
Overview
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 Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pituitary Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Trigeminal Neuralgia, Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma, Rhizotomy, and Microvascular Decompression.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 398 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 1 article in the study of Pituitary Tumor.
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Locations
10753 Falls Road, Pavilion II, Suite 115, Pavilion II, Suite 115, Lutherville, MD 21093
401 North Broadway Street, Weinberg Building, Floor-L2, Baltimore, MD 21287
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 5, 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.
5 Clinical Trials
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 Pituitary Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Olfactory Neuroblastoma, Chordoma, Pituitary Tumor, Endoscopic Transnasal Transsphenoidal Surgery, and Awake Craniotomy.
Prashant Chittiboina is a Neurosurgery provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Chittiboina is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pituitary Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Cushing's disease, Hemangioblastoma, Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) Syndrome, Pituitary Tumor, and Laminectomy.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
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 a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pituitary Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Meningioma, Pituitary Tumor, Brain Tumor, Awake Craniotomy, and Laminectomy.
Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- AstrocytomaDr. Bettegowda isElite. Learn about Astrocytoma.
- Brain TumorDr. Bettegowda isElite. Learn about Brain Tumor.
- EpendymomaDr. Bettegowda isElite. Learn about Ependymoma.
- GlioblastomaDr. Bettegowda isElite. Learn about Glioblastoma.
- GliomaDr. Bettegowda isElite. Learn about Glioma.
- OligodendrogliomaDr. Bettegowda isElite. Learn about Oligodendroglioma.
- Distinguished
- Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT)Dr. Bettegowda isDistinguished. Learn about Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT).
- Bone TumorDr. Bettegowda isDistinguished. Learn about Bone Tumor.
- Brain Stem CancerDr. Bettegowda isDistinguished. Learn about Brain Stem Cancer.
- ChordomaDr. Bettegowda isDistinguished. Learn about Chordoma.
- Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumors (DNET)Dr. Bettegowda isDistinguished. Learn about Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumors (DNET).
- Embryonal Tumor with Multilayered RosettesDr. Bettegowda isDistinguished. Learn about Embryonal Tumor with Multilayered Rosettes.
- Advanced
- Acoustic NeuromaDr. Bettegowda isAdvanced. Learn about Acoustic Neuroma.
- Arachnoid CystsDr. Bettegowda isAdvanced. Learn about Arachnoid Cysts.
- Awake CraniotomyDr. Bettegowda isAdvanced. Learn about Awake Craniotomy.
- Cerebrospinal Fluid LeakDr. Bettegowda isAdvanced. Learn about Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak.
- ChondrosarcomaDr. Bettegowda isAdvanced. Learn about Chondrosarcoma.
- CraniectomyDr. Bettegowda isAdvanced. Learn about Craniectomy.
- Experienced
- Absence SeizureDr. Bettegowda isExperienced. Learn about Absence Seizure.
- Brain AbscessDr. Bettegowda isExperienced. Learn about Brain Abscess.
- Brain AneurysmDr. Bettegowda isExperienced. Learn about Brain Aneurysm.
- Cerebellum Agenesis HydrocephalyDr. Bettegowda isExperienced. Learn about Cerebellum Agenesis Hydrocephaly.
- Choroid Plexus CystDr. Bettegowda isExperienced. Learn about Choroid Plexus Cyst.
- Chronic Subdural HematomaDr. Bettegowda isExperienced. Learn about Chronic Subdural Hematoma.

