Overview
Carlos Romo, M.D., is a neuro-oncologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Romo specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors, including glioblastoma, astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, neurofibromas, and schwannomas among others. Dr. Romo earned his medical degree from the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico and completed his Neurology residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, where he served as chief resident. He then completed a Neuro-oncology clinical and research fellowship in a joint program between The Johns Hopkins University and the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Romo additionally trained as a clinical pharmacology fellow at The Johns Hopkins University and completed training on clinical cancer research at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. In his research, Dr. Romo studies drug pharmacokinetics and the blood-brain barrier, and investigates better ways to reach tumors in the central nervous system. Dr. Romo also studies treatments for patient with neurofibromatosis. In addition to patient care and research, Dr. Romo teaches and mentors medical and undergraduate students to help develop a future generation of neurologists.
Dr. Romo is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brain Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Neurofibromatosis, Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), Schwannomatosis, and Astrocytoma.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 49 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 12 articles in the study of Brain Tumor.
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Locations
Pavilion II STE 115, Lutherville, MD 21093
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 5, Baltimore, MD 21287
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Romo has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- NeurofibromatosisDr. Romo isElite. Learn about Neurofibromatosis.
- Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1)
- Distinguished
- SchwannomatosisDr. Romo isDistinguished. Learn about Schwannomatosis.
- Advanced
- AstrocytomaDr. Romo isAdvanced. Learn about Astrocytoma.
- Brain TumorDr. Romo isAdvanced. Learn about Brain Tumor.
- GlioblastomaDr. Romo isAdvanced. Learn about Glioblastoma.
- GliomaDr. Romo isAdvanced. Learn about Glioma.
- Gliomatosis CerebriDr. Romo isAdvanced. Learn about Gliomatosis Cerebri.
- Metastatic Brain TumorDr. Romo isAdvanced. Learn about Metastatic Brain Tumor.
- Experienced
- Acoustic NeuromaDr. Romo isExperienced. Learn about Acoustic Neuroma.
- Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT)
- Choroid Plexus PapillomaDr. Romo isExperienced. Learn about Choroid Plexus Papilloma.
- Diffuse Midline Glioma H3 K27M-Mutant
- Embryonal Tumor with Multilayered Rosettes
- EpendymomaDr. Romo isExperienced. Learn about Ependymoma.