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    MediFind found 93 doctor with experience in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD) near Glendale, CA. Of these, 82 are Experienced, 7 are Advanced, 2 are Distinguished and 2 are Elite.

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    93 providers found
      Elite in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Medical Genetics
      Elite in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Medical Genetics
      10833 Le Conte Ave, 12-441 Mdcc, 
      Los Angeles, CA 
       (12.4 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Stephen Cederbaum is a Medical Genetics provider in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Cederbaum is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD). His top areas of expertise are Arginase Deficiency, Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD), Phenylketonuria (PKU), and Argininosuccinic Aciduria.

      Elite in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Transplant Surgery | General Surgery | Urology
      Elite in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Transplant Surgery | General Surgery | Urology

      The Regents Of The University Of California

      200 Medical Plz, Suite 214, 
      Los Angeles, CA 
       (12.6 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Gerald Lipshutz is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Lipshutz is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD). His top areas of expertise are Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD), X-Linked Creatine Deficiency, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant.

      What does Elite, Distinguished, Advanced, Experienced mean?
      Advanced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Medical Genetics | Pediatrics
      Advanced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Medical Genetics | Pediatrics
      4650 W Sunset Blvd, 
      Los Angeles, CA 
       (4.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      James Bartley is a Medical Genetics specialist and a Pediatrics provider in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Bartley is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD). His top areas of expertise are Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD), Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency, Ornithine Translocase Deficiency, and Maple Syrup Urine Disease.

      Are you looking for a specific type of Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)?

      Common conditions include: Arginase Deficiency, Argininosuccinic Aciduria, Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase 1 Deficiency, Citrullinemia, N-Acetylglutamate Synthase Deficiency

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      Christopher P. Gayer
      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Pediatric Surgery | General Surgery
      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Pediatric Surgery | General Surgery

      Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Medical Group Inc

      4650 W Sunset Blvd, 
      Los Angeles, CA 
       (4.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Christopher Gayer is a Pediatric Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Gayer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD). His top areas of expertise are Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Appendicitis, Hirschsprung Disease, Oophorectomy, and Gastrostomy.

      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)

      Kidney Disease Medical Group Inc

      1505 Wilson Ter, Suite 155, 
      Glendale, CA 
       (1.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Michel Zakari is a Nephrologist in Glendale, California. Dr. Zakari is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD). His top areas of expertise are Acute Kidney Failure, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Low Sodium Level, and Necrosis.

      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Internal Medicine | Hospital Medicine
      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Internal Medicine | Hospital Medicine

      Galen Inpatient Physicians PC

      1509 Wilson Ter, 
      Glendale, CA 
       (1.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Yuvraj Brar is a Hospital Medicine provider in Glendale, California. Dr. Brar is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD). His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Gallbladder Disease, Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS), and Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD).

      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Family Medicine | Hospital Medicine
      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Family Medicine | Hospital Medicine

      Galen Inpatient Physicians PC

      1509 Wilson Ter, 
      Glendale, CA 
       (1.1 miles away)
      Experience:
      16+ years
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Daria Younessi is a Hospital Medicine provider in Glendale, California. Dr. Younessi has been practicing medicine for over 16 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD). His top areas of expertise are Gallbladder Disease, Liver Failure, Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS), Gastrostomy, and Hip Replacement.

      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Gastroenterology
      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Gastroenterology
      1560 E Chevy Chase Dr, Suite 320, 
      Glendale, CA 
       (1.2 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Frederick Boghossian is a Gastroenterologist in Glendale, California. Dr. Boghossian is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD). His top areas of expertise are Gastric Dysmotility, Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Diverticular Disease, Gastrectomy, and Gastrostomy.

      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Family Medicine | General Surgery
      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Family Medicine | General Surgery

      Doctors Managed Emergency Medical Group Inc

      851 W Mountain St, 
      Glendale, CA 
       (2.5 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Nagasamudra Ashok is a General Surgeon in Glendale, California. Dr. Ashok is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD). His top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Peptic Ulcer, Necrosis, Gastrostomy, and Gastrectomy.

      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Medical Genetics | Pediatrics
      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Medical Genetics | Pediatrics
      4650 W Sunset Blvd # Ms 43, 
      Los Angeles, CA 
       (3.0 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Matthew Deardorff is a Medical Genetics specialist and a Pediatrics provider in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Deardorff is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD). His top areas of expertise are Cornelia De Lange Syndrome, Coffin-Siris Syndrome, Mosaicism, and Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome.

      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Pediatric Gastroenterology
      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Pediatric Gastroenterology
      4650 W Sunset Blvd, 
      Los Angeles, CA 
       (4.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Johanna Ascher-Bartlett is a Pediatric Gastroenterologist in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Ascher-Bartlett is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD). Her top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Biliary Atresia, Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD), Autoimmune Hepatitis, and Liver Transplant.

      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Gastroenterology
      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Gastroenterology

      Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Medical Group Inc

      4650 W Sunset Blvd, 
      Los Angeles, CA 
       (4.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Fotini Mitsinikos is a Gastroenterologist in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Mitsinikos is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD). Her top areas of expertise are Macroamylasemia, Biliary Atresia, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), and Obesity.

      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      4650 W Sunset Blvd, 
      Los Angeles, CA 
       (4.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Latoya Barber is a Pediatrics provider in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Barber is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD). Her top areas of expertise are Cerebral Hypoxia, Colonic Atresia, Acute Pain, and Hirschsprung Disease. Dr. Barber is currently accepting new patients.

      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Pediatric Gastroenterology | Pediatrics
      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Pediatric Gastroenterology | Pediatrics

      Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Medical Group Inc

      4650 W Sunset Blvd, 
      Los Angeles, CA 
       (4.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Nisreen Soufi is a Pediatric Gastroenterologist and a Pediatrics provider in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Soufi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD). Her top areas of expertise are Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 1, Biliary Atresia, Cholestasis, Small Bowel Resection, and Liver Transplant.

      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Gastroenterology
      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Gastroenterology
      4650 W Sunset Blvd, 
      Los Angeles, CA 
       (4.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Sonia Michail is a Gastroenterologist in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Michail is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD). Her top areas of expertise are Ulcerative Colitis, Hemorrhagic Proctocolitis, Colitis, and Viral Gastroenteritis.

      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Gastroenterology
      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Gastroenterology

      Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Medical Group Inc

      4650 W Sunset Blvd, 
      Los Angeles, CA 
       (4.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      George Yanni is a Gastroenterologist in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Yanni is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD). His top areas of expertise are Biliary Atresia, Macroamylasemia, Jaundice, Liver Transplant, and Small Bowel Resection.

      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Medical Genetics
      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Medical Genetics

      Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center - Genetics Department

      4700 W Sunset Blvd, 
      Los Angeles, CA 
       (4.2 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Divya Vats is a Medical Genetics provider in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Vats is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD). His top areas of expertise are Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), Classic Galactosemia, Maternal Hyperphenylalaninemia, and Dihydropteridine Reductase Deficiency. Dr. Vats is currently accepting new patients.

      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Interventional Radiology | Radiology
      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Interventional Radiology | Radiology

      Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center - Radiology Department

      4760 W Sunset Blvd, 
      Los Angeles, CA 
       (4.2 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Tina Hardley is a Radiologist and an Interventional Radiologist in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Hardley is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD). Her top areas of expertise are Pleural Effusion, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), Stroke, Tenosynovitis, and Liver Embolization. Dr. Hardley is currently accepting new patients.

      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Medical Genetics | Pediatrics
      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Medical Genetics | Pediatrics
      4760 W Sunset Blvd, 
      Los Angeles, CA 
       (4.2 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      George Tiller is a Medical Genetics specialist and a Pediatrics provider in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Tiller is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD). His top areas of expertise are Hennekam Syndrome, Orotic Aciduria Type 1, Chondrodystrophy, and Chromosome 10q Deletion.

      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Radiology | Interventional Radiology
      Experienced in Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
      Radiology | Interventional Radiology

      Los Angeles Medical Center

      4867 W Sunset Blvd, 
      Los Angeles, CA 
       (4.2 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Joe Hsu is a Radiologist and an Interventional Radiologist in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Hsu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD). His top areas of expertise are Myocardial Contusion, Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return, Stroke, and Retroperitoneal Inflammation. Dr. Hsu is currently accepting new patients.

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      Last Updated: 10/30/2025

      What is the definition of Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)?

      Urea cycle disorders are genetic conditions that cause a buildup of ammonia in the blood. Normally, ammonia is converted to urea and excreted in the urine. In urea cycle disorders, defects in enzymes prevent urea from being converted to ammonia and excreted, leading to a toxic buildup of ammonia in the blood. There are several types of urea cycle disorders.

      When should I see a Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD) doctor near Glendale, CA?

      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 Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD) doctor near Glendale, CA?

      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 Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD) doctors near Glendale, CA?

      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 Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD) doctors near Glendale, CA?

      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 Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD) doctor near Glendale, CA?

      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 Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD) doctor search results page. 

      Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD) 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 Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD) doctor near Glendale, CA?

      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 Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD) 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 Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD) 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 Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD) doctors near Glendale, CA?

      Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD) 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 Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD) doctor that offers video calls?

      Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD) 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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