Overview
Dr. Debraj “Raj” Mukherjee’s clinical focus is the treatment of patients with primary and metastatic brain lesions. His clinical work and research emphasize the development of individual treatment plans that optimize survival and quality of life in all patients. After receiving his medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School, Dr. Mukherjee was recruited to Johns Hopkins, where he studied epidemiology, biostatistics and clinical design at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and served as Director of the Neuro-Oncology Surgical Outcomes Laboratory in the Department of Neurosurgery. Dr. Mukherjee completed neurosurgery residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was named a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar. He completed an open and endoscopic skull base fellowship with the Center for Skull Base Surgery at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where he was a Copeland Scholar. Throughout his career, Dr. Mukherjee has led patient-centered research pursuits in neuro-oncology including development of a national registry for patients with brain tumors, creation of disease-specific quality of life instruments for patients with skull base tumors, and development of innovative clinical trials in neuro-oncology. He leads the Meningioma, Brain Metastasis, and Neurosurgical Oncology centers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, and he serves as Assistant Residency Program Director for one of the largest neurosurgical training programs in the country. His work has been supported by the American Medical Association, Glioblastoma Foundation, National Institute on Aging, and National Cancer Institute. Dr. Mukherjee can be contacted at drraj@jhmi.edu.
Dr. Mukherjee is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Choroid Plexus Cyst. His top areas of expertise are Meningioma, Pituitary Tumor, Brain Tumor, Awake Craniotomy, and Laminectomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 250 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
301 Mason Lord Drive, Suite 1201, Suite 1201, Baltimore, MD 21224
401 North Broadway Street, Weinberg Building, Floor-L2, Baltimore, MD 21287
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.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Dr. Jon Weingart focuses on the surgical treatment of brain tumors including benign and malignant tumors. Dr. Weingart also specializes in spinal disorders, such as cervical and lumbar disc disease, as well as other congenital and developmental abnormalities such as tethered spinal cord, spina bifida and chiari malformation. Dr. Weingart is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Choroid Plexus Cyst. His top areas of expertise are Glioblastoma, Astrocytoma, Glioma, Awake Craniotomy, and Osteotomy.
Jignesh Tailor is a General Surgeon and a Neurosurgery provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Tailor is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Choroid Plexus Cyst. His top areas of expertise are Choroid Plexus Cyst, Hydrocephalus, Hydrocephalus due to Congenital Stenosis of Aqueduct of Sylvius, Rhizotomy, and Awake Craniotomy.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Dr. Mark Luciano is the director of the Johns Hopkins Hydrocephalus and Cerebral Fluid Center. A renowned leader in treating hydrocephalus, Dr. Luciano is distinguished both nationally and internationally for his research and educational and clinical work in neuroendoscopy. Dr. Luciano treats adults with hydrocephalus, pseudotumor cerebri, intracranial hypotension, Chiari malformations, and cerebral and spinal cysts. He has significant expertise treating children and adults with cerebrospinal fluid leaks and congenital disorders. Among his accomplishments in neuroscience research and biomedical engineering are his investigation of the cerebrovascular response to hydrocephalus and the invention of a unique device for control of intracranial pressure (ICP) pulsatility to increase blood flow. His National Institutes of Health-funded studies have explored prolonged compression and hypoxia in the brain as a result of hydrocephalus, as well as the interaction between cerebrospinal fluid and vascular systems. Dr. Luciano is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Choroid Plexus Cyst. His top areas of expertise are Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Increased Intracranial Pressure, Posterior Fossa Decompression, and Gastrostomy.
Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- MeningiomaDr. Mukherjee isElite. Learn about Meningioma.
- Distinguished
- AstrocytomaDr. Mukherjee isDistinguished. Learn about Astrocytoma.
- Brain TumorDr. Mukherjee isDistinguished. Learn about Brain Tumor.
- ChordomaDr. Mukherjee isDistinguished. Learn about Chordoma.
- CraniopharyngiomaDr. Mukherjee isDistinguished. Learn about Craniopharyngioma.
- GlioblastomaDr. Mukherjee isDistinguished. Learn about Glioblastoma.
- GliomaDr. Mukherjee isDistinguished. Learn about Glioma.
- Advanced
- ApoplexyDr. Mukherjee isAdvanced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT)Dr. Mukherjee isAdvanced. Learn about Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT).
- Awake CraniotomyDr. Mukherjee isAdvanced. Learn about Awake Craniotomy.
- Bone TumorDr. Mukherjee isAdvanced. Learn about Bone Tumor.
- Brain Stem CancerDr. Mukherjee isAdvanced. Learn about Brain Stem Cancer.
- Cerebrospinal Fluid LeakDr. Mukherjee isAdvanced. Learn about Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak.
- Experienced
- Absence SeizureDr. Mukherjee isExperienced. Learn about Absence Seizure.
- AchondroplasiaDr. Mukherjee isExperienced. Learn about Achondroplasia.
- Acoustic NeuromaDr. Mukherjee isExperienced. Learn about Acoustic Neuroma.
- Arachnoid CystsDr. Mukherjee isExperienced. Learn about Arachnoid Cysts.
- Brain AbscessDr. Mukherjee isExperienced. Learn about Brain Abscess.
- Brain AneurysmDr. Mukherjee isExperienced. Learn about Brain Aneurysm.