Overview
Dr. John Krakauer is a Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, and Director of the Center for the Study of Motor Learning and Brain Repair at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Krakauer's clinical interest is stroke, including ischemic cerebrovascular disease, subarachnoid and intracerebral hemorrhage, arteriovenous malformation, cerebral vasculitis, cerebral aneurysm, and venous and sinus thrombosis. He received his bachelor's and master's degree from Cambridge University, and his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. After completing an internship in Internal Medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, he returned to Columbia University for his residency in Neurology at the Neurological Institute of New York. He subsequently completed a research fellowship in motor control in the Center of Neurobiology and Behavior at Columbia and a clinical fellowship in stroke at the Neurological Institute at Columbia University Medical Center. Videos I Am Dolphin The Johns Hopkins Hospital Comprehensive Stroke Center Recent News Articles and Media Coverage Helping Hand: Robots, video games, and a radical new approach to treating stroke patients. New Yorker (11/23/15) Watch: How stroke patients can rewire their brains, STAT (11/13/2015) Hopkins' new video game may pave way for stroke therapy, Baltimore Sun (10/15/2014) “I Am Dolphin”: where dolphins, gaming and neuroscience meet, Washington Post (10/10/2014) Could a video game be the key to stroke recovery? National Geographic (9/30/2014) Becoming the Dolphin, Health Canal (08/10/2014) Research On Video Games And Mental Health, NPR's Diane Rehm Show (11/27/2013).
Dr. Krakauer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Spasticity, and Gastrostomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 117 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
Clinical Research
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Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
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 a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Siderosis, Thrombectomy, and Gastrostomy.
University Of Maryland Neurology Associates PA
Prachi Mehndiratta is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Mehndiratta is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy. Her top areas of expertise are Stroke, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Kuru, Transmyocardial Revascularization, and Stent Placement. Dr. Mehndiratta is currently accepting new patients.
Johns Hopkins University
Steven Zeiler is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Zeiler is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Primary Localized Cutaneous Amyloidosis, Gastrostomy, and Stent Placement. Dr. Zeiler is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- StrokeDr. Krakauer isAdvanced. Learn about Stroke.
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- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease)
- ApoplexyDr. Krakauer isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Cardiac AmyloidosisDr. Krakauer isExperienced. Learn about Cardiac Amyloidosis.
- Cerebral Amyloid AngiopathyDr. Krakauer isExperienced. Learn about Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy.
- Cerebral Arteriovenous MalformationDr. Krakauer isExperienced. Learn about Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation.
- GastrostomyDr. Krakauer isExperienced. Learn about Gastrostomy.