FL 
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Filipino, Spanish
    Offers Telehealth

    Diana Galindo is a primary care provider, practicing in Geriatrics in Weston, Florida. Dr. Galindo is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lafora Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Smoldering Multiple Myeloma, Multiple Myeloma, Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia, and Xanthoma.

    Anton E. Lotman
    Experienced in Lafora Disease
    Experienced in Lafora Disease

    Indian River Hospital Medical Office Building, Vero Beach

    1155 35th Lane, 
    Vero Beach, FL 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Anton Lotman is a Neurologist in Vero Beach, Florida. Dr. Lotman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lafora Disease. His top areas of expertise are Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy with Auditory Features, Seizures, Memory Loss, and Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA). Dr. Lotman is currently accepting new patients.

    Peter Huszar
    Experienced in Lafora Disease
    Neurology | Pediatric Neurology
    Experienced in Lafora Disease
    Neurology | Pediatric Neurology

    Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

    501 6th Avenue South, 
    Saint Petersburg, FL 
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Hungarian
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. Huszar specializes in care for hospitalized pediatric neurology patients in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Institute for Brain Protection Sciences in St. Petersburg, Florida. He rejoined the medical staff in 2023 after a previous stint from 2014-19. Dr. Huszar’s clinical and research interests include neonatal and childhood cerebrovascular disorders and childhood primary headaches. Dr. Huszar received his medical degree from Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Medical University (SZOTE) in Szeged, Hungary. Dr. Huszar trained in pediatrics at Erzsebet Hospital in Hodmezovasarhely, Hungary and SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. He then completed a pediatric neurology residency/fellowship at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Dr. Huszar is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lafora Disease. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+), and Microcephaly.

    Hendrik M. Dinkla
    Experienced in Lafora Disease
    Experienced in Lafora Disease

    Medical Office Building, Tiffany

    1651 Southeast Tiffany Avenue, 
    Port St Lucie, FL 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Hendrik Dinkla is a Neurologist in Port St Lucie, Florida. Dr. Dinkla is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lafora Disease. His top areas of expertise are Continuous Spike-Wave During Slow Sleep Syndrome, Photosensitive Epilepsy, Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, and Memory Loss. Dr. Dinkla is currently accepting new patients.

    Michelle Dompenciel
    Experienced in Lafora Disease
    Experienced in Lafora Disease

    Medical Outpatient Center, Palm Beach Gardens

    4520 Donald Ross Road, 
    Palm Bch Gdns, FL 
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Spanish
    Offers Telehealth

    Michelle Dompenciel is a Neurologist in Palm Bch Gdns, Florida. Dr. Dompenciel is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lafora Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Migraine, Primary Orthostatic Tremor, Memory Loss, and Foot Drop.

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    Last Updated: 02/22/2026

    What is the definition of Lafora Disease?

    Lafora disease is an inherited, severe form of progressive myoclonus epilepsy. The condition most commonly begins with epileptic seizures in late childhood or adolescence. Other signs and symptoms include difficulty walking, muscle spasms (myoclonus) and dementia. Affected people also experience rapid cognitive deterioration that begins around the same time as the seizures. Most cases are caused by changes in either the EPM2A gene or the NHLRC1 gene and are inherited in an autosomal recessive manner.

    When should I see a Lafora Disease doctor in Florida, US?

    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 Lafora Disease doctor in Florida, US?

    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 Lafora Disease doctors in Florida, US?

    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 Lafora Disease doctors in Florida, US?

    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 Lafora Disease doctor in Florida, US?

    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 Lafora Disease doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Lafora Disease 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 Lafora Disease doctor in Florida, US?

    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 Lafora Disease 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 Lafora Disease 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 Lafora Disease doctors in Florida, US?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Lafora Disease 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 Lafora Disease doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Lafora Disease 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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