Neurologist Scott Newsome specializes in the care of patients with neuroimmunological and neuroinflammatory disorders of the central nervous system. He works within the Division of Neuroimmunology and Neurological Infections at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, and has special interest in evaluating and treating patients with multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis, neuromyelitis optica and stiff person syndrome. After completing fellowship training, Dr. Newsome joined the Johns Hopkins Multiple Sclerosis and Transverse Myelitis Centers, and he is the director of the Johns Hopkins Neurosciences Consultation and Infusion Center and the Stiff Person Syndrome Center. He is also director of the Johns Hopkins Neuroimmunology and Neurological Infectious Disease Fellowship Program and co-director of the Multiple Sclerosis Experimental Therapeutics Program. Dr. Newsome received his medical degree from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, with honors. During his neurology residency, he was awarded the Golden Apple Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, and later was chosen to be chief resident. He subsequently completed a fellowship in neuroimmunology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital with the support of a Sylvia Lawry Physician Fellowship Award from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Identifying and testing novel therapies and therapeutic strategies for multiple sclerosis and other neuroimmunological disorders is Dr. Newsome’s main research focus. Other research endeavors include validating the use of new quantitative clinical outcome measures and imaging techniques in multiple sclerosis and identifying risk factors of disease onset and severity, response to treatment and long-term outcomes in neuroimmunological disorders. An adviser for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and a member of the Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence, Dr. Newsome has also served as president of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers. Dr. Newsome is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tuberculous Meningitis. His top areas of expertise are Stiff Person Syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Transverse Myelitis, and Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS).

Nicholas Morris is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Morris is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tuberculous Meningitis. His top areas of expertise are Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Stroke, Status Epilepticus, Thrombectomy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Morris is currently accepting new patients.

Jeff Tornheim, M.D., MPH, is a member of the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Network, and is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Dr. Tornheim graduated with a B.A. in International Development and Economics from Brandeis University, received his medical and public health degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, completed a combined residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Yale University School of Medicine and a clinical fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Prior to completing his medical education, he worked on strengthening health systems for returning refugees to South Sudan, studied the epidemiology of pneumonia and diarrhea in Kenya with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) International Emerging Infections Program, studied adherence to latent tuberculosis treatment at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in the Bureau of TB Control, and volunteered in an East Harlem free clinic. During his public health degree, he evaluated the impact of water policy on rates of pediatric diarrhea as well as Chagas Disease epidemiology and treatment in Bolivia through the Fogarty International Clinical Scholars Program. His interest in clinical outcomes for underserved populations has led to research, teaching, and clinical practice in Bolivia, India, Kenya, Peru, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan, Uganda, and the United States. His current NIH-supported research explores the application of whole genome sequencing, drug level testing, transcriptional and metabolomic profiling, and biomarker assessments to improved health outcomes in the treatment of adults and children with drug resistant tuberculosis in India. Dr. Tornheim is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tuberculous Meningitis. His top areas of expertise are Long Haul COVID, Bacterial Meningitis, Malnutrition, and HIV/AIDS.

Dr. Yukari Manabe is a Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine with secondary appointments in the Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of International Health and the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Immunology. Dr. Manabe began her career working on the basic science aspects of tuberculosis (TB) immunopathogenesis in comparative animal models of infection, particularly latency, reactivation, and immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) in the rabbit model within the Johns Hopkins Center for Tuberculosis Research. In 2007, she was seconded to the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) at Makerere College of Health Sciences as the Associate Medical Laboratory Director of the College of American Pathologists certified Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University Clinical Core Lab to study antiretroviral associated TB and IRIS. She then became the Head of Research at the IDI in 2008 until 2012 where she built research capacity and infrastructure to train Ugandan investigators. Since returning to Hopkins, she has become the PI of the Johns Hopkins POC STD Center (U54 funded through NIH) which is part of the newly formed Johns Hopkins Center for Innovative Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases. The Center develops new diagnostics, funds development for point-of-care diagnostics, evaluates (validation and verification) new technology, and performs pre-clinical studies to accelerate the development of infectious disease assays (STIs, TB, acute febrile illness, HIV, syphilis, viral hepatitis). Dr. Manabe is particularly interested in rapid, point-of-care infectious disease diagnostics suitable for the resource-limited settings particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Her research has focused on accuracy testing of various rapid, point-of-care diagnostics for HIV and related infectious diseases of clinical importance in SSA. Studies have ranged from evaluations of performance accuracy through clinical implementation science studies on the patient-centered outcomes and impactful use of new rapid diagnostics. Dr. Manabe obtained her undergraduate degree from Yale University and her M.D. from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. After completing both her residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins Hospital, she joined the faculty in 1999. Dr. Manabe is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tuberculous Meningitis. Her top areas of expertise are HIV/AIDS, Cryptococcosis, Gonorrhea, Meningitis, and Tissue Biopsy.

Avindra Nath is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Nath is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tuberculous Meningitis. His top areas of expertise are Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy, Encephalitis, CACH Syndrome, and Stroke.

Paul Saleeb is an Infectious Disease provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Saleeb is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tuberculous Meningitis. His top areas of expertise are Myelitis, HIV/AIDS, AIDS Dementia Complex, Tissue Biopsy, and Splenectomy. Dr. Saleeb is currently accepting new patients.

Mark Travassos is a Pediatric Infectious Disease specialist and an Infectious Disease provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Travassos is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tuberculous Meningitis. His top areas of expertise are Malaria, Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis, Sepsis, and COVID-19. Dr. Travassos is currently accepting new patients.

Olwen Murphy is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Murphy is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tuberculous Meningitis. Her top areas of expertise are Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Stiff Person Syndrome, Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM), and Optic Neuritis.

Mark Tenforde is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Tenforde is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tuberculous Meningitis. His top areas of expertise are Meningitis, Cryptococcal Meningitis, Cryptococcosis, and Flu.

Dima Hammoud is a Radiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Hammoud is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tuberculous Meningitis. Her top areas of expertise are Arachnoiditis, Tuberculous Meningitis, Neuroendocrine Tumor, Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis, and Pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Nicoline Schiess is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Schiess is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tuberculous Meningitis. Her top areas of expertise are Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease, Meningitis, and Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy.

Daniel Reich is a Radiologist and a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Reich is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tuberculous Meningitis. His top areas of expertise are Multiple Sclerosis (MS), CACH Syndrome, Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy, and Encephalitis.