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Home » Medical Staff » Metabolic Disorders » Al-Hertani, Walla M. MD,MS

Dr. Walla Al-Hertani, Division Chief, Metabolic Disorders

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Walla Al-Hertani, MD, MS

is on staff at
CHOC Hospital Orange

Office Phone:
714-509-8852

Specialty:
Metabolic Disorders

Board Certified:
Genetics and Genomic

Metabolic Disorders Referrals

Physicians can refer patients to CHOC through our eCeptionist Referral Portal.

Refer a Patient

Dr. Walla Al-Hertani is Chief of the Metabolic Disorders Division and Medical Director of Metabolic Disorders at Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC). Prior to her role at CHOC, she held the Harvey Levy Endowed Chair in Metabolism, was an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and was the Medical Director of the Metabolism, Lysosomal, Glycogen Storage Disease and the Metabolism Newborn Screening diagnostic follow- up programs at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH).

Dr. Al-Hertani received her Doctor of Medicine degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, followed by the completion of a Medical Genetics residency at the University of Ottawa and a Medical Biochemical Genetics fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto. She has been a practicing Clinical Geneticist and Biochemical Geneticist for the past 15 years and has worked in various health systems across Canada and the US.

Locations

CHOC Specialists, Metabolic Disorders
1201 W. La Veta Ave
Orange, CA 92868
phone: 714-509-8852
fax: 714-509-8362

Education

  • Medical School
    Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
  • Residency
    University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
  • Fellowship
    University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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)
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