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Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville
Chetan Bettegowda is the director of the Johns Hopkins Department of Neurosurgery. He offers comprehensive treatments for adult patients with benign and malignant brain tumors, specializing in the treatment of patients with primary brain tumors such as gliomas, meningiomas and pituitary tumors. He performs both open surgery and stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with metastatic tumors to the brain, and also provides stereotactic radiosurgery for other neurological disorders, including spinal tumors, trigeminal neuralgia and skull-base tumors. Dr. Bettegowda is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Ependymoma. He is also highly rated in 38 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Trigeminal Neuralgia, Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma, Rhizotomy, and Microvascular Decompression. Dr. Bettegowda is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery.
Advocate Medical Group Neurosurgery
Nina Paleologos is a Psychiatrist and a Neurologist practicing medicine in Downers Grove, Illinois. Dr. Paleologos is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Ependymoma. She is also highly rated in 17 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Oligodendroglioma, Glioma, Glioblastoma, and Astrocytoma. Dr. Paleologos is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology.
Carolinas Medical Center
Anthony Asher is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Asher is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Ependymoma. He is also highly rated in 37 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Spondylolisthesis, Cervical Myelopathy, Brain Tumor, Laminectomy, and Spinal Fusion. Dr. Asher is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery. Dr. Asher is currently accepting new patients.
Summary: The current study will use a new treatment approach based on the molecular characteristics of each participant's tumor. The study will test the feasibility in the pilot phase of performing real-time drug screening on tissue taken during surgery in patients with relapsed medulloblastoma or ependymoma and of having a specialized tumor board assign a treatment plan based on the results of this screen...
Summary: Objective With this prospective natural experiment trial on neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) study, we hope to understand the factors leading to tumor progression and neurological disease burden in NF2. Study Population A total of 269 participants, ages 8-75, with a clinical or genetic diagnosis of NF2 will participate in this study. Design Study participants will be evaluated with a thorough physic...