Meral Gunay-Aygun
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, Tampa
Office
(727) 767-3636
Fax (813) 631-5099 12220 Bruce B Downs Boulevard Tampa, FL 33612
About
Meral Gunay-Aygun
Meral Gunay-Aygun is a professor of pediatrics and genetic medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Gunay-Aygun specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of children and adults with inherited metabolic diseases including diagnostic evaluation and follow-up of newborns with abnormal newborn screens for inherited metabolic diseases. After serving 14 years as an attending physician at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, she joined the medical staff of Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2022.Dr. Gunay-Aygun earned her medical degree from Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. She completed pediatrics and medical genetics residencies at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, and a biochemical genetics fellowship at the National Institutes of Health’s National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland. She has made numerous research contributions, especially in the study of inherited ciliopathies, for which she has earned international recognition.Dr. Gunay-Aygun received the Innovative Leadership Award from Genetic Alliance, as well as the NHGRI Merit Award for her research on Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease/Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis.She is a member of myriad professional organizations, including the American Society of Human Genetics, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Society of Pediatric Research and the Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders.
Primary Specialty
Geneticist
Practice
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, Tampa
Gender
Female
Accepting New Patients
Degrees
Medical Doctor
Office Name
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, Tampa
Languages
Turkish, English
Services
Meral Gunay-Aygun offers the services of a Genetic Doctor in Tampa, FL. A Genetic Doctor is a physician who specializes in genetic problems. A Geneticist performs tests on newborns to screen for genetic disorders.
Please call Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, Tampa at (727) 767-3636 to schedule an appointment in Tampa, FL or to get more information.
Please call Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, Tampa at (727) 767-3636 to schedule an appointment in Tampa, FL or to get more information.
Consumer Feedback
Add a Review
There are no recent reviews. Be the first!