
Overview
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 an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Olfactory Neuroblastoma. His top areas of expertise are Meningioma, Pituitary Tumor, Brain Tumor, Awake Craniotomy, and Laminectomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 250 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
301 Mason Lord Drive, Suite 1201, Suite 1201, Baltimore, MD 21224
401 North Broadway Street, Weinberg Building, Floor-L2, 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.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Dr. Gary Gallia's specialty is endoscopic endonasal surgical approaches to skull base pathologies with a focus on neurosurgical oncology. He utilizes the latest techniques in preoperative imaging, computer-guided surgical navigation, intraoperative monitoring, and minimally invasive and Neuroendoscopy approaches in the management of patients with benign and malignant brain tumors, metastatic tumors to the brain, skull base neoplasms, and pituitary tumors. He is the director of the Neurosurgery Skull Base Center and surgical director of the Johns Hopkins Pituitary Center. Dr. Gary Gallia graduated summa cum laude from the Gibbons Scholar MD/PhD program at Jefferson Medical College and Thomas Jefferson University. He completed his general surgery internship at The Johns Hopkins Hospital where he was awarded surgical intern of the year. He then completed his neurological surgery residency and a postdoctoral fellowship in neuro-oncology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Following residency, he completed a minimally invasive and endoscopic neurosurgery fellowship with Dr. Charles Teo at the Prince of Wales Private Hospital and Sydney Children's Hospital in Sydney, Australia. Dr. Gallia is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Olfactory Neuroblastoma. His top areas of expertise are Olfactory Neuroblastoma, Chordoma, Pituitary Tumor, Endoscopic Transnasal Transsphenoidal Surgery, and Awake Craniotomy.
Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville
Chetan Bettegowda is the director of the Johns Hopkins Department of Neurosurgery. He offers comprehensive treatments for adult patients with benign and malignant brain tumors, specializing in the treatment of patients with primary brain tumors such as gliomas, meningiomas and pituitary tumors. He performs both open surgery and stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with metastatic tumors to the brain, and also provides stereotactic radiosurgery for other neurological disorders, including spinal tumors, trigeminal neuralgia and skull-base tumors. Dr. Bettegowda is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Olfactory Neuroblastoma. His top areas of expertise are Trigeminal Neuralgia, Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma, Rhizotomy, and Microvascular Decompression.
Maryland Ent Center LLC
Akaber Halawi is an Otolaryngologist and a Neurosurgery provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Halawi is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Olfactory Neuroblastoma. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), Perichondritis, Laryngitis, and Trachoma. Dr. Halawi is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- MeningiomaDr. Mukherjee isElite. Learn about Meningioma.
- Distinguished
- AstrocytomaDr. Mukherjee isDistinguished. Learn about Astrocytoma.
- Brain TumorDr. Mukherjee isDistinguished. Learn about Brain Tumor.
- ChordomaDr. Mukherjee isDistinguished. Learn about Chordoma.
- CraniopharyngiomaDr. Mukherjee isDistinguished. Learn about Craniopharyngioma.
- GlioblastomaDr. Mukherjee isDistinguished. Learn about Glioblastoma.
- GliomaDr. Mukherjee isDistinguished. Learn about Glioma.
- Advanced
- ApoplexyDr. Mukherjee isAdvanced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT)Dr. Mukherjee isAdvanced. Learn about Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT).
- Awake CraniotomyDr. Mukherjee isAdvanced. Learn about Awake Craniotomy.
- Bone TumorDr. Mukherjee isAdvanced. Learn about Bone Tumor.
- Brain Stem CancerDr. Mukherjee isAdvanced. Learn about Brain Stem Cancer.
- Cerebrospinal Fluid LeakDr. Mukherjee isAdvanced. Learn about Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak.
- Experienced
- Absence SeizureDr. Mukherjee isExperienced. Learn about Absence Seizure.
- AchondroplasiaDr. Mukherjee isExperienced. Learn about Achondroplasia.
- Acoustic NeuromaDr. Mukherjee isExperienced. Learn about Acoustic Neuroma.
- Arachnoid CystsDr. Mukherjee isExperienced. Learn about Arachnoid Cysts.
- Brain AbscessDr. Mukherjee isExperienced. Learn about Brain Abscess.
- Brain AneurysmDr. Mukherjee isExperienced. Learn about Brain Aneurysm.

