The 20 Best VACTERL Association Doctors in The United States

Hira Ahmad is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Orange, California. Dr. Ahmad is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of VACTERL Association. She is also highly rated in 20 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hirschsprung Disease, Imperforate Anus, VACTERL Association, Colostomy, and Bladder Reconstruction. Dr. Ahmad is currently accepting new patients.

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 7 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 Hypertension, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), 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 GABA-Transaminase Deficiency, Hypotonia, 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 12 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hirschsprung Disease, VACTERL Association, Myelomeningocele, 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 Thrombocytopenia-Absent Radius Syndrome, Camptodactyly Fibrous Tissue Hyperplasia Skeletal Dysplasia, Acro-Pectoro-Renal Field Defect, and Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome.

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), Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome, Polydactyly Myopia Syndrome, and Thrombocytopenia-Absent Radius Syndrome.

Philip Giampietro is a Pediatrics specialist and a Medical Genetics provider practicing medicine in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Giampietro is rated as a Distinguished 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 Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita, Congenital Contractures, VACTERL Association, and FG Syndrome. Dr. Giampietro is currently accepting new patients.

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, Total Intestinal Aganglionosis, Hirschsprung Disease, and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery. Dr. Gholizadeh is currently accepting new patients.

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 29 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 Imperforate Anus, Hirschsprung Disease, Total Intestinal Aganglionosis, Endoscopy, and Appendectomy. 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 Fryns Syndrome, Donnai-Barrow Syndrome, Omphalocele, and Congenital Unilateral Pulmonary Hypoplasia.

Nina Powell is a Medical Genetics provider practicing medicine in Wilmington, Delaware. She has been practicing medicine for over 30 years. Dr. Powell is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of VACTERL Association. She is also highly rated in 45 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Microcephaly, PIK3CA-Related Overgrowth Spectrum, Chromosome 13q Deletion, and Increased Head Circumference. Dr. Powell is board certified in American Board Of Medical Genetics And Genomics.

Dr. Smithers is an associate professor of surgery and director of the Esophageal and Airway Treatment (EAT) Program in the Department of Surgery at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital since 2019. He was honored for Innovations in Clinical Care at the Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Awards for 2020. As a leader in both innovation and expertise for pediatric thoracic surgery, he and his team see patients from all over the United States and internationally. The team also makes several invited trips per year around the country and world for lectures and conferences, in addition to helping patients and teaching other surgical teams regarding complex esophageal and airway surgical techniques in the operating room. Dr. Smithers previously served as assistant professor of surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital from 2009-2019, as part of their groundbreaking EAT program. His clinical specialties are congenital and acquired conditions of the esophagus and airway, vascular rings, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), surgical critical care, and minimally invasive surgery. He earned his medical degree from Albany Medical College and completed his residency in general surgery at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland. He served as fellow in pediatric surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital after completing a research fellowship and a surgical critical care fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital. He also completed a global surgery clinical fellowship at Harvard Medical School. Videos Meet Jason Smithers, M.D. What is esophageal stricture and how is it treated? What is tracheomalacia and how is it treated? What is recurrent tracheoesophageal fistula (rTEF) and how is it treated? What is long gap esophageal atresia and how is it treated?. 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 American Board Of Surgery.

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.