Dr. Allan Belzberg is a neurosurgeon specializing in surgery of the peripheral nervous system. As Director of Peripheral Nerve Surgery at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, he treats tumors including schwannoma, neurofibroma and nerve sheath tumor. Dr. Belzberg performs surgical repair of nerve damage caused by trauma as well as neurosurgery on carpal tunnel, peroneal nerve and other peripheral nerve conditions. Dr. Belzberg also directs the Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Clinic at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and co-directs the Neurosurgery Pain Research Institute at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Belzberg currently sees patients at the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center located in Baltimore on Wednesdays and the Green Spring Station location on Fridays. Dr. Belzberg is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Foot Drop. His top areas of expertise are Schwannomatosis, Neurofibromatosis, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Osteotomy, and Rhizotomy.

Dr. Ali Bydon is a renowned neurosurgeon and director of the Division of Spine Surgery and the Neurosurgical Spine Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. As the endowed Ziya Gokaslan Professor of Neurosurgery, he is dedicated to advancing the field through innovative clinical practices and extensive research. Additionally, Dr. Bydon serves as the vice chair for strategic planning within the Department of Neurosurgery. Dr. Bydon’s clinical practice is centered on degenerative disorders of the spine, spinal tumors, spinal trauma and complex spinal reconstruction. He is an esteemed member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Bydon earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan School of Medicine in 1999 and completed his residency in neurological surgery at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, where he graduated with distinction in 2006. He further honed his skillset by completing fellowships in minimally invasive spine surgery and the surgical treatment of peripheral nerves, followed by a one-year instructorship in spinal oncology and complex reconstructive spinal surgery at Johns Hopkins in 2007. His research focuses on spinal biomechanics and surgical outcomes. He has co-authored over 265 peer-reviewed manuscripts and numerous book chapters. Dr. Bydon has made significant contributions to the understanding of optimal surgical management for conditions such as spinal synovial cysts, cervical myelopathy, lumbar spondylolisthesis, ossified posterior longitudinal ligament, cervical degenerative disorders, cervical myelopathy, thoracic myelopathy and metastatic diseases to the spine, among others. Dr. Bydon has presented at more than 200 national and international scientific meetings, underscoring his commitment to advancing knowledge in the field. An educator who has trained over 75 practicing neurosurgeons, Dr. Bydon has received prestigious accolades, including the Richard Otenasak Faculty Teaching Award and the Chairman’s Neurosurgical Teacher of the Year Award. His leadership roles have included serving on the residency review committee and the patient access committee at Johns Hopkins, as well as a yearlong term as the neurosurgical representative on the Johns Hopkins Faculty Senate. He has also served as a medical director with Johns Hopkins Medicine International, overseeing clinical and educational activities at renowned institutions in Lebanon and Brazil. Dr. Bydon has performed more than 5,000 surgeries. His commitment to excellence in patient care, education and research makes him a leading authority in spine surgery, dedicated to providing transformative care to patients seeking relief and recovery. Dr. Bydon is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Foot Drop. His top areas of expertise are Spondylolisthesis, Spinal Stenosis, Invertebral Disc Disease, Laminectomy, and Spinal Fusion.

Mohammad Khoshnoodi is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Khoshnoodi is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Foot Drop. His top areas of expertise are Peripheral Neuropathy, Chronic Polyradiculoneuritis, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and Miller-Fisher Syndrome.

Richard Walsh is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Walsh is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Foot Drop. His top areas of expertise are Foot Drop, Infant Hyperglycemia, Hypertension, and Familial Hypertension. Dr. Walsh is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Marlis Gonzalez-Fernandez is a Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Orthopaedic Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She specializes in rehabilitation after amputation, neurorehabilitation, prosthetics, orthotics, and the treatment of swallowing disorders and speech and language disorders after stroke. Dr. Gonzalez-Fernandez received her medical degree from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. She completed a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and a PhD from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is a member of numerous scientific societies, including the Association of Academic Physiatrists, the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and the Dysphagia Research Society. Dr. Fernandez is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Foot Drop. Her top areas of expertise are Foot Drop, Stroke, Phantom Limb Pain, Leg or Foot Amputation, and Gastrostomy.

Colonel James Ficke, M.D., is Robert A. Robinson Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and director of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is also orthopaedist-in-chief of The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is nationally renowned as an expert on the treatment of complex foot and ankle patients, lower extremity trauma patients and amputees. Dr. Ficke received his M.D. from Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in 1987. He completed a transitional internship at Madigan Army Medical Center, and finished his residency in orthopaedic surgery at Tripler Army Medical Center. He also completed an AO fellowship in Trauma in Munich Germany, and a foot and ankle fellowship in Dallas, Texas. Prior to his current position, Dr. Ficke was chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation at the San Antonio Military Medical Center. He also served the U.S. Army Surgeon General as the senior advisor on policy and personnel for orthopaedics and extremity injuries for seven years. During his deployment as deputy commander of clinical services at the 228th Combat Support Hospital in Mosul, Iraq, from 2004 to 2005, he was the senior orthopedic surgeon, treating more than 600 U.S. soldiers and Iraqi patients for war injuries. Dr. Ficke has received numerous awards for his skills as a surgeon and educator, as well as two dozen military decorations and awards including the Bronze Star and Meritorious Service Medals. His service earned him the Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons’ prestigious 2010 Colonel Brian Allgood Memorial Leadership Award, and The Surgeon General's 2010 Major General Lewis Aspey Mologne Award. He has served as the co-chair of the Extremity War Injury Symposium sponsored by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons since 2005. Dr. Ficke is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Foot Drop. His top areas of expertise are Osteoarthritis, Ear Barotrauma, Contracture Deformity, Leg or Foot Amputation, and Fasciotomy.

Nicholas Maragakis treats patients with motor neuron diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This care is coordinated with the Johns Hopkins Center for ALS Specialty Care, a multidisciplinary clinic with expertise in treating patients with ALS and providing support to their caregivers. He serves as medical director of the ALS Clinical Trials Unit, an extension of the multidisciplinary clinic that seeks to facilitate opportunities for patients with ALS to participate in clinical trials that could advance the treatment of this disease. Dr. Maragakis is interested in the basic science of understanding neurodegenerative diseases, as well as the translational potential of therapeutic compounds developed in the laboratory. His fundamental research interest is in using stem cells — more specifically, stem cell-derived motor neurons and glia — for understanding the development and propagation of ALS. His laboratory has been involved in creating and characterizing lines of stem cells from patients with ALS using induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) methodologies. The laboratory has a large library of iPSCs from patients with familial ALS and from patients with sporadic ALS. The utilization of this library of iPSCs has facilitated the development of a spinal cord-specific iPSC-astrocyte/motor neuron co-culture system, which has been leveraged for the development of assays that can be used for both the basic understanding of ALS astrocyte and motor neuron biology as well as, eventually, drug screening for ALS therapeutics. His laboratory has taken its long-standing interests in astrocyte biology, as it relates to ALS, to develop a program that investigates astrocyte-specific mechanisms as contributors to the progression (both temporally and anatomically) of disease in ALS. In this vein, there is an interest in astrocytic glutamate transporters and, more recently, astrocyte hemichannels and gap junctions. Dr. Maragakis is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Foot Drop. His top areas of expertise are Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Primary Lateral Sclerosis, 15q11.2 Microdeletion, and Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).

Dr. Brett Morrison specializes in neuromuscular disorders in adults including peripheral neuropathies, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, myasthenia gravis and muscle diseases. Dr. Morrison is currently the site principal investigator for clinical trials investigating new treatments for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) and painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Dr. Morrison's research interests include investigations into the mechanisms of nerve regeneration and common peripheral neuropathies. Current research focuses on better understanding the role of the immune system in peripheral nerves and targeting these pathways for the development of new treatments. Dr. Brett Morrison received his M.D. and Ph.D. from Mount Sinai Medical School in New York City. He completed his medical internship at the University of Maryland and residency in neurology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He then completed a fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Morrison is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Foot Drop. His top areas of expertise are Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3, and Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).

Jessica Engle, D.O., is a rehabilitation physician specializing in cancer rehabilitation, with clinic locations in the Baltimore metropolitan area and Washington. Dr. Engle uses a multidisciplinary approach to treat the whole patient throughout the cancer care continuum. Her focus is on addressing cancer and impairments related to cancer treatment. She aims to improve quality of life, and maintain and improve function whenever possible. Dr. Engle is an assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed a fellowship in cancer rehabilitation at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center after a physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at Stony Brook University. Videos Dr. Jessica Engle. Dr. Engle is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Foot Drop. Her top areas of expertise are Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Lymphedema, and Primary Intestinal Lymphangiectasia.

Peter Jin is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Jin is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Foot Drop. His top areas of expertise are Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), and Gastrostomy.

Marina Borodkina, M.D., is a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician who provides acute and post-acute inpatient care at FutureCare skilled nursing centers, as well as at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. She is also a wound care specialist. Dr. Borodkina earned her medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies, and completed her residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. She developed a strong interest in the rehabilitative aspect of medicine early in her training and enjoys practicing her specialty at various acute and post-acute rehabilitation facilities throughout the area. In addition to her medical career, Dr. Borodkina is a classically trained musician. In her free time, she plays the piano and organ frequently for liturgical services and other occasions. Dr. Borodkina is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Foot Drop. Her top areas of expertise are Hemiplegia, Stroke, Necrotizing Myopathy (NM), and Dysarthria.

Dr. Michael Polydefkis focuses on neuromuscular diseases, particularly peripheral nerve diseases. He has a special interest in diabetic and HIV-associated peripheral neuropathy. His expertise includes nerve conduction studies, electromyography and nerve, skin and muscle biopsy reading. Dr. Michael Polydefkis received his medical degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He then became a Howard Hughes Medical Institute research fellow before returning to Johns Hopkins to complete an internship and residency in internal medicine, residency in neurology and a fellowship in neuromuscular diseases. Dr. Polydefkis is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Foot Drop. His top areas of expertise are Transthyretin Amyloidosis, Familial Transthyretin Amyloidosis, Primary Amyloidosis, and Peripheral Neuropathy.

Christopher Bednarek is a Physiatrist and a Pain Medicine provider in Dundalk, Maryland. Dr. Bednarek is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Foot Drop. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Pain, Cervical Spondylosis, Fibromyalgia, and Sacroiliac Joint Disease. Dr. Bednarek is currently accepting new patients.

Sangjin Oh is a Neurologist in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Oh is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Foot Drop. His top areas of expertise are Migraine, Memory Loss, Epilepsy, and Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS). Dr. Oh is currently accepting new patients.

Michael Downing is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Downing is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Foot Drop. His top areas of expertise are Migraine with Brainstem Aura, Familial Hemiplegic Migraine, High Cholesterol, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Dr. Downing is currently accepting new patients.

Christopher Farrell is an Orthopedics provider in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Farrell is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Foot Drop. His top areas of expertise are Osteoarthritis, Bursitis, Tendinitis, Tenosynovitis, and Hip Replacement. Dr. Farrell is currently accepting new patients.

Jenny Nguyen is a Podiatric Medicine provider in Pasadena, Maryland. Dr. Nguyen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Foot Drop. Her top areas of expertise are Tendinitis, Metatarsalgia, Ledderhose Disease, and Plantar Fasciitis. Dr. Nguyen is currently accepting new patients.

Michael Block is a Podiatric Medicine provider in Pasadena, Maryland. Dr. Block is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Foot Drop. His top areas of expertise are Ledderhose Disease, Plantar Fasciitis, Fibromatosis, and Tendinitis. Dr. Block is currently accepting new patients.

Enzo Leone is a Podiatric Medicine provider in Pasadena, Maryland. Dr. Leone is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Foot Drop. His top areas of expertise are Ingrown Toenail, Plantar Fasciitis, Fibromatosis, and Ledderhose Disease. Dr. Leone is currently accepting new patients.

Lindsay Zilliox is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Zilliox is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Foot Drop. Her top areas of expertise are Peripheral Neuropathy, Orthostatic Hypotension, Diabetic Neuropathy, Familial Dysautonomia, and Gastrostomy.