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Dr. Charlotte Gore is a board-certified UCI Health ophthalmologist who specializes in pediatric ophthalmology and the treatment of strabismus (eye misalignment) in children and adults. Her clinical interests include treating children for such eye conditions as amblyopia (often called lazy eye) and congenital cataracts.She earned her medical degree at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, where she completed a residency in ophthalmology at the Shiley Eye Institute. Next she received fellowship training in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School.Building on her experience treating complex strabismus and using adjustable sutures, Gore conducts research to understand nystagmus (involuntary rapid eye movements) and explore novel treatments for strabismus. She is the author or co-author of several research papers that have appeared in peer-reviewed journals.Gore, who speaks Mandarin, sees patients inIrvineandOrange. Dr. Gore is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hyphema, Strabismus, Esotropia, and Brown Syndrome. Dr. Gore is board certified in American Board Of Ophthalmology - Ophthalmology.

David Greenberg is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Costa Mesa, California. Dr. Greenberg is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Tetanus, Diphtheria, Chickenpox, Pertussis, and Myringotomy.

Dr. Virginia E. Kimonis is a board-certified UCI Health clinician-scientist who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of children and adults with neuromuscular, neurodegenerative, dysmorphia and other complex disorders.Her clinical interests include inclusion body myopathy, Paget disease, Pompe disease, frontotemporal dementia, Prader Willi syndrome, morbid obesity and craniosynostosis.Kimonis earned her medical degree at the University of Southampton Medical School in Southampton, England. She completed a residency in pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, followed by a fellowship in clinical and biochemical genetics at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C.The author or co-author of more than 175 peer-reviewed publications in prestigious journals, Kimonis has focused her research primarily on inherited muscle disorders, lysosomal storage diseases, Prader Willi and several other rare disorders. She developed the Lysosomal Disease Program, established a registry study among a large cohort of patients with Pompe disease, and conducted a study of resistance training for axial and respiratory muscles in Pompe disease as an adjunct to enzyme replacement treatment.She also discovered multisystem proteinopathy, a new disease type associated with mutations in the VCP gene that overlaps with Pompe disease. She has received research funding from numerous agencies, including NIH, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the Paget Foundation and other rare disease foundations.Kimonis also is a lead investigator with the newly establishedNational Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) Rare Disease Center of Excellence, a joint program of UCI Health and Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC). Dr. Kimonis is highly rated in 17 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Prader-Willi Syndrome, Pompe Disease, Fabry Disease, Danon Disease, and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). Dr. Kimonis is board certified in American Board Of Medical Genetics And Genomics - Clinical Genetics And Genomics.

Brandie Metz is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Irvine, California. Dr. Metz is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Vascular Birthmark, Stork Bite, Aplasia Cutis Congenita, and Marie Unna Congenital Hypotrichosis. Dr. Metz is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Blurton is Board Certified in Pediatric Cardiology.He is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Cardiology and American Society of Echocardiography. After medical school Dr. Blurton completed his Residency in Pediatrics at the University of Nevada and went on to complete his Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at the University of California, San Francisco.He joined Pacific Cardiovascular Associates after serving as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Loma Linda University School of Medicine where he was on faculty in the Pediatric Cardiology department for three years. Dr. Blurton's faculty appointment at Loma Linda provided him the opportunity to manage complex pediatric congenital heart disease patients at a premier tertiary referral center.His specific areas of clinical expertise and research interests include Transthoracic, Transesophageal, and Fetal echocardiography. He has particular interest in cardiovascular screening for competitive athletes prior to participation in high level high school or college sports. In addition to his strong clinical and diagnostic skills, Dr. Blurton brings an evidence based approach to his patient treatment strategies.  Dr. Blurton lives in Long Beach and is married to Pediatric Nurse practioner. They have two sons, he is an avid cyclist and big fan of premier league soccer. You can see some of his patients stories on his instagram account dominicblurtonmdTreat each patient as I would want a another Doctor to treat my own two children. Dr. Blurton is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Murmurs, Giant Cell Myocarditis, Kawasaki Disease, and Ventricular Septal Defects. Dr. Blurton is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology). Dr. Blurton is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Donny W. Suh is a board-certified UCI Health ophthalmologist who specializes in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus.He earned his medical degree at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He completed an ophthalmology residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin Eye Institute in Milwaukee, followed by a pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus fellowship at Johns Hopkins Medicine's Wilmer Eye Institute in Baltimore, Md.Suh comes to UCI Health from Children’s Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha, Neb., where he served as chief of ophthalmology. He is chief of pediatric ophthalmology for theUCI Health Gavin Herbert Eye Institute.His research is focused on pediatric eye conditions and developing devices to improve safety and precision during eye surgery. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles in major journals, as well as chapters in major textbooks. As a longtime member and current chair-elect of the American Academy of Pediatrics, he has helped establish guidelines for pediatric eye care. He also has volunteered on medical missions to provide eye care and train local physicians in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America since 2000. Dr. Suh is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Strabismus, Amblyopia, Brown Syndrome, Esotropia, and Tenotomy. Dr. Suh is board certified in American Board Of Ophthalmology - Ophthalmology.