The 20 Best Tay-Sachs Disease Doctors in The United States

Florian Eichler is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Eichler is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tay-Sachs Disease. He is also highly rated in 26 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), CACH Syndrome, Tay-Sachs Disease, Gangliosidosis, and Gastrostomy.

Cynthia Tifft is a Medical Genetics provider practicing medicine in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Tifft is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tay-Sachs Disease. She is also highly rated in 11 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Sandhoff Disease, Gangliosidosis, GM1 Gangliosidosis, and Tay-Sachs Disease.

Camilo Toro is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Toro is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tay-Sachs Disease. He is also highly rated in 26 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Chediak-Higashi Syndrome, Tay-Sachs Disease, Sandhoff Disease, Spasticity, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

Christopher Stephen is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Stephen is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tay-Sachs Disease. He is also highly rated in 38 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Drug Induced Dyskinesia, Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 27, Movement Disorders, and Tay-Sachs Disease. Dr. Stephen is board certified in Neurology.

Kevin Kapadia is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Santa Barbara, California. He has been practicing medicine for over 17 years. Dr. Kapadia is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tay-Sachs Disease. He is also highly rated in 2 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Peripheral Neuropathy, Tay-Sachs Disease, Migraine, and Neuronal Intranuclear Inclusion Disease (NIID).

Chester Whitley is a Pediatrics specialist and a Medical Genetics provider practicing medicine in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Whitley is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tay-Sachs Disease. He is also highly rated in 33 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS), Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 1 (MPS I, Hurler Syndrome), Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 3A (MPS IIIA, Sanfilippo Syndrome A), and Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 3 (MPS III, Sanfilippo Syndrome). Dr. Whitley is currently accepting new patients.

Susan Perlman is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Perlman is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tay-Sachs Disease. She is also highly rated in 53 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Spinocerebellar Ataxia, Friedreich Ataxia, Drug Induced Dyskinesia, and Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy.

Nizar Chahin is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Chahin is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tay-Sachs Disease. He is also highly rated in 53 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Inclusion Body Myositis, Myasthenia Gravis, Nemaline Myopathy, and Lambert-Eaton Syndrome.

Ximena Arcila is a Neurologist practicing medicine in West Bloomfield, Michigan. Dr. Arcila is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tay-Sachs Disease. She is also highly rated in 17 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3, and Gastrostomy.

Richard Chang is a Medical Genetics provider practicing medicine in Orange, California. Dr. Chang is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tay-Sachs Disease. He is also highly rated in 155 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Citrullinemia, Beta-Ketothiolase Deficiency, Biotinidase Deficiency, and Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). Dr. Chang is currently accepting new patients.

Mohammad Rahman is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Macon, Georgia. Dr. Rahman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tay-Sachs Disease. He is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Conversion Disorder, Sandhoff Disease, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Gastrostomy, and Splenectomy. Dr. Rahman is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine. Dr. Rahman is currently accepting new patients.

Anand Gundakaram is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Wilmington, Delaware. He has been practicing medicine for over 19 years. Dr. Gundakaram is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tay-Sachs Disease. He is also highly rated in 25 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Seizures, Migraine, and Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome. Dr. Gundakaram is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology.

Eugene Morris is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Athens, Georgia. He has been practicing medicine for over 28 years. Dr. Morris is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tay-Sachs Disease. He is also highly rated in 23 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Neuralgia. Dr. Morris is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology With Special Qualification In Child Neurology - 2005. Dr. Morris is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Olshemski is a board-certified physician specializing in family medicine. His clinical interests include communication with patients, hyperlipidemia, hypertension and diabetes. His research interests include breast cancer. Dr. Olshemski attended Drexel University, where he received his medical degree, and completed his residency in family medicine at Wyoming Valley Healthcare System. He is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. Dr. Olshemski is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tay-Sachs Disease. He is also highly rated in 17 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Lung Metastases, and End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). Dr. Olshemski is board certified in The American Board Of Family Medicine. Dr. Olshemski is currently accepting new patients.

Anthony Gregg is a Neonatologist practicing medicine in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Gregg is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tay-Sachs Disease. He is also highly rated in 7 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Preeclampsia, Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser Syndrome, Premature Infant, Hysterectomy, and Salpingo-Oophorectomy. Dr. Gregg is board certified in American Board Of Obstetrics And Gynecology. Dr. Gregg is currently accepting new patients.

Recent advances have made the discovery of genetic susceptibility loci for complex human phenotypes a reality, including nervous system disorders. The critical next step will be to definitively identify the responsible genes and understand their functions in both health and disease. Our research integrates genetic investigation in human subjects and model organisms, with the goal of understanding brain function and aging, and improving the treatment of neurologic disease. We focus on Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, two incurable neurodegenerative disorders and experimental paradigms for the age-dependent failure of brain cognitive and motor control in humans. Human Genetics: The clinical manifestation of neurodegenerative disease is the culmination of a multi-tiered pathogenic cascade that evolves over decades; understanding how genetic variants impact this causal chain is essential. Although 2 percent of the population over age 65 are clinically diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, the defining pathology of disease (alpha-synuclein Lewy bodies) is discovered in 20 percent of brains from population-based autopsy studies. We are, therefore, investigating the impact of genomic variation on directly measured Lewy pathology, neuronal loss in the midbrain substantia nigra, and progressive motor impairment, leveraging human subject cohorts with detailed clinical and pathological data. In complementary investigations, we are deploying biosensor devices to improve detection of Parkinson's-related motor impairment, including the development of quantitative biometric phenotypes for genetic analyses of disease subtypes. We are also performing whole exome sequencing of individuals with familial Parkinson's disease and related disorders, and exploring potential links between inherited pediatric lysosomal and late-onset, adult neurodegenerative diseases. Drosophila Genetics: Despite the promise of current human genetic methods, such as genome-wide association studies and next generation sequencing, they often fail to definitively identify disease susceptibility genes and variants. We are, therefore, taking advantage of the rapid and powerful genetics available in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster in order to accelerate the validation of responsible genes and an understanding of their functions in the nervous system, including for disease pathogenesis. Expression of human amyloid-beta, Tau, or alpha-synuclein proteins in the fly nervous system recapitulates many core features of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease pathogenesis. We are testing candidate human susceptibility genes for functional genetic interactions in these fly models of neurodegeneration. Implicated molecular pathways are probed in greater depth, using both Drosophila and human genetic approaches. Current areas of interest include endolysosomal sorting, RNA metabolism/splicing, neuronal cell adhesion, and synaptic mechanisms of neurodegeneration. Dr. Shulman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tay-Sachs Disease. He is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders, Alzheimer's Disease, and Dementia. Dr. Shulman is currently accepting new patients.

Susan Klugman, MD, FACOG, FACMG, is Director, Reproductive and Medical Genetics, Program Director, Medical Genetics and Genomics Residency and Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health and Pediatrics at Montefiore Einstein. Her clinical focus is on the evaluation of patients and families at risk for genetic disorders including those patients at risk for hereditary cancer syndromes. She also provides evaluations during pregnancy or preconception, including prenatal diagnosis and consultation for patients undergoing assisted reproductive technologies. Dr. Klugman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tay-Sachs Disease. She is also highly rated in 5 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Mosaicism, Chromosome 13q Duplication, Trisomy 13, and Trisomy 18.

Margherita Milone is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Milone is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tay-Sachs Disease. 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.

Omid Motabar is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Motabar is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tay-Sachs Disease. His clinical expertise encompasses Stroke, Tay-Sachs Disease, Gangliosidosis, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.

Anitha Lokesh is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Winston-salem, North Carolina. Dr. Lokesh is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tay-Sachs Disease. She is also highly rated in 11 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Sandhoff Disease, Tay-Sachs Disease, High Cholesterol, and Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia.