Dr. William P. Adelman

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.

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.

Anjan Batra is a Pediatric Cardiologist and a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Orange, California. Dr. Batra is highly rated in 65 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Arrhythmias, Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Congenital Heart Block, Heart Valve Repair, and Cardiac Ablation. Dr. Batra is board certified in Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology). Dr. Batra is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Emilie L. Chow is a board-certified UCI Health pediatrician and internal medicine physician who specializes in preventive care for children, teens and adults, women's health and healthcare for LGBTQ+ patients. She is fellowship-trained in pediatric infectious diseases.Chow earned her medical degree from the University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency in the combined pediatrics-internal medicine program at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, followed by a fellowship in pediatric infectious disease at UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital.She is dedicated to teaching and mentoring medical students and residents at the UCI School of Medicine.Chow, who speaks Mandarin and conversational Spanish, sees patients inOrange. Dr. Chow is highly rated in 17 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Pudendal Neuralgia, Giant Axonal Neuropathy, Wallerian Degeneration, and Femoral Nerve Dysfunction. Dr. Chow is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics - Pediatrics, American Board Of Preventive Medicine - Clinical Informatics, and American Board Of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine.

Dr. Cherry C. Uy is a board-certified UCI Health neonatologist who specializes in neonatal and perinatal medicine and the care of critically ill newborns and premature infants.Uy is the medical director of the UCI Health Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at UCI Medical Center. Her clinical interests include neonatal infection, brain and whole body cooling and newborn respiratory diseases.She earned her medical degree from the Far Eastern University – Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation in Quezon City, the Philippines. She completed a residency in pediatrics at the former University of Medicine & Dentistry New Jersey in Newark, followed by fellowship training in neonatology at UCI Medical Center and the UCI School of Medicine.Her research interests include neonatal and perinatal outcomes.Uy, who speaks Chinese and Tagalog, sees patients atUCI Medical Center in Orange. Dr. Uy is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Gastroschisis, Premature Infant, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, and Neonatal Hypothyroidism.

Nafiz Kiciman is a Pediatric Cardiologist and a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Orange, California. Dr. Kiciman is highly rated in 47 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Ventricular Septal Defects, Turner Syndrome, and Mixed Gonadal Dysgenesis. Dr. Kiciman is board certified in Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology) and Pediatrics (Sub: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine). Dr. Kiciman is currently accepting new patients.