Overview
Dr. Argye Hillis is a professor of Neurology, with joint faculty appointments in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and in Cognitive Science. She is also the Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute Professor of Acute Stroke Diagnoses and Management. Prior to medical training and neurology residency, Dr. Hillis worked as a speech-language pathologist, and conducted clinical research focusing on understanding and treating aphasia and hemispatial neglect. She has brought these areas of experience to impact on her clinical research in neurology, which involves cognitive and neuroimaging studies of aphasia and hemispatial neglect due to acute stroke and focal dementias. She has published extensively on these topics in journals and textbooks. Dr. Hillis is Associate Editor of Stroke and has served as Associate editor of Brain, Annals of Neurology, Aphasiology, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Neurocase, Cognitive Neuropsychology, and Language and Cognitive Processes and served as co-Editor and Chief of Behavioral Neurology. Dr. Hillis serves as the Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Neurology and the Director of the Cerebrovascular Division of Neurology at Johns Hopkins.
Dr. Hillis is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Herpes Simplex Encephalitis. Her top areas of expertise are Primary Progressive Aphasia, Stroke, Frontotemporal Dementia, Thrombectomy, and Gastrostomy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 351 peer reviewed articles and participating in 7 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 5, Floor 5, Baltimore, MD 21287
10753 Falls Road, Pavilion II STE 115, Lutherville, MD 21093
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.
7 Clinical Trials
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Dr. Arun Venkatesan serves as Director of the Johns Hopkins Encephalitis Center, where he directs clinical activities and research. At the center he has developed a multidisciplinary program devoted to optimizing diagnosis and management of patients with infectious and autoimmune encephalitis and understanding mechanisms of disease in order to develop more effective treatments. He also plays an active role in the Johns Hopkins Multiple Sclerosis and Transverse Myelitis Centers. He received his undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1994, followed by a Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology and an M.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. He completed his residency in neurology and fellowship in neuroinfectious and neuroinflammatory diseases at Johns Hopkins, after which he was appointed to the faculty in the department of neurology in 2007. His laboratory research focuses on defining causes and mechanisms of central nervous system injury in the setting of infection and neuroinflammation, with a goal towards developing protective and regenerative strategies. He has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund. Dr. Venkatesan is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Herpes Simplex Encephalitis. His top areas of expertise are Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex Encephalitis, Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis, and Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
MidAtlantic Epilepsy & Sleep Center
Alexander Ramos is a Neurologist in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Ramos is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Herpes Simplex Encephalitis. His top areas of expertise are Memory Loss, Seizures, Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy with Auditory Features, and Epilepsy.
Avindra Nath is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Nath is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Herpes Simplex Encephalitis. His top areas of expertise are Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy, Encephalitis, CACH Syndrome, and Stroke.
Areas of Expertise
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- Frontotemporal DementiaDr. Hillis isElite. Learn about Frontotemporal Dementia.
- Primary Progressive AphasiaDr. Hillis isElite. Learn about Primary Progressive Aphasia.
- StrokeDr. Hillis isElite. Learn about Stroke.
- Distinguished
- ApraxiaDr. Hillis isDistinguished. Learn about Apraxia.
- DementiaDr. Hillis isDistinguished. Learn about Dementia.
- Developmental Dysphasia FamilialDr. Hillis isDistinguished. Learn about Developmental Dysphasia Familial.
- DysgraphiaDr. Hillis isDistinguished. Learn about Dysgraphia.
- ThrombectomyDr. Hillis isDistinguished. Learn about Thrombectomy.
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- Cerebellar Multiple System Atrophy
- Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)Dr. Hillis isAdvanced. Learn about Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA).
- Wallerian DegenerationDr. Hillis isAdvanced. Learn about Wallerian Degeneration.
- Experienced
- AgnosiaDr. Hillis isExperienced. Learn about Agnosia.
- Alien Hand SyndromeDr. Hillis isExperienced. Learn about Alien Hand Syndrome.
- Alternating Hemiplegia of ChildhoodDr. Hillis isExperienced. Learn about Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood.
- Alzheimer's DiseaseDr. Hillis isExperienced. Learn about Alzheimer's Disease.
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease)
- ApoplexyDr. Hillis isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.