Overview
Jignesh Tailor is a General Surgeon and a Neurosurgery provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Tailor is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Basilar Impression. His top areas of expertise are Choroid Plexus Cyst, Hydrocephalus, Hydrocephalus due to Congenital Stenosis of Aqueduct of Sylvius, Rhizotomy, and Awake Craniotomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 35 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Tailor 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
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Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center — Bethesda
Shih-Chun (David) Lin, M.D., is a neurosurgeon with Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery in Bethesda, Maryland, as well as an associate professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Lin offers neurosurgical care to patients with brain or spine diseases. He was the first to introduce several procedures to Suburban Hospital, including endoscopic pituitary surgery, endoscopic extended skull base surgery, minimally invasive spine surgery, neurosurgical complex spinal instrumentation surgery, stereotactic radiosurgery and microvascular decompression for cranial nerve compression syndrome, such as trigeminal neuralgia. He also has clinical expertise in MRI- and CT-guided surgical navigation. Dr. Lin typically treats brain tumors, spinal tumors, pituitary tumors, spinal stenosis, herniated intervertebral disc, skull base tumors, encephalocele, and skull base CSF leak (rhinorrhea or otorrhea). Dr. Lin graduated first place from National Taiwan University College of Medicine, earning his medical degree at the age of 21, the youngest in Taiwan’s history. He then served as a medical/surgical officer in the 206th Infantry Division for the Taiwan Army. He received his Ph.D. in neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University, awarded Phi Beta Kappa and Paul Ehrlich Research Award for his academic and research achievements. Dr. Lin completed his neurosurgical residency at Stanford University Medical Center, where he gained experience in the latest surgical technologies, such as endoscopic surgery, minimally invasive surgery, computer-guided surgical navigation and stereotactic radiosurgery. His research using optogenetics, from his fellowship at Stanford, was awarded by The Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Lin is a member of the Suburban Hospital Tumor Board. He has worked on several system innovation and quality improvement efforts at Suburban Hospital, such as standardizing critical care protocols for post-operative care for patients undergoing pituitary surgery and establishing MRI protocols for patients implanted with spinal cord stimulators or cardiac pacemakers. Dr. Lin is also a fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Lin has earned numerous awards, such as the Teaching Excellence Award for Stanford University School of Medicine, the Service Excellence Award for Suburban Hospital, Best Consulting Physicians at Johns Hopkins Medicine, Surgeon of the Year Award at Suburban Hospital, and was named one of America's Top Surgeons for Consumers' Research Council of America, Washingtonian Top Doctors, and Bethesda Magazine Top Doctors. Dr. Lin's research interests are in optogenetics, investigating mechanisms behind epilepsy control and glial cell reaction to pathologic conditions. He has contributed to numerous publications and lectures. Dr. Lin is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Basilar Impression. His top areas of expertise are Subdural Hematoma, Frontonasal Dysplasia, Binder's Syndrome, Craniectomy, and Awake Craniotomy.
Children's Hospital
John Myseros is a Neurosurgery specialist and a Pediatrics provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Myseros is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Basilar Impression. His top areas of expertise are Craniosynostosis, Chiari Malformation, Chiari Malformation Type 2, Posterior Fossa Decompression, and Osteotomy.
Shock Trauma Associates PA
Timothy Chryssikos is a Neurosurgery provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Chryssikos is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Basilar Impression. His top areas of expertise are Lordosis, Primary Basilar Impression, Epidural Abscess, Laminectomy, and Osteotomy. Dr. Chryssikos is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Choroid Plexus CystDr. Tailor isDistinguished. Learn about Choroid Plexus Cyst.
- HydrocephalusDr. Tailor isDistinguished. Learn about Hydrocephalus.
- Advanced
- Arachnoid CystsDr. Tailor isAdvanced. Learn about Arachnoid Cysts.
- AstrocytomaDr. Tailor isAdvanced. Learn about Astrocytoma.
- Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT)
- Brain AbscessDr. Tailor isAdvanced. Learn about Brain Abscess.
- Brain HerniationDr. Tailor isAdvanced. Learn about Brain Herniation.
- Brain Stem CancerDr. Tailor isAdvanced. Learn about Brain Stem Cancer.
- Experienced
- 15q11.2 MicrodeletionDr. Tailor isExperienced. Learn about 15q11.2 Microdeletion.
- Absence SeizureDr. Tailor isExperienced. Learn about Absence Seizure.
- AchondroplasiaDr. Tailor isExperienced. Learn about Achondroplasia.
- Acoustic NeuromaDr. Tailor isExperienced. Learn about Acoustic Neuroma.
- AcrocephalopolydactylyDr. Tailor isExperienced. Learn about Acrocephalopolydactyly.
- Acromegaloid Facial Appearance SyndromeDr. Tailor isExperienced. Learn about Acromegaloid Facial Appearance Syndrome.