Overview
Dr. Rafael Llinas serves as the Director of Neurology at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. His clinical interests include acute stroke treatments, neurovascular imaging and migraine as related to cerebrovascular disease. He also serves as the associate director of the neurology residency program. He was instrumental in establishing the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Stroke Center. In 2005, in recognition of the Stroke Centers organizational efforts in stroke care, the institution was granted certification as a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Dr. Llinas primary areas of research interests include diffusion-perfusion imaging of stroke, intravenous and intra-arterial thrombolysis for stroke, education of physicians and nurses in stroke identification and stroke care, stroke units and stroke centers. Dr. Rafael Llinas received his medical degree from the New York University School of Medicine. He completed a medical internship at the Boston City Hospital and was a neurology resident in the Harvard-Longwood neurology training program. Following his residency, he was a stroke and cerebrovascular disease fellow for two years at Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard University.
Dr. Llinas is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Stroke. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Siderosis, Thrombectomy, and Gastrostomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 79 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 51 articles and participated in 1 clinical trial in the study of Stroke.
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4940 Eastern Avenue, Suite 1201, Suite 1201, Baltimore, MD 21224
Clinical Research
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Rebecca Gottesman is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Gottesman is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Stroke. Her top areas of expertise are Stroke, Dementia, Vascular Dementia, Gastrostomy, and Thrombectomy.
University Of Maryland Neurology Associates PA
Seemant Chaturvedi is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Chaturvedi is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Stroke. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Thrombectomy, and Stent Placement. Dr. Chaturvedi is currently accepting new patients.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Dr. Argye Hillis is a professor of Neurology, with joint faculty appointments in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and in Cognitive Science. She is also the Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute Professor of Acute Stroke Diagnoses and Management. Prior to medical training and neurology residency, Dr. Hillis worked as a speech-language pathologist, and conducted clinical research focusing on understanding and treating aphasia and hemispatial neglect. She has brought these areas of experience to impact on her clinical research in neurology, which involves cognitive and neuroimaging studies of aphasia and hemispatial neglect due to acute stroke and focal dementias. She has published extensively on these topics in journals and textbooks. Dr. Hillis is Associate Editor of Stroke and has served as Associate editor of Brain, Annals of Neurology, Aphasiology, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Neurocase, Cognitive Neuropsychology, and Language and Cognitive Processes and served as co-Editor and Chief of Behavioral Neurology. Dr. Hillis serves as the Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Neurology and the Director of the Cerebrovascular Division of Neurology at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Hillis is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Stroke. Her top areas of expertise are Primary Progressive Aphasia, Stroke, Frontotemporal Dementia, Thrombectomy, and Gastrostomy.
Areas of Expertise
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- StrokeDr. Llinas isElite. Learn about Stroke.
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- Cerebral Amyloid AngiopathyDr. Llinas isDistinguished. Learn about Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy.
- SiderosisDr. Llinas isDistinguished. Learn about Siderosis.
- Advanced
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Llinas isAdvanced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- Cardiac AmyloidosisDr. Llinas isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiac Amyloidosis.
- Central Pain SyndromeDr. Llinas isAdvanced. Learn about Central Pain Syndrome.
- Familial Hemiplegic MigraineDr. Llinas isAdvanced. Learn about Familial Hemiplegic Migraine.
- GastrostomyDr. Llinas isAdvanced. Learn about Gastrostomy.
- Hereditary Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
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- Alien Hand SyndromeDr. Llinas isExperienced. Learn about Alien Hand Syndrome.
- Anti-NMDA Receptor EncephalitisDr. Llinas isExperienced. Learn about Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis.
- ApoplexyDr. Llinas isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- ArachnoiditisDr. Llinas isExperienced. Learn about Arachnoiditis.
- Arteriovenous MalformationDr. Llinas isExperienced. Learn about Arteriovenous Malformation.
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional VertigoDr. Llinas isExperienced. Learn about Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.