Overview
Dr. Becker is a neurologist who earned his Medical Degree from Ruprecht Karls University in Heidelberg, Germany in 2001. From 2001 to 2003, he was a Research Assistant in Neuroscience investigating the role of embryonic stem cells in spinal cord injury repair at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. At Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, he completed his residency in Internal Medicine in 2004 and his residency in Neurology in 2007. From there, he completed a year-long fellowship in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD.
Dr. Becker is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Shingles. His top areas of expertise are Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Paraplegia, Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS), and Cerebellar Multiple System Atrophy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 194 peer reviewed articles and participating in 5 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Becker has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
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.
5 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 Shingles. His top areas of expertise are Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex Encephalitis, Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis, and Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
Crossroads Medical Associates
Rupal Desai is a primary care provider, practicing in Neurologist in Ellicott City, Maryland. Dr. Desai is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Shingles. Her top areas of expertise are Inborn Amino Acid Metabolism Disorder, Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome, Anemia, and High Cholesterol.
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Robert Varipapa is a Neurologist in Dover, Delaware. Dr. Varipapa is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Shingles. His top areas of expertise are Migraine, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Seizures, and Cerebellar Degeneration.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)Dr. Becker isDistinguished. Learn about Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
- ParaplegiaDr. Becker isDistinguished. Learn about Paraplegia.
- Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS)Dr. Becker isDistinguished. Learn about Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS).
- Advanced
- Cerebellar DegenerationDr. Becker isAdvanced. Learn about Cerebellar Degeneration.
- Cerebellar Multiple System Atrophy
- Hepatocerebral DegenerationDr. Becker isAdvanced. Learn about Hepatocerebral Degeneration.
- Neurogenic BladderDr. Becker isAdvanced. Learn about Neurogenic Bladder.
- Neurogenic BowelDr. Becker isAdvanced. Learn about Neurogenic Bowel.
- Optic Atrophy Type 1Dr. Becker isAdvanced. Learn about Optic Atrophy Type 1.
- Experienced
- Chiari MalformationDr. Becker isExperienced. Learn about Chiari Malformation.
- Chiari Malformation Type 2Dr. Becker isExperienced. Learn about Chiari Malformation Type 2.
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
- EpilepsyDr. Becker isExperienced. Learn about Epilepsy.
- Essential TremorDr. Becker isExperienced. Learn about Essential Tremor.
- FascioliasisDr. Becker isExperienced. Learn about Fascioliasis.