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 a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). 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. In particular, he has co-authored 3 articles in the study of Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
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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.
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Johns Hopkins University
Peter Calabresi is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Calabresi is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). His top areas of expertise are Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Optic Neuritis, Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS), and CACH Syndrome.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
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 Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). His top areas of expertise are Stiff Person Syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Transverse Myelitis, and Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS).
Johns Hopkins University
Shiv Saidha is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Saidha is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). His top areas of expertise are Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Optic Neuritis, Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS), and Stiff Person Syndrome. Dr. Saidha is currently accepting new patients.
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.