
Overview
Dr. Caplan specializes in the treatment of cerebrovascular disorders of the brain, head, neck and spine, such as aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, arteriovenous fistulas, moyamoya disease, carotid artery stenosis and stroke. He is dual fellowship trained in both open cerebrovascular neurosurgery and endovascular neurosurgery, allowing him to offer patients the full spectrum of the latest surgical and endovascular techniques in treating these diseases. Dr. Caplan also focuses on treating acoustic neuromas and other tumors of the skull base, including meningiomas. Dr. Caplan graduated with honors from the Johns Hopkins University with a degree in neuroscience, where he spent time in the Hunterian Neurological Surgery Research Laboratory. He then earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He completed his neurosurgery residency at Johns Hopkins, along with fellowships in cerebrovascular neurosurgery and endovascular neurosurgery, also at Johns Hopkins. He then completed an additional fellowship in endovascular neurosurgery at the University of Miami before returning to join the Johns Hopkins faculty.
Dr. Caplan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningioma. His top areas of expertise are Brain Aneurysm, Arteriovenous Malformation, Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation, Thrombectomy, and Carotid Artery Surgery.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 128 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. 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
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.
1 Clinical Trials
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Henry Brem is a Neurosurgery provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Brem is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningioma. His top areas of expertise are Gliosarcoma, Glioma, Brain Tumor, Endoscopic Transnasal Transsphenoidal Surgery, and Osteotomy.
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 Meningioma. His top areas of expertise are Glioblastoma, Astrocytoma, Glioma, Awake Craniotomy, and Osteotomy.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
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 a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningioma. His top areas of expertise are Meningioma, Pituitary Tumor, Brain Tumor, Awake Craniotomy, and Laminectomy.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
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- Elite
- Brain AneurysmDr. Caplan isElite. Learn about Brain Aneurysm.
- Distinguished
- Arteriovenous MalformationDr. Caplan isDistinguished. Learn about Arteriovenous Malformation.
- Cerebral Arteriovenous MalformationDr. Caplan isDistinguished. Learn about Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation.
- Subarachnoid HemorrhageDr. Caplan isDistinguished. Learn about Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
- Advanced
- Chronic Subdural HematomaDr. Caplan isAdvanced. Learn about Chronic Subdural Hematoma.
- Moyamoya DiseaseDr. Caplan isAdvanced. Learn about Moyamoya Disease.
- StrokeDr. Caplan isAdvanced. Learn about Stroke.
- Subdural HematomaDr. Caplan isAdvanced. Learn about Subdural Hematoma.
- ThrombectomyDr. Caplan isAdvanced. Learn about Thrombectomy.
- Experienced
- Acoustic NeuromaDr. Caplan isExperienced. Learn about Acoustic Neuroma.
- Amaurosis FugaxDr. Caplan isExperienced. Learn about Amaurosis Fugax.
- ApoplexyDr. Caplan isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Arterial Calcification of InfancyDr. Caplan isExperienced. Learn about Arterial Calcification of Infancy.
- Carotid Artery SurgeryDr. Caplan isExperienced. Learn about Carotid Artery Surgery.
- Cerebral Artery Bypass SurgeryDr. Caplan isExperienced. Learn about Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery.


