The 20 Best Periventricular Heterotopia Doctors in France

Find the Top Periventricular Heterotopia Experts and Specialists

Last Updated: 06/30/2026

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MediFind found 169 doctor with experience in Periventricular Heterotopia near France. Of these, 134 are Experienced, 26 are Advanced, 6 are Elite and 3 are Distinguished.

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    Elite in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Cyril Goizet
    Elite in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Cyril Goizet
    Referral may be required
    Bordeaux, FR 

    Cyril Goizet practices practicing medicine in Bordeaux, France. Mr. Goizet is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Periventricular Heterotopia. He is also highly rated in 34 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Spastic Paraplegia Type 7, Periventricular Heterotopia, Paraplegia, and Spastic Paraplegia Type 5A.

    Elite in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Carlos Cardoso
    Elite in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Carlos Cardoso
    Referral may be required
    Marseille, FR 

    Carlos Cardoso practices practicing medicine in Marseille, France. Mr. Cardoso is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Periventricular Heterotopia. He is also highly rated in 4 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Focal or Multifocal Malformations in Neuronal Migration, Periventricular Heterotopia, Cortical Dysplasia, and Chromosome 6q Deletion.

    Elite in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Emmanuelle Buhler
    Elite in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Emmanuelle Buhler
    Referral may be required
    INSERM UMR1249, Parc Scientifique De Luminy, 163 Av. De Luminy, 
    Marseille, FR 

    Emmanuelle Buhler practices practicing medicine in Marseille, France. Ms. Buhler is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Periventricular Heterotopia. She is also highly rated in 13 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Focal or Multifocal Malformations in Neuronal Migration, Miller-Dieker Syndrome, Subcortical Band Heterotopia, and Lissencephaly 1.

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    Elite in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Emilie Pocachard-Pallesi
    Elite in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Emilie Pocachard-Pallesi
    Referral may be required
    Marseille, FR 

    Emilie Pocachard-Pallesi practices practicing medicine in Marseille, France. Ms. Pocachard-Pallesi is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Periventricular Heterotopia. She is also highly rated in 4 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Periventricular Heterotopia, Focal or Multifocal Malformations in Neuronal Migration, Cortical Dysplasia, and Chromosome 6q Deletion.

    Elite in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Alfonso Represa
    Elite in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Alfonso Represa
    Referral may be required
    Marseille, FR 

    Alfonso Represa practices practicing medicine in Marseille, France. Mr. Represa is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Periventricular Heterotopia. He is also highly rated in 9 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Focal or Multifocal Malformations in Neuronal Migration, Miller-Dieker Syndrome, Subcortical Band Heterotopia, and Lissencephaly 1.

    Elite in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Isabelle Coupry
    Elite in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Isabelle Coupry
    Referral may be required
    Bordeaux, FR 

    Isabelle Coupry practices practicing medicine in Bordeaux, France. Ms. Coupry is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Periventricular Heterotopia. She is also highly rated in 8 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Periventricular Heterotopia, Focal or Multifocal Malformations in Neuronal Migration, Frontometaphyseal Dysplasia, and Spastic Paraplegia Type 5A.

    Distinguished in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Antoinette B. Gelot
    Distinguished in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Antoinette B. Gelot
    Referral may be required
    Paris, FR 

    Antoinette Gelot practices practicing medicine in Paris, France. Ms. Gelot is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Periventricular Heterotopia. She is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Periventricular Heterotopia, Focal or Multifocal Malformations in Neuronal Migration, Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis, and Cortical Dysplasia.

    Distinguished in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Patricia Fergelot
    Distinguished in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Patricia Fergelot
    Referral may be required
    Bordeaux, FR 

    Patricia Fergelot practices practicing medicine in Bordeaux, France. Ms. Fergelot is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Periventricular Heterotopia. She is also highly rated in 11 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome, Otopalatodigital Syndrome Type 1, Periventricular Heterotopia, and Frontometaphyseal Dysplasia.

    Distinguished in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Nadia Buisson-Bahi
    Distinguished in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Nadia Buisson-Bahi
    Referral may be required
    Paris, FR 

    Nadia Buisson-Bahi practices practicing medicine in Paris, France. Ms. Buisson-Bahi is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Periventricular Heterotopia. She is also highly rated in 28 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Agyria Pachygyria Polymicrogyria, Lissencephaly, Focal or Multifocal Malformations in Neuronal Migration, and Polymicrogyria.

    Advanced in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Marc Zanello
    Advanced in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Marc Zanello
    Referral may be required
    Paris, FR 

    Marc Zanello practices practicing medicine in Paris, France. Mr. Zanello is rated as an Advanced expert by MediFind in the treatment of Periventricular Heterotopia. He is also highly rated in 17 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Ganglioglioma, Brain Tumor, Glioma, Awake Craniotomy, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

    Advanced in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Catherine Garel
    Advanced in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Catherine Garel
    Referral may be required
    Paris, FR 

    Catherine Garel practices practicing medicine in Paris, France. Ms. Garel is rated as an Advanced expert by MediFind in the treatment of Periventricular Heterotopia. She is also highly rated in 10 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Corpus Callosum Agenesis, Dandy-Walker Syndrome, Cerebellar Hypoplasia, and Periventricular Heterotopia.

    Advanced in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Fabrice Bartolomei
    Advanced in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Fabrice Bartolomei
    Referral may be required
    Marseille, FR 

    Fabrice Bartolomei practices practicing medicine in Marseille, France. Mr. Bartolomei is rated as an Advanced expert by MediFind in the treatment of Periventricular Heterotopia. He is also highly rated in 15 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Epilepsy, Seizures, Absence Seizure, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.

    Advanced in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Francesca Pizzo
    Advanced in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Francesca Pizzo
    Referral may be required
    Marseille, FR 

    Francesca Pizzo practices practicing medicine in Marseille, France. Ms. Pizzo is rated as an Advanced expert by MediFind in the treatment of Periventricular Heterotopia. She is also highly rated in 5 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Epilepsy, Periventricular Heterotopia, Absence Seizure, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

    Advanced in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Edouard S. Hirsch
    Advanced in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Edouard S. Hirsch
    Referral may be required
    Strasbourg, FR 

    Edouard Hirsch practices practicing medicine in Strasbourg, France. Mr. Hirsch is rated as an Advanced expert by MediFind in the treatment of Periventricular Heterotopia. He is also highly rated in 12 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, Epilepsy, Myoclonic Epilepsy, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.

    Advanced in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Cherif Beldjord
    Advanced in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Cherif Beldjord
    Referral may be required

    Cochin Port Royal Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cités

    Paris, FR 

    Cherif Beldjord practices practicing medicine in Paris, France. Mr. Beldjord is rated as an Advanced expert by MediFind in the treatment of Periventricular Heterotopia. He is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Periventricular Heterotopia, Agyria Pachygyria Polymicrogyria, Focal or Multifocal Malformations in Neuronal Migration, and Cortical Dysplasia.

    Advanced in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Benoit Arveiler
    Advanced in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Benoit Arveiler
    Referral may be required
    Bordeaux, FR 

    Benoit Arveiler practices practicing medicine in Bordeaux, France. Mr. Arveiler is rated as an Advanced expert by MediFind in the treatment of Periventricular Heterotopia. He is also highly rated in 30 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Albinism, Oculocutaneous Albinism, Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome, and Oculocutaneous Albinism Type 2.

    Advanced in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Jamel Chelly
    Advanced in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Jamel Chelly
    Referral may be required
    1 Rue Laurent Fries, 
    Illkirch-graffenstaden, FR 

    Jamel Chelly practices practicing medicine in Illkirch-graffenstaden, France. Chelly is rated as an Advanced expert by MediFind in the treatment of Periventricular Heterotopia. They are also highly rated in 23 other conditions, according to our data. Their clinical expertise encompasses Cortical Dysplasia, Polymicrogyria, Lissencephaly, and Microcephaly.

    Advanced in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Pierre Bourdillon
    Advanced in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Pierre Bourdillon
    Referral may be required
    Paris, FR 

    Pierre Bourdillon practices practicing medicine in Paris, France. Mr. Bourdillon is rated as an Advanced expert by MediFind in the treatment of Periventricular Heterotopia. He is also highly rated in 5 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Linear Hamartoma Syndrome, Epilepsy, Periventricular Heterotopia, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Microvascular Decompression.

    Advanced in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Christophe Pellegrino
    Advanced in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Christophe Pellegrino
    Referral may be required
    Marseille, FR 

    Christophe Pellegrino practices practicing medicine in Marseille, France. Mr. Pellegrino is rated as an Advanced expert by MediFind in the treatment of Periventricular Heterotopia. He is also highly rated in 2 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Periventricular Heterotopia, Focal or Multifocal Malformations in Neuronal Migration, Cortical Dysplasia, and Epilepsy.

    Advanced in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Cristina Filipescu
    Advanced in Periventricular Heterotopia

    Cristina Filipescu
    Referral may be required
    Paris, FR 

    Cristina Filipescu practices practicing medicine in Paris, France. Ms. Filipescu is rated as an Advanced expert by MediFind in the treatment of Periventricular Heterotopia. She is also highly rated in 1 other condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Periventricular Heterotopia, Schizencephaly, Epilepsy, Cortical Dysplasia, and Awake Craniotomy.

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    Last Updated: 06/30/2026

    What is the definition of Periventricular Heterotopia?

    Periventricular heterotopia is a condition in which nerve cells (neurons) do not migrate properly during the early development of the fetal brain, from about the 6th week to the 24th week of pregnancy. Heterotopia means "out of place." In normal brain development, neurons form in the periventricular region, located around fluid-filled cavities (ventricles) near the center of the brain. The neurons then migrate outward to form the exterior of the brain (cerebral cortex) in six onion-like layers. In periventricular heterotopia, some neurons fail to migrate to their proper position and form clumps around the ventricles.

    When should I see a Periventricular Heterotopia doctor in France?

    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 Periventricular Heterotopia doctor in France?

    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 do I find the best Periventricular Heterotopia doctor in France?

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    How does MediFind rank Periventricular Heterotopia doctors in France?

    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 Periventricular Heterotopia doctors in France?

    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 Periventricular Heterotopia doctor in France?

    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 Periventricular Heterotopia doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Periventricular Heterotopia 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 Periventricular Heterotopia doctor in France?

    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 Periventricular Heterotopia 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 Periventricular Heterotopia 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 Periventricular Heterotopia doctors in France?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Periventricular Heterotopia 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 Periventricular Heterotopia doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Periventricular Heterotopia 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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