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Newly Diagnosed with Wolfram Syndrome?

Find physicians who see patients with Wolfram syndrome in different countries and states.

United States

Connecticut


Cem Demirci, MD
Clinical Director, Pediatric Endocrinology
Connecticut Children’s Hospital
505 Farmington Ave 2nd Floor
Farmington, CT 06032
Phone: (860) 837-6700
Email: Cdemirci@connecticutchildrens.org

Illinois


Louis Philipson, MD, PhD
Director of Kovler Diabetes Center
Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medical Center
Phone: (773) 702-2371

Massachusetts


Wendy K. Chung, MD PhD Chief, Department of Pediatrics Boston Children’s Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
300 Longwood Avenue
Mailstop #BCH3218
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: (617) 355-5022
Email: Wendy.Chung@childrens.harvard.edu

Pamela I Ellsworth, MD
Pedi-Urology
UMass Memorial Medical Center
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester, MA 01655
Phone: (508) 334-8765

Madelena Martin, MD
Genetics
UMass Memorial Medical Center
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester, MA 01655
Phone: (774) 443-2012

Gena Heidary, MD, PhD
Ophthalmology/Neuro-Ophthalmology
Boston Children’s Hospital
300 Longwood Avenue
Fegan, 4th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Phone 617-355-6401
Email: mailto:gena.heidary@childrens.harvard.edu

Benjamin U Nwosu, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
UMass Memorial Medical Center
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester, MA 01655
Phone: (508) 334-0412

Christy Stine, MD, PhD
Pedi-Neurology
UMass Memorial Medical Center
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester, MA 01655
Phone: (774) 442-5695

Mitchell Strominger, MD
New England Eye Center
TuftsUniversity School of Medicine
Phone: (617) 636-6769

Missouri


Fumihiko Urano, MD, PhD (Medicine, Genetics)
Genetic evaluations and consultation on
personalized management plans for
patients and family members of all ages
with or suspected to have Wolfram
syndrome or WFS1-related disorders.
4921 Parkview Pl, Suite 13B
Center for Advanced Medicine Washington University Medical Center
Campus Box 8127
Saint Louis, MO 63110
Appointment:
phone: (314)-747-7300, (314)-747-3294 (If
interested in participating in research
studies)
Email: WolframSyndrome@wustl.edu

Bess Marshall, MD
Pediatric Endocrinology
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
One Children’s Place
2nd Floor Suite D
St. Louis, MO 63110
Phone: (314) 454-6051
Email: bmarshall@wustl.edu

Neil White, MD
Pediatric Endocrinology
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
One Children’s Place
2nd Floor Suite D
St. Louis, MO 63110
Phone: (314) 454-6051

Paulina Cruz Bravo, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Village Square – North County
1 Village Square Shopping Center
Hazelwood, MO 63042
Suite: 1
Phone: (314) 747-0816
Phone: (314) 362-3500
Email: pcruz@wustl.edu

Stephen Stone, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
1 Childrens Place
St. Louis, MO 63110
Suite: D
Floor: 2
Fax: 844-231-8911
Phone: (314) 286-0577
Phone: (314) 454-6051
Email: sstone@swustl.edu

Gregory Van Stavern, MD
Barnes-Jewish Center for Outpatient Health
4901 Forest Park Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63108
Floor: 6
Fax: 866-505-8818
Phone: (314) 362-3937
Email: vanstaverng@wustl.edu

Yunshuo “Caroline” Tang, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Barnes-Jewish Center for Outpatient Health
4901 Forest Park Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63108
Suite: 6A
Phone: (314) 273-8176
Email: tangyunshuo@wustl.edu

James Hoekel, OD
Pediatric Optometry
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
1 Childrens Place
St. Louis, MO 63110
Suite: 3110
Fax: 866-936-4559
Phone: (314) 454-4653
Email: hoekel@wustl.edu

Amy R. Vienhoever, MD, PhD
Pediatric Neurology
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
1 Childrens Place
St. Louis, MO 63110
Suite: 3110
Fax: 866-936-4559
Phone: (314) 454-6120
Email: amy.viehoever@wustl.edu

Saumel Ahmadi, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
1 Childrens Place
St. Louis, MO 63110
Suite: 2130
Phone: (314) 454-6120
Email: saumel@wustl.edu

Robert Bucelli, MD, PhD
Adult Neurology
Center for Advanced Medicine Neuroscience Center
4921 Parkview Place
St. Louis, MO 63110
Suite: C
Floor: 6
Fax: 314-362-0338
Phone: (314) 362-6981
Email: bucellir@wustl.edu

H. Henry Lai, MD
Urology
Center for Advanced Medicine Urologic Surgery Center
4921 Parkview Place
St. Louis, MO 63110
Suite: C
Floor: 11
Fax: 314-454-5244
Phone: (314) 454-8971
Email: laih@wustl.edu

Angela M. Reiersen, MD
Pediatric Psychiatry
4444 Forest Park Avenue Building
4444 Forest Park Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63108
Suite: 2600
Floor: 2
Phone: (314) 286-1700
Email: reiersena@wustl.edu

Tamara Hershey, PhD
James S. McDonnell Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in Psychiatry & Radiology
Washington University School of Medicine
Phone: (314) 362-5593
Email: tammy@wustl.edu

Nebraska


Kevin Corley, MD
Children’s Diabetes & End Clinic
8200 Dodge St.
Omaha, NE 68114
Phone: (402) 955-3871

Lorraine L Edwards, MD
Central Nebraska Neurology, P.C.
2727 W 2nd St., Suite 340
Hastings, NE 68901
Phone: (402) 463-1250

Lynn Mack, MD
Associate professor
Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
984130 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-4130
Phone: (402) 559-9504

Jon J Morton, MD
The Urology Center, PC
111 South 90th Street
OMAHA, NE 68114-3907
Phone: (402) 397-9800
Fax: (402) 397-7591

Danita Velasco, MD, FAAP, FACMG
Clinical Geneticist, Assistant Professor
University of Nebraska Medical Center
983255 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198
Fax: (402) 955-5648
Phone: (402) 559-3446

Andrew Schmanski, MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor
Pediatrics and Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics & Rehabilitation
University of Nebraska Medical Center
985440 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5440
Fax (402) 559-6688
Phone: (402) 559-3446
dvelasco@unmc.edu

New York


Laura C. Alonso, MD
Chief of Endocrinology, Cornell Medical
Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine –
Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Division of Endocrinology
1305 York Avenue
4th Floor
New York, NY 10021
Office Phone: (646) 962 – 6193
Email: lca4001@med.cornell.edu

Wendy Chung, MD
CUMC/New York-Presbyterian Morgan
Stanley Childrens Hospital
3959 Broadway
Room 718
New York, New York 10032
Phone: (212) 305-5890
Fax: (212) 305-9058

Mary Pat Gallagher, MD
Director, Robert I. Grossman, MD and
Elisabeth J. Cohen, MD Pediatric Diabetes Center
Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone
135 East 31st Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212)-263-9910
Fax: (646)-754-9973

Stephen Kane, MD
Pediatric and Neurological
Ophthalmology
The Edward S Harkness Eye Institute
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
635 West 165th Street
New York, NY 10032
Phone: (212)-305-5400

North Carolina


Mays Dairi, MD
Associate Professor
Neuro-Ophthalmology
Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Duke Eye Center
Phone (919) 684-0816
Email mays.el-dairi@duke.edu

Ohio


Suzanne D DeBrosse, MD
Center for Human Genetics
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
11100 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44106
Phone: (216) 844-3936, option 2
Fax: (216) 844-7497

Sumit Parikh, MD
Director, Neurogenetics & Neurometabolism
Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Ave., S60
Cleveland, OH 44195
Phone: (216) 444-1994

Oregon


Brian Ricci, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon
Phone: (503) 494-8562

Worldwide

Australia


Dr. Sarah McMahon MCCS Hons PhD FRACP
Senior Sta! Specialist
Endocrinology and Diabetes
Children’s Health Queensland Hospital
and Health Service
Level 12, Queensland Children’s Hospital
501 Stanley Street
South Brisbane QLD 4101
Phone: 07 3068 1111
Email: sarah.mcmahon@health.qld.gov.au
W: www.childrens.health.qld.gov.au

Alexia S Peña Vargas, MD, FRACP, PhD
Paediatrics/ Endocrine and Diabetes
The University of Adelaide
AUSTRALIA 5005
Email: alexia.pena@adelaide.edu.au
Phone: +61 8 8161 8134
Fax: +61 8 8161 7759

France


Marc Nicolino, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Head
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
Hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant
LYON University Pediatric Hospital
Groupement Hospitalier Est
59 bd Pinel 69677 Bron / Lyon cedex
FRANCE
Phone: +33 4 72 12 95 25
+33 4 72 12 95 24 (direct)
Fax : +33 4 27 85 67 51
E-mail: marc.nicolino@chu-lyon.fr

Germany


Julia Rohayem, MD (through March 31, 2023)
University Hospital in Münster
Email: julia.rohayem@ukmuenster.de

Thomas Danne, MD
Head of ENDO-ERN
AUF DER BULT Kinder
Janusz-Korczak-Allee 12
30173 Hannover
Tel: +49 511 8115-3353

Felix Reschke, MD
Pediatric endocrinology
AUF DER BULT Kinder
Janusz-Korczak-Allee 12
30173 Hannover
Tel: +49 511 8115-3353
Fax: +49 511 8115-993353
Felix.reschke@hka.de
www.auf-der-bult.de

Greece


Dimitris T. Papadimitriou MD, PhD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Head of Department
Pediatric-Adolescent Endocrinology & Diabetes
Athens Medical Center
58, KIfissias av. 15125, Maroussi, Athens, Greece
Phone: +30 2103638536 +30 2106862172
Fax: +30 2106106406
E-mail: info@pedoendo.gr

India


Sailesh Lodha, MD
DM Endocrinology, FACE
DEAR Society
Senior consultant – Fortis Escorts hospital, Jaipur and Rukmani Birla Hospital, Jaipur.

Phone: +91-9829019055, +91-141-2724455

Alternate contact:
Dr Varsha Lodha
Phone: +919829614455

Israel


Noga Minsky, MD
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and
Metabolism
Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer
52621 Ramat Gan
Israel
Phone: +97235305470
Fax: +97235305479
Email: Noga.Minsky@sheba.gov.il

Gil Leibowiz, MD
President of the Israel Endocrine Society (IES)
The Hadassah Diabetes Unit, Director
Department of Endocrinology
Hadassah Medical Center
Jerusalem, Israel

Italy


Pietro Maffei, MD
Internal Medicine, Endocrinology
Hospital of Padua
Via Nicolo Giustiniani, 2
35121 Padova PD, Italy
+39 049 821 2583
Email: Pietro.maffei@aopd.veneto.it

Prof. Luciana Rigoli, MD
Dipartimento di Scienze Pediatriche, Policlinico Universitario,
Via Consolare Valeria
98125 Messina (ITALY)
Email: luciana.rigoli@unime.it
Phone: (+39)3334656624; (+39) 0902212120
Fax: (+39) 0902213788

Giulio Frontino, MD, MSc
Department of Pediatrics
Diabetes Research Institute
IRCCS Ospedale San Ra!aele
Via Olgettina 60
20132 Milano Italy
Email: frontino.giulio@hsr.it
Tel: (+39) 0226432400
Fax: (+39) 0226434050

Japan


Naoko Iwasaki, MD, PhD
Professor of Institute of Geriatrics, Institute of Medical Genetics, Diabetes Center and Institute for Integrated Medical Sciences
Tokyo Women’s Medical University
Cross Tower Floor 20
Shibuya 2-15-1
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0002
Phone: +81-3-3599-1911 (ext.2208)
Email: niwasaki.dmc@twmu.ac.jp

New Zealand


Rinki Murphy PhD, FRACP, MBChB
Associate Professor of Medicine |
Specialist Diabetes Physician
Principal Investigator Maurice Wilkins
Centre for Biodiscovery
Department of Medicine
Park Road, Grafton
The University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
Auckland 1142 New Zealand
Phone: +64 9 923 6313
Email: R.Murphy@auckland.ac.nz

Poland


Wojciech Mlynarski, MD, PhD
University Hospital in Lodz
Email: wojciech.mlynarski@umed.lodz.pl

Spain


Gema Esteban Bueno
Family Doctor
Picadilly 7 Costacabana, Almería, 04120
Spain
Phone: +34 925523257
Fax: +34 653115070
Email: aswolfram@hotmail.com

Switzerland


Julia Rohayem, MD
Children’s Hospital of St. Gallen
Email: info.endocrinologie@kispisg.ch

Turkey


Eylem Cagiltay, MD
Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases Specialist
Address: İzmir Asker Hastanesi, İç Hastalıkları Kliniği, 35280, Hatay/İZMİR/TURKEY
Phone: +90 232 2621324 Int; 3169
Email: eylem723@yahoo.com
Mobile phone: +90 532 5977302
Fax: +90 232 2628576

United Kingdom


Timothy Barrett, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, University of
Birmingham
Children’s WS Clinic
IBR West
Medical School
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham
B15 2TT
UKTelephone +44 (0)121 414 7966
t.g.barrett@bham.ac.uk

Renuka Dias, MD
Consulting Pediatric Endocrinologist
Children’s WS Clinic
University Hospitals Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK Telephone +44 (0)121 333 8188

Ben Wright, MD
Consulting Neurologist
Adult WS Clinic
University Hospitals Birmingham
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham
B15 2TT

Aaron Sturrock, MD
Consulting Neurologist
Adult WS Clinic
University Hospitals Birmingham
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham
B15 2TT

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