Min Lu is an Orthopedics provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Lu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Multiple Synostoses Syndrome 1. His top areas of expertise are Osteoarthritis, Tendinitis, Tenosynovitis, Hip Replacement, and Knee Replacement. Dr. Lu is currently accepting new patients.

Shawn Standard is an Orthopedics provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Standard is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Multiple Synostoses Syndrome 1. His top areas of expertise are Congenital Femoral Deficiency, Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease (LCPD), Achondroplasia, Absence of Tibia, and Osteotomy. Dr. Standard is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Howard Lederman is a professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the director of the Immunodeficiency Clinic, the Pediatric Immunology Laboratory, and the Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T) Clinical Center. Dr. Lederman specializes in the evaluation, diagnostic testing and long-term management of patients of all ages who have known or suspected primary immunodeficiency diseases. He is an expert on the use of gamma globulin therapy for a wide variety of disorders. After receiving his M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Dr. Lederman came to Johns Hopkins Children’s Center for a residency in pediatrics, followed by a fellowship in immunology at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Dr. Lederman’s current research laboratory and clinical research focuses on better understanding and treating patients with ataxia-telangiectasia, a devastating neurological disorder for which there is no cure. He is a member of numerous professional societies, including American Association of Immunologists, the American Society for Microbiology and the Clinical Immunology Society. Dr. Lederman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Multiple Synostoses Syndrome 1. His top areas of expertise are Common Variable Immune Deficiency, X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia, Immunodeficiency with Hyper IgM Type 1, and Hyper IgE Syndrome.

Dr. Merlo is an internist who specializes in pulmonary and critical care medicine. Dr. Merlo also has clinical expertise in the care of patients with cystic fibrosis as well as clinical expertise in the care of patients with advanced lung disease who may require or have undergone lung transplantation. Dr. Merlo holds a joint appointment in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Merlo attended the College of the Holy Cross and completed medical school and residency training in internal medicine at Georgetown University. He completed both clinical and research fellowships in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins, and earned his M.P.H. at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. His research interests include outcomes in lung transplantation and cystic fibrosis, HIV-related pulmonary disease, and outcomes in Osler Weber Rendu. Dr. Merlo serves as the Associate Program Director of Scholarship for the Osler Medical Housestaff Training Program. He has contributed numerous scientific papers and book chapters related to cystic fibrosis and lung transplantation, and his awards include the Harry Shwachman Clinical Investigator Award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Dr. Merlo is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Multiple Synostoses Syndrome 1. His top areas of expertise are Cystic Fibrosis, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Aspergillosis, Lung Transplant, and Endoscopy.

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 Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Multiple Synostoses Syndrome 1. Her top areas of expertise are Achondroplasia, Rhizomelic Syndrome, Spondyloepimetaphyseal Dysplasia Strudwick Type, Adenoidectomy, and Myringotomy.

Michael Streiff is a Hematologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Streiff is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Multiple Synostoses Syndrome 1. His top areas of expertise are Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), Deep Vein Thrombosis, Pulmonary Embolism, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Bone Marrow Aspiration.

Ruth Kantor is an Oncologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Kantor is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Multiple Synostoses Syndrome 1. Her top areas of expertise are Osteopoikilosis, Buschke-Ollendorff Syndrome, Kyphomelic Dysplasia, and Chondrodysplasia, Grebe Type.

Bart Loeys is a Radiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Loeys is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Multiple Synostoses Syndrome 1. His top areas of expertise are Acromicric Dysplasia, Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD), Ectodermal Dysplasias, and Clouston Syndrome.

Debbie Litman is a Rheumatologist in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Dr. Litman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Multiple Synostoses Syndrome 1. Her top areas of expertise are Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Melorheostosis with Osteopoikilosis, and Melorheostosis.

Juan Baez is a Pediatric Radiologist and a Radiologist in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Baez is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Multiple Synostoses Syndrome 1. His top areas of expertise are Congenital Athymia, Scoliosis, Appendicitis, and Hypoplasia of the Tibia with Polydactyly.

Jennifer Johnston is a Pediatrics provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Johnston is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Multiple Synostoses Syndrome 1. Her top areas of expertise are Cerebral Hypoxia, Multicentric Carpotarsal Osteolysis Syndrome, Greenberg Dysplasia, and Pycnodysostosis.

Jessica De Curtis Fernandez is a Physiatrist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. De Curtis Fernandez is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Multiple Synostoses Syndrome 1. Her top areas of expertise are Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Cerebral Palsy, Spasticity, and Spastic Diplegia Infantile Type. Dr. De Curtis Fernandez is currently accepting new patients.