Overview
Roger Packer is a Neurologist and a Pediatrics provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Packer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neurotoxicity Syndromes. His top areas of expertise are Brain Tumor, Diffuse Midline Glioma H3 K27M-Mutant, Medulloblastoma, and Gliomatosis Cerebri.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 256 peer reviewed articles and participating in 14 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Neurotoxicity Syndromes.
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Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Packer 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.
14 Clinical Trials
David Cornblath is a Neurologist in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Cornblath is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neurotoxicity Syndromes. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Polyradiculoneuritis, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and Miller-Fisher Syndrome.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Dr. Ahmet Hoke is Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, W. W. Smith Charitable Trust Professor of Neuroimmunology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Director of the Daniel B. Drachman Division of Neuromuscular Diseases and Director of the Merkin Peripheral Neuropathy and Nerve Regeneration Center at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his medical training at Hacettepe University School of Medicine in Ankara, Turkey followed by his PhD studies in developmental neuroscience at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and neurology residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital. After completing his neuromuscular training at University of Calgary, Canada, he returned to Johns Hopkins University as faculty and rose through the ranks. He is the recipient of several awards including Derek Denny Brown Young Neurological Scholar Award (2005) and Wolfe Neuropathy Research prize (2018) given by the American Neurological Association, Myung Memorial Lecture Award (2017) by the Korean Neurological Association, Nejat Eczacibasi Medical Scientist Award (2019) by the Eczacibasi Foundation, Turkey, and Alan J. Gebhart Prize in Excellence in Neuropathy Research (2022) by the Peripheral Nerve Society. He is an Ex-Officio member of the Board of Directors of the American Neurological Association, and Vice-President of the Toxic Neuropathy Consortium. He serves on several editorial boards and is the Editor-in-Chief of Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. Dr. Hoke is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neurotoxicity Syndromes. His top areas of expertise are Wallerian Degeneration, Peripheral Neuropathy, Tomaculous Neuropathy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy with Arthrogryposis, and Prostatectomy.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Dr. Peter Kaplan is Professor of Neurology and serves as the Director of Epilepsy and EEG at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He focuses on epilepsy, clinical neurophysiology and nonconvulsive status epilepticus. He has written extensively about these subjects as well as about eclampsia and neurologic disease in women. Dr. Peter Kaplan received his medical training from St. Bartholomews Medical School, University of London. He then obtained membership to the Royal College of Physicians in England. He completed his residency in neurology at Duke University Medical Center. He completed fellowships in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology at the same institution. Dr. Kaplan currently sees patients at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Dr. Kaplan is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neurotoxicity Syndromes. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Status Epilepticus, Epilepsy, and Awake Craniotomy.
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.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- Brain TumorDr. Packer isElite. Learn about Brain Tumor.
- Diffuse Midline Glioma H3 K27M-Mutant
- Embryonal Tumor with Multilayered Rosettes
- GliomaDr. Packer isElite. Learn about Glioma.
- Gliomatosis CerebriDr. Packer isElite. Learn about Gliomatosis Cerebri.
- MedulloblastomaDr. Packer isElite. Learn about Medulloblastoma.
- Distinguished
- Brain Stem CancerDr. Packer isDistinguished. Learn about Brain Stem Cancer.
- EpendymomaDr. Packer isDistinguished. Learn about Ependymoma.
- Metastatic Brain TumorDr. Packer isDistinguished. Learn about Metastatic Brain Tumor.
- Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1)Dr. Packer isDistinguished. Learn about Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1).
- Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2)Dr. Packer isDistinguished. Learn about Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2).
- Optic GliomaDr. Packer isDistinguished. Learn about Optic Glioma.
- Advanced
- Acoustic NeuromaDr. Packer isAdvanced. Learn about Acoustic Neuroma.
- AstrocytomaDr. Packer isAdvanced. Learn about Astrocytoma.
- Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT)
- Choroid Plexus PapillomaDr. Packer isAdvanced. Learn about Choroid Plexus Papilloma.
- Diencephalic SyndromeDr. Packer isAdvanced. Learn about Diencephalic Syndrome.
- GlioblastomaDr. Packer isAdvanced. Learn about Glioblastoma.
- Experienced
- Aplasia Cutis CongenitaDr. Packer isExperienced. Learn about Aplasia Cutis Congenita.
- Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy with Auditory Features
- Clouston SyndromeDr. Packer isExperienced. Learn about Clouston Syndrome.
- Cramp-Fasciculation SyndromeDr. Packer isExperienced. Learn about Cramp-Fasciculation Syndrome.
- CraniopharyngiomaDr. Packer isExperienced. Learn about Craniopharyngioma.
- Ectodermal DysplasiasDr. Packer isExperienced. Learn about Ectodermal Dysplasias.

