The 20 Best Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Doctors in The United States

Peter Kang is a Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine specialist and a Neurologist practicing medicine in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Kang is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. He is also highly rated in 12 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cockayne Syndrome, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, Cockayne Syndrome Type 1, Cockayne Syndrome Type 2, and Thymectomy. Dr. Kang is board certified in Neuromuscular Medicine: American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2008, Clinical Neurophysiology: American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2003, and Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2001. Dr. Kang is currently accepting new patients.

Conrad Weihl is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Saint Louis, Missouri. Dr. Weihl is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. He is also highly rated in 9 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, Inclusion Body Myositis, Cytoplasmic Body Myopathy, and Myositis. Dr. Weihl is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology Neurology and American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology Neuromuscular Medicine.

Dr. Tahseen Mozaffar is a board-certified UCI Health neurologist who specialize in neuromuscular disorders, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), myasthenia gravis, inflammatory myopathies, Pompe disease, muscle pathology and all types of muscular dystrophies.He serves as director of the UCI Health ALS & Neuromuscular Center, one of only six Muscular Dystrophy Association-designated centers in California.Mozaffar earned his medical degree at the Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan, where he completed a rotating internship in internal medicine and general surgery. He completed a neurology residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., followed by a fellowship in neuromuscular disorders at Washington University, also in St. Louis.His research focus includes clinical and translational studies of neuromuscular disorders and he is the principal site investigator of more than a dozen clinical trials for myasthenia gravis, immune myopathies and rare and ultra-rare myopathies. He is also the lead UCI investigator for NeuroNEXT, a collaborative national effort to help streamline phase 2 clinical trials for brain disorders that is supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).As an expert in rare and ultra-rare myopathies, he advises many pharmaceutical companies on clinical trial design and the identification of disease targets. He serves on a Pompe disease advisory board for Amicus Therapeutics and Spark Therapeutics, as well as on the data safety monitoring board for Acceleron and Sarepta Therapeutics. He also is a reviewer with the Emerging Technologies and Training in Neurosciences (ETTN) group for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He has co-authored more than 175 peer-reviewed publications and has written or co-written more than a dozen book chapters and reviews.Mozaffar, who is also fluent in Hindi and Urdu, sees patients inIrvineandOrange. Dr. Mozaffar is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. He is also highly rated in 31 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Pompe Disease, Inclusion Body Myositis, Myositis, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, and Thymectomy. Dr. Mozaffar is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology - Neurology.

Jeffrey Statland is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Fairway, Kansas. He has been practicing medicine for over 21 years. Dr. Statland is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. He is also highly rated in 51 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD), Paramyotonia Congenita, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Primary Lateral Sclerosis, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Statland is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, Neurology - 2011. Dr. Statland is currently accepting new patients.

Jerry Mendell is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Mendell is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. He is also highly rated in 28 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Becker Muscular Dystrophy, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, and Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).

Matthew Wicklund is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Aurora, Colorado. Dr. Wicklund is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. He is also highly rated in 57 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, Inclusion Body Myositis, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2I, and Paramyotonia Congenita.

Nicholas Johnson is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Johnson is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. He is also highly rated in 57 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Paramyotonia Congenita, Myotonic Dystrophy, Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2, and Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy.

Katherine Mathews is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Iowa City, Iowa. Dr. Mathews is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. She is also highly rated in 49 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2I, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, Dystrophinopathy, and Friedreich Ataxia.

Martin Childers is a Physiatrist practicing medicine in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Childers is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. He is also highly rated in 21 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Tubular Aggregate Myopathy, Congenital Fiber-Type Disproportion, X-Linked Myotubular Myopathy, and Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy.

Christopher Lee is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Lee is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. He is also highly rated in 32 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Myasthenia Gravis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Dr. Lee is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology.

Margherita Milone is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Milone is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. She is also highly rated in 36 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Necrotizing Myopathy (NM), Nemaline Myopathy, Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia, and Tubular Aggregate Myopathy. Dr. Milone is board certified in MN State Medical License 2003-2023.

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 a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. She is also highly rated in 21 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD), Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2I, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, and Dysferlinopathy. Dr. Leung is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

Preetha Muthusamy is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Warren, Ohio. Dr. Muthusamy is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. She is also highly rated in 52 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Primary Orthostatic Tremor, Memory Loss, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), and Restless Legs Syndrome. Dr. Muthusamy is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology. Dr. Muthusamy is currently accepting new patients.

Lauren Elman is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Elman is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. She is also highly rated in 48 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2, and Myotonic Dystrophy. Dr. Elman is currently accepting new patients.

Scott Mcwilliams is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Rocky Point, New York. Dr. Mcwilliams is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. He is also highly rated in 18 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2, Myotonic Dystrophy, Paramyotonia Congenita, and Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2I.

Cynthia Bodkin is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dr. Bodkin is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. She is also highly rated in 79 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3, and Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy.

Brian Demaster is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Cedar Grove, Wisconsin. Dr. Demaster is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. His clinical expertise encompasses Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 1A, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2C, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2B, and Dystrophinopathy. Dr. Demaster is board certified in American Board Of Family Medicine.

Gregory Blume is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Peoria, Illinois. Dr. Blume is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. He is also highly rated in 27 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Myasthenia Gravis, Paramyotonia Congenita, Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2, and Myotonic Dystrophy. Dr. Blume is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

Christopher Zallek is a Neurologist and a Neuroradiologist practicing medicine in Peoria, Illinois. Dr. Zallek is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. He is also highly rated in 5 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Myasthenia Gravis, Peripheral Neuropathy, Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy, and Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3. Dr. Zallek is board certified in American Board Of Electrodiagnostic Medicine and American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

Zarife Sahenk is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Sahenk is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. She is also highly rated in 16 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Becker Muscular Dystrophy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, and Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy.