
Overview
Dr. David Hale is a fellowship-trained neurologist specializing in neuro-visual and vestibular disorders. He diagnoses and treats patients with symptoms including dizziness, vertigo, oscillopsia, double vision and imbalance. Dr. Hale’s patient evaluations include vestibular testing. Dr. Hale earned his medical degree at Pennsylvania State University and completed a neurology residency at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He remained at Johns Hopkins for fellowship training in vestibular and ocular-motor oto-neurology. Dr. Hale is interested in resident and fellow medical education, specifically the development of ways to make knowledge of subspecialist neurologists more accessible to those in training. He serves as the co-director of the Vestibular and Ocular-Motor Oto-Neurology Clinical Fellowship at Johns Hopkins.
Dr. Hale is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Vertigo. His top areas of expertise are Vertigo, Chronic Polyradiculoneuritis, Miller-Fisher Syndrome, and Guillain-Barre Syndrome.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 7 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Vertigo.
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Locations
4940 Eastern Avenue, Suite 1201, Suite 1201, Baltimore, MD 21224
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 5, Baltimore, MD 21287
Clinical Research
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Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
David Newman-Toker, M.D., Ph.D., is an internationally recognized leader in neuro-otology, acute stroke diagnosis, and diagnostic errors research. He completed his undergraduate studies at Yale University, his medical degree at University of Pennsylvania, his residency training and neuro-ophthalmology fellowship at Harvard University, his neuro-otology fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and his doctoral degree in clinical research methods at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He has served as a full-time faculty member at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine since 2002. He is the David Robinson Professor of Vestibular Neurology and also holds appointments in Otolaryngology, Ophthalmology, Emergency Medicine, Acute Care Nursing, Health Sciences Informatics, Epidemiology, and Health Policy & Management at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Newman-Toker is a bedside-to-populations translational researcher, with a focus on eliminating diagnostic errors and achieving diagnostic excellence. He is a leader in the national and international movements to eliminate patient harms from diagnostic error. Dr. Newman-Toker’s clinical focus is on diagnosis of acute disorders affecting the brainstem and cranial nerves, particularly stroke. He is recognized for his research in novel eye-movement-based bedside methods for diagnosing stroke in patients with acute dizziness and vertigo in the emergency department and, in 2024, won the international Bárány Society’s Hallpike-Nylén Prize for clinical research achievement. Dr. Newman-Toker serves as director of the Division of Neuro-Visual & Vestibular Disorders in the Department of Neurology. He also directs the Armstrong Institute Center for Diagnostic Excellence, whose mission is to catalyze efforts to improve diagnostic performance, develop the science of diagnostic safety, and enhance diagnostic research. He has been the principal investigator on numerous National Institutes of Health, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and foundation grants. He has published over 165 journal articles and given more than 300 invited lectures. He has served as an expert consultant on diagnostic safety and quality to AHRQ, the National Quality Forum, and the National Academy of Medicine. He has testified before Congress on the use of artificial intelligence for medical diagnosis. He was president of the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine from 2018-2020. Dr. Newman is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Vertigo. His top areas of expertise are Vertigo, Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo, Stroke, and Brown Syndrome.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Neurotologist John Carey specializes in the health and diseases of the inner ear that affect both balance and hearing mechanisms. He is a national expert in superior canal dehiscence syndrome, Menière’s disease, vestibular migraine, acoustic neuromas and other causes of vertigo, and serves as chief of the Division of Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery in the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Carey earned a medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine and completed two years of training in general surgery at Virginia Mason Medical Center. This was followed by residency training in otolaryngology–head and neck surgery at University of Washington Medical Center and fellowship training in neurotology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His research interests include superior canal dehiscence syndrome, Menière’s disease, vestibular implants, and the mechanisms of vestibular migraine. He has a particular interest in superior canal dehiscence syndrome, and, with Lloyd Minor, department director from 2003 to 2009, he helped develop the operation used to repair the superior canal. Dr. Carey has been funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, part of the National Institutes of Health. He has authored or co-authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications, 10 book chapters, and 11 reviews. Dr. Carey is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Vertigo. His top areas of expertise are Vertigo, Meniere Disease, Acoustic Neuroma, Mastoidectomy, and Endoscopy.
David Zee is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Zee is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Vertigo. His top areas of expertise are Vertigo, Brown Syndrome, Cerebelloparenchymal Disorder 3, and Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. Dr. Zee is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Experienced
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
- Brown SyndromeDr. Hale isExperienced. Learn about Brown Syndrome.
- Chronic PolyradiculoneuritisDr. Hale isExperienced. Learn about Chronic Polyradiculoneuritis.
- Familial Hemiplegic MigraineDr. Hale isExperienced. Learn about Familial Hemiplegic Migraine.
- Guillain-Barre SyndromeDr. Hale isExperienced. Learn about Guillain-Barre Syndrome.
- Miller-Fisher SyndromeDr. Hale isExperienced. Learn about Miller-Fisher Syndrome.

