Dr. Harry “Hal” Dietz is a professor of pediatrics, an associate professor of medicine and an assistant professor of neurological surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the Victor A. McKusick Professor of Genetics and also serves as the director of the William S. Smilow Center for Marfan Syndrome Research. Recognized as the world’s leading authority on Marfan syndrome, Dr. Dietz conducted genomic mapping and research on therapeutic agents for deficiencies in the genetic protein fibrillin, which is linked to Marfan syndrome. His research contributions have made diagnosis of the condition patient-specific and accurate. He has received more than 50 national and international awards and honors, including the Antoine Marfan Award from the National Marfan Foundation and the Art of Listening Award from the American Heart Association. Dr. Dietz is an ad hoc reviewer for 19 different organizations, including the American Journal of Cardiology, the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, and the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Over more than two decades, Dr. Dietz has mentored 75 predoctoral and postdoctoral researchers. He has authored 282 original publications in peer-reviewed journals, 25 textbook chapters, and 239 abstracts, and has also delivered more than 440 lectures on Marfan syndrome and related genetic disorders. Dr. Dietz completed his B.S. at Duke University and received his M.D. from the SUNY Upstate School of Medicine. He completed a pediatric residency and a cardiology fellowship at Johns Hopkins University before joining the faculty in 1992. Dr. Dietz is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Caudal Duplication, Neu Laxova Syndrome, Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy, and Cardiomyopathy Hypogonadism Metabolic Anomalies.

Xiao Zhou is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Zhou is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Acrorenal Mandibular Syndrome, Alstrom Syndrome, Congenital Hemidysplasia with Ichthyosiform Erythroderma and Limbs Defects, and Dilated Cardiomyopathy with Hypergonadotropic Hypogonadism. Dr. Zhou is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Couser obtained his bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and his Medical Doctorate from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (VCU SOM). Dr. Couser’s ophthalmology residency was completed at Howard University where he served as co-chief resident in the last year of his residency. He received fellowship training in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus at Emory University. Dr. Couser received a master’s degree in biotechnology from the Johns Hopkins University and completed a residency in clinical genetics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is one of only a few individuals currently board-certified by both the American Board of Ophthalmology and the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics. CV https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/-/media/wilmer/documents/cvs/couser-cv Research Summary My primary research focus involves the identification and management of genetic eye diseases including rare inherited disorders affecting the eyes. Research and scholarly activities have been an integral component of my career path. I have been the principal investigator on 10 clinical trial/IRB studies and a co-investigator on others, participated with several committees or advisory panels related to research activities. I have been credited with over 120 book chapter, journal article and abstract publications. In addition, I served as the primary author/sole editor for a textbook titled Ophthalmic Genetic Diseases: A Quick Reference Guide to the Eye and External Ocular Adnexa Abnormalities, 1st Edition, published by Elsevier in 2018, which is one of only a few textbooks published in this subject area. I also served as a grant review panelist for the National Eye Institute Career Development Awards. Selected Publications *Couser NL, Masood MM, Strande NT, Foreman AKM, Crooks K, Weck KE, Lu M, Wilhelmsen KC, Roche M, Evans JP, Berg JS, Powell CM. 2015. The phenotype of multiple congenital anomalies- hypotonia-seizures syndrome 1: Report and review. Am J Med Genet Part A 9999A:1–6 *Couser NL, Lambert SR. Botulinum toxin: A treatment of consecutive esotropia in children. Strabismus 2012; 20(4):158-161 Couser NL, Lenhart PD, Hutchinson AK. Augmented Hummelsheim procedure to treat complete abducens nerve palsy. J AAPOS 2012;16(4):331-5 *Natario L. Couser, Maheer M. Masood, Arthur S. Aylsworth, and Roger E. Stevenson. Ocular manifestations in the X-linked intellectual disability syndromes. Ophthalmic Genet. 2017, Jan 23:1-12 *Couser NL, Brooks BP, Drack AV, Shankar SP. The evolving role of genetics in ophthalmology. Ophthalmic Genet. 2021 Jan 12:1-4. doi: 10.1080/13816810.2020.1868011. Dr. Couser is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Epicanthal Folds, Strabismus, Brown Syndrome, and Hypotonia.

Dr. Joann Bodurtha is a professor of genetic medicine, pediatrics, and oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Bodurtha is co-director of the regional genetics network NYMAC, co-director of the Biological Mechanisms theme in the Genes to Society Curriculum, co-director of the BIRCWH Advisory Board, Physician Advisor for the Dept. of Genetic Medicine, a member of the Advisory Committee of the JH-NHGRI Genetic Counseling program, and a member of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Institutional Review Board. She has appointments in the School of Public Health and School of Nursing. Her research focuses on risk communication and interdisciplinary genetic education. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, Dr. Bodurtha was a professor of human and molecular genetics at VCU, where she had faculty appointments in the Departments of Pediatrics, Obstetrics-Gynecology, and Preventive Medicine and Community Health. She received her B.A. from Swarthmore College and her M.D. and M.P.H. with honors from Yale. After a year of research at the Nagasaki University School of Medicine as a Luce Scholar, she completed her residency in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and worked as a USPHS physician on the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Reservation in North Dakota. She completed her medical genetics fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in 1987. Dr. Bodurtha joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2011. At VCU, Dr. Bodurtha helped start the Masters in Genetic Counseling program in 1990 and the Va-LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities) program in 1995. She served on the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Native American Child Health for ten years. She was the Richmond YMCA Woman of the Year in Science and Medicine in 1997. She received the VCU School of Medicine first Innovation in Teaching Award in 1999, the SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award in 2006, the Genetic Alliance Art of Listening Award in 2008, the AUCD Professional Achievement Award in 2009, and the VCU WISDM Professional Achievement Award in 2010. A member of the Leadership Metro Richmond Class of 2000, she served as president of the WISDM (Women in Science, Dentistry, and Medicine) organization at VCU from 2000 to 2003. She has written more than 150 scientific articles, book chapters, and reviews and supervised more than 100 graduate students. She is committed to improving access to genetic services and helping make all communities be more welcoming. Dr. Bodurtha is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), Micrognathia, Inborn Renal Aminoaciduria, and Blepharophimosis.

Dr. Grant Anhalt is a professor of dermatology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include autoimmune skin diseases and dermatoimmunology. Dr. Anhalt serves as the director of the Dermatoimmunology Laboratory at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He received his undergraduate degree and his M.D. from the University of Manitoba. He completed a residency in internal medicine at the Health Sciences Center in Winnipeg, Canada and a residency in dermatology at the University of Michigan. He performed a fellowship in immunodermatology at the University of Michigan Medical Center. Dr. Anhalt joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1982. He was interim chair of the Department of Dermatology from 1996 to 2001. His research interests include autoimmunity, bullous skin diseases and pemphigus and pemphigoid. Dr. Anhalt serves on the medical advisory board for the International Pemphigus & Pemphigoid Foundation. He has been recognized as a top doctor in the Washington Post Magazine, Baltimore Magazine and Castle Connolly Guide. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Academy of Dermatology, American Dermatologic Association and American Society for Clinical Investigation. CV http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/dermatology/our_experts/CV/Anhalt_CV_2014.docx. Dr. Anhalt is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Pemphigus Vulgaris, Pemphigus, Pemphigus Foliaceus, and Bullous Pemphigoid.

Dr. Gerald Raymond is a clinical geneticist and neurologist at Johns Hopkins where he is also a professor of genetic medicine and neurology. He obtained his MD at the University of Connecticut and was trained in Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Neurology at the Mass. General Hospital. He received additional training in developmental neuropathology at the Universite Catholique de Louvain in Belgium and clinical genetics at the Harvard Program. Dr. Raymond’s research has been at the overlap of genetics and neurology with specific focus on peroxisomal disorders including adrenoleukodystrophy. He has been actively involved in newborn screening for ALD and in developing clinical follow-up programs. He has extensive experience in clinical management of neurogenetic issues including peroxisomal and lysosomal disorders. He presently serves as the Director of the Lysosomal Storage Disease program in the department of Genetic Medicine. Dr. Raymond is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), CACH Syndrome, Zellweger Syndrome, and Leukodystrophy.

Eugene Park is a Dermatologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Park is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Yunis-Varon Syndrome, Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome, Scalp-Ear-Nipple Syndrome, and Acrodermatitis Enteropathica.

Joyce Evans is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Evans is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Autonomic Neuropathy, Snyder-Robinson Syndrome, WAGR Syndrome, and Keutel Syndrome.

Scott Norton is a Dermatologist in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Dr. Norton is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Anonychia Congenita, Epidermoid Cyst, Sunburn, and Head Lice. Dr. Norton is currently accepting new patients.

Pim Suwannarat is a Medical Genetics specialist and a Pediatrics provider in Suitland, Maryland. Dr. Suwannarat is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Triple X Syndrome, Classic Galactosemia, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), and Chromosome 10q Deletion. Dr. Suwannarat is currently accepting new patients.

Koji Ota is a Dermatologist in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Dr. Ota is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome and Shingles. Dr. Ota is currently accepting new patients.

Carol Greene is a Pediatrics provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Greene is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Musculocontractural Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (mcEDS), Phenylketonuria (PKU), Increased Head Circumference, and MELAS Syndrome.

Tuyet-nhung Nguyen is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Greenbelt, Maryland. Dr. Nguyen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Sickle Cell Disease, Osteonecrosis, Chronic Pain, and Type 2 Diabetes (T2D).