Overview
Dr. Richard Leigh is an Assistant Professor of Neurology who is devoted to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cerebrovascular disease. He is an attending on the inpatient stroke service and an integral part of the Brain Attack Team. He also provides consultations and follow-up care for cerebrovascular disease in the outpatient setting. Dr. Richard Leigh was originally trained as a biomedical engineer at the Johns Hopkins University and subsequently went on to work at the National Institutes of Health where he developed brain imaging software. He then embarked on obtaining his medical degree from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine in his home town of Cleveland, Ohio. He completed his medical internship and neurology residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center where he received the Distinguished House Staff Award and was selected to be Chief Resident of Neurology. Returning to Johns Hopkins, he then completed a stroke fellowship and subsequently joined the faculty of the cerebrovascular division. Dr. Leigh currently sees patients at the Stroke Prevention Clinic, located in the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center in Baltimore on Wednesday afternoons, and cares for patients in The Johns Hopkins Hospitals Brain Rescue Unit.
Dr. Leigh is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Localized Cutaneous Amyloidosis. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Brown Syndrome, CACH Syndrome, Emphysema, and Thrombectomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 210 peer reviewed articles and participating in 9 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
10753 Falls Road, Pavilion II STE 115, Pavilion II STE 115, 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.
9 Clinical Trials
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Dr. Rafael Llinas serves as the Director of Neurology at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. His clinical interests include acute stroke treatments, neurovascular imaging and migraine as related to cerebrovascular disease. He also serves as the associate director of the neurology residency program. He was instrumental in establishing the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Stroke Center. In 2005, in recognition of the Stroke Centers organizational efforts in stroke care, the institution was granted certification as a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Dr. Llinas primary areas of research interests include diffusion-perfusion imaging of stroke, intravenous and intra-arterial thrombolysis for stroke, education of physicians and nurses in stroke identification and stroke care, stroke units and stroke centers. Dr. Rafael Llinas received his medical degree from the New York University School of Medicine. He completed a medical internship at the Boston City Hospital and was a neurology resident in the Harvard-Longwood neurology training program. Following his residency, he was a stroke and cerebrovascular disease fellow for two years at Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard University. Dr. Llinas is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Localized Cutaneous Amyloidosis. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Siderosis, Thrombectomy, and Gastrostomy.
Johns Hopkins University
Steven Zeiler is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Zeiler is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Localized Cutaneous Amyloidosis. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Primary Localized Cutaneous Amyloidosis, Gastrostomy, and Stent Placement. Dr. Zeiler is currently accepting new patients.
University Of Maryland Neurology Associates PA
Prachi Mehndiratta is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Mehndiratta is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Localized Cutaneous Amyloidosis. Her top areas of expertise are Stroke, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Kuru, Transmyocardial Revascularization, and Stent Placement. Dr. Mehndiratta is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- StrokeDr. Leigh isElite. Learn about Stroke.
- Advanced
- Brown SyndromeDr. Leigh isAdvanced. Learn about Brown Syndrome.
- CACH SyndromeDr. Leigh isAdvanced. Learn about CACH Syndrome.
- ThrombectomyDr. Leigh isAdvanced. Learn about Thrombectomy.
- Experienced
- Cardiac AmyloidosisDr. Leigh isExperienced. Learn about Cardiac Amyloidosis.
- Cerebral Amyloid AngiopathyDr. Leigh isExperienced. Learn about Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy.
- Cerebral Arteriovenous MalformationDr. Leigh isExperienced. Learn about Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation.
- Drug Induced DyskinesiaDr. Leigh isExperienced. Learn about Drug Induced Dyskinesia.
- EmphysemaDr. Leigh isExperienced. Learn about Emphysema.
- Hereditary Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy