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Home » Medical Staff » Metabolic Disorders » Chapel-Crespo, Cristel C. MD

Dr. Cristel C. Chapel-Crespo, Pediatric Metabolic Disorders

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Cristel Chapel-Crespo, MD

is on staff at
CHOC Hospital Orange

Office Phone:
714-509-8852

Appointments:
888-770-2462

Specialty:
Metabolic Disorders

Board Certified:
Pediatrics, Genetics

Dr. Cristel Chapel-Crespo is board certified in genetics and pediatrics who specializes in the treatment of kids and teens with metabolic disorders at CHOC Hospital in Orange.

Location

CHOC Specialists, Metabolics
1201 W. La Veta Ave.
Orange, CA 92868

Education

  • Medical School
    University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Pediatrics Residency
    University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Genetics Fellowship
    Mount Sinai Icahn Medical School, New York, NY
  • Medical Biochemical Genetics Fellowship
    UCLA Intercampus Program, Los Angeles, CA
Our metabolic specialists commonly treat:
  • Urea cycle disorders
  • Organic acidurias
  • Amino acid disorders
  • Vitamin and cofactor disorders
  • Carbohydrate metabolism disorders
  • Fatty acid oxidation disorders
  • Mitochondrial disorders (MELAS, MERRF, cytochrome C oxidase deficiency)
  • Neurotransmitter disorders
  • Lysosomal storage diseases
  • Peroxisomal disorders
  • Other inborn errors of metabolism: creatine disorders, purines & pyrimidines disorders, congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG)

Health Stories

Searching for hope while living with a rare disease

Metabolics

Searching for hope while living with a rare disease

Isabella is in the early stages of a clinical trial for a drug intended to treat a rare pediatric disease called Mucopolysaccharidosis IIIA.

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