The 20 Best VACTERL Association Doctors in The United States

Paul Mark is a Pediatrics specialist and a Medical Genetics provider practicing medicine in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has been practicing medicine for over 35 years. Dr. Mark is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of VACTERL Association. He is also highly rated in 4 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses VACTERL Association, Peters Plus Syndrome, Chromosome 21q Deletion, and Hypotonia. Dr. Mark is board certified in American Board Of Medical Genetics And Genomics.

Dr. Hira Ahmad is a board-certified UCI Health pediatric surgeon.She earned her medical degree at Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Neb. She completed a residency in general surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in Weston, Fla., followed by a fellowship in pediatric colorectal surgery at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Next, she completed a fellowship in pediatric surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle.Ahmad sees patients inOrange. Dr. Ahmad is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of VACTERL Association. She is also highly rated in 22 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hirschsprung Disease, Imperforate Anus, Total Intestinal Aganglionosis, Colostomy, and Bladder Reconstruction. Dr. Ahmad is board certified in American Board Of Surgery - Pediatric Surgery.

Alana Beres is a General Surgeon and a Pediatric Surgeon practicing medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Beres is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of VACTERL Association. She is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Appendicitis, Infantile Pneumothorax, Hernia, Appendectomy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Beres is board certified in American Board Of Surgery.

Roger Stevenson is a Medical Genetics provider practicing medicine in Greenwood, South Carolina. Dr. Stevenson is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of VACTERL Association. He is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses VACTERL Association, Micrognathia, Phocomelia, and FG Syndrome. Dr. Stevenson is currently accepting new patients.

Mark Brummel is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Kingsport, Tennessee. Dr. Brummel is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of VACTERL Association. His clinical expertise encompasses Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), and Lung Metastases. Dr. Brummel is board certified in American Board Of Family Medicine.

Michael Patti is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Reading, Pennsylvania. Dr. Patti is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of VACTERL Association. His clinical expertise encompasses Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Familial Hypertension. Dr. Patti is board certified in American Board Of Family Medicine.

Lynne Bird is a Medical Genetics specialist and a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in San Diego, California. Dr. Bird is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of VACTERL Association. She is also highly rated in 29 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Angelman Syndrome, Prader-Willi Syndrome, VACTERL Association, and Mucolipidosis Type 4.

Seema Lalani is a Medical Genetics specialist and a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr. Lalani is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of VACTERL Association. She is also highly rated in 25 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hypotonia, GABA-Transaminase Deficiency, VACTERL Association, and 1p36 Deletion Syndrome. Dr. Lalani is currently accepting new patients.

Jason Frischer is a Pediatric Surgeon practicing medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Frischer is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of VACTERL Association. He is also highly rated in 20 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hirschsprung Disease, Imperforate Anus, Bowel Incontinence, Sacral Nerve Stimulation, and Endoscopy.

Payam Saadai is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Sacramento, California. Dr. Saadai is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of VACTERL Association. He is also highly rated in 16 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hirschsprung Disease, Total Intestinal Aganglionosis, VACTERL Association, Small Bowel Resection, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Saadai is board certified in Surgery (Sub: Pediatric Surgery) and Surgery General Surgery.

Juana Gonzalez is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Orinda, California. Dr. Gonzalez is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of VACTERL Association. She is also highly rated in 27 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Acro-Pectoro-Renal Field Defect, Trichorhinophalangeal Syndrome Type 1 (TRPS1), Acropectoral Syndrome, and Sirenomelia.

Richard Lords is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Abington, Massachusetts. Dr. Lords is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of VACTERL Association. He is also highly rated in 28 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), Holt-Oram Syndrome, ADULT Syndrome, and Trichorhinophalangeal Syndrome Type 1 (TRPS1).

Maryam Gholizadeh is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Orange, California. Dr. Gholizadeh is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of VACTERL Association. She is also highly rated in 17 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Imperforate Anus, Retroperitoneal Inflammation, Hirschsprung Disease, Total Intestinal Aganglionosis, and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery. Dr. Gholizadeh is currently accepting new patients.

Angela Scheuerle is a Pediatrics specialist and a Medical Genetics provider practicing medicine in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Scheuerle is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of VACTERL Association. She is also highly rated in 172 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hennekam Syndrome, Fetal Akinesia Sequence, Hemihyperplasia, and Incontinentia Pigmenti.

Yigit Guner is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Orange, California. Dr. Guner is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of VACTERL Association. He is also highly rated in 30 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Diaphragmatic Hernia, Hernia, Appendectomy, and Oophorectomy. Dr. Guner is currently accepting new patients.

Donald Shaul is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Orange, California. Dr. Shaul is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of VACTERL Association. He is also highly rated in 5 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Total Intestinal Aganglionosis, Hirschsprung Disease, Imperforate Anus, Pectus Excavatum, and Endoscopy. Dr. Shaul is currently accepting new patients.

Mustafa Kabeer is a Pediatric Surgeon practicing medicine in Orange, California. Dr. Kabeer is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of VACTERL Association. He is also highly rated in 25 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Pectus Excavatum, Retroperitoneal Inflammation, Appendicitis, Pectus Carinatum, and Splenectomy.

Arul S. Thirumoorthi, MD FACS PE is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Section of Pediatric Surgery. He is the Director of the Multi-disciplinary Pediatric Endocrine Surgery and Trauma Programs. He received his medical degree from the University of Toledo College of Medicine. He completed his General Surgery Internship and Residency at New York University. He completed an ECMO and research fellowship at Columbia University. Dr. Thirumoorthi completed his Pediatric Surgical Fellowship at Loma Linda University and complete his Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Michigan. Dr. Thirumoorthi is triple board certified in General Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, and Critical Care.Clinical Specialization:Dr. Thirumoorthi’s surgical practice encompasses all areas of general pediatric surgery and pediatric diseases of the neck, chest, and abdomen. His clinical areas of specific interest are pediatric endocrine surgery (thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal) and surgical oncology. Dr. Thirumoorthi also is also interested in pediatric trauma, critical care and ECMO. Dr. Thirumoorthi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of VACTERL Association. He is also highly rated in 18 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Donnai-Barrow Syndrome, Fryns Syndrome, Omphalocele, and Congenital Unilateral Pulmonary Hypoplasia.

Dr. Russell “Rusty” Jennings, a pioneer of pediatric surgical procedures for malformed esophageal and tracheal conditions, is a surgeon in the Esophageal and Airway Treatment (EAT) Program at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, which he joined in 2022. A pediatric surgeon for more than 40 years, Dr. Jennings founded and directed the world’s first Esophageal and Airway Treatment (EAT) Center at Boston Children’s Hospital. There he led a multidisciplinary team that worked on solving unsolved problems, and developed innovative techniques for evaluation, diagnosis and successful treatment of: complex esophageal strictures esophageal atresia “long gap” esophageal atresia esophageal replacement tracheo-esophageal fistulas recurrent tracheo-esophageal fistulas laryngo-tracheo-esophageal clefts tracheomalacia bronchomalacia tracheal reconstruction aberrant subclavian artery vascular compression syndromes vascular rings pectus excavatum chest wall deformities asphyxiating thoracic dystrophies recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring during thoracic surgery Dr. Jennings has many publications on these topics including the largest series of successful treatment of complex recurrent tracheoesophageal fistulas in the literature with excellent outcomes, techniques to grow patients’ tissues to allow repair and connection of the esophagus in cases of esophageal atresia and esophageal injury, esophageal replacement with jejunum, and treatment of tracheomalacia. He has frequently taught and presented on these and numerous other related topics regionally, nationally, and internationally. Dr. Jennings’ prior work includes establishing the first fetal surgery center in New England; Dr. Jennings developed the first successful fetal cardiac surgery program in the world treating HLHS before birth. Dr. Jennings earned his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco. His general surgery residency was done at the University of California, San Francisco. He was a postdoctoral research fellow for three years in the Fetal Treatment Center and Fetal Treatment Laboratory while completing the residency. He completed a pediatric surgery fellowship at Boston Children’s/Harvard Medical School. Dr. Jennings is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of VACTERL Association. He is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Esophageal Atresia, Tracheoesophageal Fistula, Gastrointestinal Fistula, Double Aortic Arch, and Endoscopy. Dr. Jennings is board certified in American Board Of Surgery.

Charles Smithers is a Pediatrics specialist and a Pediatric Surgeon practicing medicine in St Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Smithers is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of VACTERL Association. He is also highly rated in 9 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Esophageal Atresia, Tracheoesophageal Fistula, Diaphragmatic Hernia, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy. Dr. Smithers is board certified in General Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care.