Overview
Dr. Creighton is an ear and lateral skull base surgeon. Dr. Creighton graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in biomedical engineering and earned his M.D. from Emory University. He completed a general surgery internship at the Mass General Hospital and residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at Harvard. Following this he completed a fellowship in neurotology and lateral skull base surgery at Johns Hopkins. His clinical practice specializes in surgical and medical management of middle ear, inner ear, skull base and facial nerve disorders. These include skull base tumors, vestibular schwannomas (acoustic neuromas), hearing loss, cholesteatoma, cochlear implantation, stapedectomy, CSF leaks and ear drum perforations. He is trained in minimally invasive and endoscopic approaches to the ear for cholesteatoma and ear drum perforations, which reduces the need for visible incisions, and performed the first in office tympanoplsty repairs at Johns Hopkins.
Dr. Creighton is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Acoustic Neuroma, Schwannoma, Infant Hearing Loss, Mastoidectomy, and Septoplasty.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 68 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 5 articles in the study of Neuroendocrine Tumor.
Insurance
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- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
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Locations
6565 North Charles Street, Physicians Pavilion East - Suite 315, Physicians Pavilion East - Suite 315, Towson, MD 21204
10803 Falls Road, Pavilion III STE 2300, 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.
Medstar Medical Group Ii LLC
Hung Kim is an Otolaryngologist and a Pediatrics provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Kim is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Acoustic Neuroma, Schwannoma, Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2), Ruptured Eardrum, and Myringotomy. Dr. Kim is currently accepting new patients.
Michael Kupferman is an Otolaryngologist and a Plastic Surgeon in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Dr. Kupferman is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Olfactory Neuroblastoma, Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, Sinus Cancer, Gastrostomy, and Laryngectomy. Dr. Kupferman is currently accepting new patients.
Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center — Bethesda
Deepa Galaiya is a fellowship-trained neurotologist and lateral skull base surgeon. Her clinical practice specializes in the surgical and medical treatment of middle ear, inner ear, skull base, and facial nerve disorders in children and adults. This includes treatment of skull base tumors, vestibular schwannomas (or acoustic neuromas), cochlear implants, chronic ear disease, hearing loss, cholesteatomas, otosclerosis, cerebrospinal fluid leaks, and eardrum perforations. She is trained in endoscopic ear surgery, a minimally invasive approach to treat cholesteatoma and eardrum perforations that reduce the need for visible incisions. She will be serving the patient population in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., metro areas. Dr. Galaiya’s research interests include the development of a force-sensing microforceps for cochlear implantation to assess electrode insertion, tip foldover, and basilar membrane rupture. Her other projects involve computer vision for surgical navigation, tool-to-tissue registration for robotic temporal bone surgery, optimization of surgical ergonomics, and assessment of forces used in middle ear prosthesis placement with a cooperative control robotic arm. This provider is registered with the Florida Department of Health to perform telehealth services for patients in Florida. Dr. Galaiya is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumor. Her top areas of expertise are Patulous Eustachian Tube, Infant Hearing Loss, Angiomyoma, Mastoidectomy, and Tissue Biopsy.
Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- MastoidectomyDr. Creighton isDistinguished. Learn about Mastoidectomy.
- Advanced
- Acoustic NeuromaDr. Creighton isAdvanced. Learn about Acoustic Neuroma.
- DFNB1Dr. Creighton isAdvanced. Learn about DFNB1.
- Infant Hearing LossDr. Creighton isAdvanced. Learn about Infant Hearing Loss.
- SchwannomaDr. Creighton isAdvanced. Learn about Schwannoma.
- Experienced
- Adenoid Cystic CarcinomaDr. Creighton isExperienced. Learn about Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma.
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional VertigoDr. Creighton isExperienced. Learn about Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.
- Cerebrospinal Fluid LeakDr. Creighton isExperienced. Learn about Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak.
- CholesteatomaDr. Creighton isExperienced. Learn about Cholesteatoma.
- Deafness Hypogonadism SyndromeDr. Creighton isExperienced. Learn about Deafness Hypogonadism Syndrome.
- EndoscopyDr. Creighton isExperienced. Learn about Endoscopy.