The 20 Best Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome Doctors Near Me in Baltimore, MD

Dr. Mark Luciano is the director of the Johns Hopkins Hydrocephalus and Cerebral Fluid Center. A renowned leader in treating hydrocephalus, Dr. Luciano is distinguished both nationally and internationally for his research and educational and clinical work in neuroendoscopy. Dr. Luciano treats adults with hydrocephalus, pseudotumor cerebri, intracranial hypotension, Chiari malformations, and cerebral and spinal cysts. He has significant expertise treating children and adults with cerebrospinal fluid leaks and congenital disorders. Among his accomplishments in neuroscience research and biomedical engineering are his investigation of the cerebrovascular response to hydrocephalus and the invention of a unique device for control of intracranial pressure (ICP) pulsatility to increase blood flow. His National Institutes of Health-funded studies have explored prolonged compression and hypoxia in the brain as a result of hydrocephalus, as well as the interaction between cerebrospinal fluid and vascular systems. Dr. Luciano is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 25 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Increased Intracranial Pressure, Posterior Fossa Decompression, and Stent Placement. Dr. Luciano is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery.

Dr. Abhay Moghekar focuses on disorders of cerebrospinal fluid physiology like normal pressure hydrocephalus, obstructive hydrocephalus, congenital hydrocephalus, pseudotumor cerebri, CSF otorhhea, CSF rhinorrhea, intracranial hypotension due to spinal CSF leaks and peri-operative management of patients undergoing repair of CSF otorrhea and rhinorrhea. His research interests include identifying biomarkers of neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's disease and Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. Dr. Moghekar is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 15 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Increased Intracranial Pressure, Hydrocephalus, Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome, Stent Placement, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Moghekar is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

L. Fernando Gonzalez, M.D., is a cerebrovascular neurosurgeon trained in both open vascular surgery and minimally invasive endovascular approaches. He treats patients with vascular blockages, malformations and ruptures in the brain and spine, including aneurysms, strokes and arteriovenous malformations. He also specializes in delivering chemotherapy through the arteries of the brain for treatment of certain eye cancers, such as retinoblastomas — the most common eye cancer in children — and lacrimal gland carcinomas. Dr. Gonzalez sees patients at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Gonzalez earned his medical degree from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia, where he also completed residency training in neurosurgery. He completed a neurosurgery research fellowship at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona, with a focus on skull base, vascular and microanatomy microsurgery. Dr. Gonzalez continued his training at Barrow by completing a second residency, during which he pursued additional fellowships in spine surgery, endovascular neurosurgery, and cerebrovascular and skull base surgery. Dr. Gonzalez is widely published in his field and actively pursues novel approaches to treatment. He invented an aspiration catheter with an attached guidewire, and a surgical retractor for minimally invasive brain surgery. He is also a co-inventor of a direct cerebral cooling device that allows clinicians to decrease cerebral temperature to protect the brain when needed after cardiac arrest, severe trauma or large strokes. Videos Meet Our Expert: L. Fernando Gonzalez, M.D.Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery. Dr. Gonzalez is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 11 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Brain Aneurysm, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Stroke, Transmyocardial Revascularization, and Stent Placement. Dr. Gonzalez is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery.

Dr. Aruna Rao completed her Neurology residency at Johns Hopkins school of medicine followed by a fellowship in Sleep medicine. She sees patients at the headache center, cerebro spinal fluid (CSF) disorders center and sleep disorders center, which are located at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. She specializes in all headache disorders including migraine, cluster, tension headaches, trigeminal neuralgia and facial pain. Dr. Rao is currently not accepting new patients. In the CSF Disorders Center she evaluates patients with pseudotumor cerebri and other CSF disorders. In the sleep disorders center she sees patients with sleep apnea, insomnia, hypersomnolence disorders and movement disorders associated with sleep like restless leg syndrome. Dr. Rao is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 11 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Congenital Cardiovascular Shunt, and Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome. Dr. Rao is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

Dr. Brett Morrison specializes in neuromuscular disorders in adults including peripheral neuropathies, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, myasthenia gravis and muscle diseases. Dr. Morrison is currently the site principal investigator for clinical trials investigating new treatments for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) and painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Dr. Morrison's research interests include investigations into the mechanisms of nerve regeneration and common peripheral neuropathies. Current research focuses on better understanding the role of the immune system in peripheral nerves and targeting these pathways for the development of new treatments. Dr. Brett Morrison received his M.D. and Ph.D. from Mount Sinai Medical School in New York City. He completed his medical internship at the University of Maryland and residency in neurology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He then completed a fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Morrison is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 10 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3, and Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). Dr. Morrison is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

Carl E. Stafstrom is a pediatric neurologist, caring for children with epilepsy. Dr. Stafstrom received his medical degree from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, with residencies at the University of Washington Medical Center and Tufts New England Medical Center, as well as fellowships at Harvard for neurology research and Boston Children’s Hospital in clinical neurophysiology, electroencephalography, and epilepsy. Dr. Stafstrom previously served as Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health and Chief of Pediatric Neurology at American Family Children’s Hospital at UW Madison. Dr. Stafstrom is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 16 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Epilepsy, Seizures, West Syndrome, Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy, and Endovascular Embolization. Dr. Stafstrom is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

Dr. Argye Hillis is a professor of Neurology, with joint faculty appointments in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and in Cognitive Science. She is also the Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute Professor of Acute Stroke Diagnoses and Management. Prior to medical training and neurology residency, Dr. Hillis worked as a speech-language pathologist, and conducted clinical research focusing on understanding and treating aphasia and hemispatial neglect. She has brought these areas of experience to impact on her clinical research in neurology, which involves cognitive and neuroimaging studies of aphasia and hemispatial neglect due to acute stroke and focal dementias. She has published extensively on these topics in journals and textbooks. Dr. Hillis is Associate Editor of Stroke and has served as Associate editor of Brain, Annals of Neurology, Aphasiology, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Neurocase, Cognitive Neuropsychology, and Language and Cognitive Processes and served as co-Editor and Chief of Behavioral Neurology. Dr. Hillis serves as the Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Neurology and the Director of the Cerebrovascular Division of Neurology at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Hillis is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 11 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Primary Progressive Aphasia, Stroke, Frontotemporal Dementia, Thrombectomy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Hillis is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

With fellowship training in neuro-ophthalmology and additional training in neuro-vestibular disorders, Dr. Daniel Gold sees patients with neuro-ophthalmic disorders (affecting vision, eyelids, pupils, or causing nystagmus or double vision) in addition to oto-neurologic disorders (causing dizziness and vertigo). Videos 2018 Best Consulting Physician Award Tele-(Dizzy) Medicine. Dr. Gold is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 12 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Vertigo, Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo, Brown Syndrome, and Stiff Person Syndrome. Dr. Gold is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

Dr. Majid Khan is a Radiologist and Director, Non-Vascular Spine Intervention at Johns Hopkins University hospitals. Dr. Khan graduated from University of Kashmir, India in 1993. He completed his residency in radiology at the Nassau University Medical Center at Stony Brooks University and then completed his fellowship in Neuroradiology at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Majid is deeply invested in both diagnostic Neuroradiology with particular emphasis on advanced head & neck and spine tumor imaging. His prime interest is doing spine tumor ablations primarily using microwave ablation devices and has performed the most number of such cases in the United States. He has significant expertise in spine cement augmentation procedures like kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty for treatment of compression fractures due to osteoporosis, multiple myeloma and/or other tumor-associated pathological fractures, sacroplasty for the treatment of fractures of the sacrum, epidural steroid injections, facet and transforaminal nerve blocks. He has treated a considerable number of patients with Tarlov and synovial cysts. Dr. Khan is a core member of Johns Hopkins Headaches and CSF Leak Program doing both targeted and non-targeted blood and fibrin glue patches. In addition, Dr. Khan has performed numerous imaging-guided head and neck biopsies with expertise in deep trans-facial biopsies. Dr. Majid has contributed to numerous publications and book chapters and has given regional, national and international talks, as well as presented research at many national meetings. He is a member of the American Society of Neuroradiology, American College of Radiology, American Society of Spine Radiology, North American Spine Society, Radiologic Society of North America, European Society of Radiology. Dr. Khan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 11 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak, Meningocele, Tarlov Cysts, Vertebroplasty, and Bone Graft. Dr. Khan is board certified in American Board Of Radiology.

Khalil Husari, M.D., is a neurologist with expertise in epilepsy, electroencephalography (EEG), and neurophysiology. He specializes in treating patients with seizures and epilepsy, presurgical evaluation for and the management of drug-resistant epilepsy, and the acute and chronic management of patients with status epilepticus. Additionally, he specializes in intraoperative neuromonitoring and is the director of the Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring (IONM) Unit. Dr. Husari earned his medical degree from the University of Jordan School of Medicine, then completed his residency in neurology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where he served as a chief resident during his final year. Dr. Husari continued his training as an epilepsy fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Husari is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 7 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Status Epilepticus, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Osteotomy. Dr. Husari is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

Prashant Raghavan is a Neuroradiologist practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Raghavan is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 7 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Stroke, Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome, Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Thrombectomy.

Dr. Vivek Srikar Yedavalli is currently an Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science, Associate Professor of Neurology, the Director of Stroke, Neurovascular, and Perfusion Imaging at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Chief of Neuroradiology at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, and Assistant Director of the Department of Radiology Physician Scientist Incubator Program. Dr. Yedavalli has been recognized nationally as a translational stroke and perfusion imaging researcher and physician-scientist. Within one year of his appointment at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Yedavalli received the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)’s Seed Grant using MRI spectroscopy for prognostication in subacute ischemic stroke. Dr. Yedavalli was then chosen as the inaugural recipient of the Johns Hopkins University Department of Radiology Physician Scientist Incubator Program (RAD-PSI), an internal grant that also confers funding and protected time for his stroke work. The following year, for applying his work on collateralization based on CT perfusion within acute ischemic stroke with artificial intelligence, Dr. Yedavalli was awarded the RSNA Scholar Grant. For his research endeavors, Dr. Yedavalli was previously chosen as the American Journal of Neuroradiology (AJNR) Editorial Fellow and then subsequently as a member of the Academy of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research’s Council of Early Career Investigators. Thereafter, for his novel translational applications of MRI perfusion techniques to stroke, Dr. Yedavalli was chosen as a Junior Fellow of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Medicine (ISMRM). Dr. Yedavalli became an Editorial Board member of Stroke and an Editor in Training for Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology. For his research endeavors, Dr. Yedavalli was conferred the Junior Faculty Clinical Research Award in 2023. In addition to research, Dr. Yedavalli is an active member of a number of national committees with a strong interest in leadership. He is currently a member of the ASNR Research, Education, Social Media/Website, and Young Professionals Committees. He also served as the Co-Chair of the Social Media Committee for the ASFNR 2019. Previously, Dr. Yedavalli was an Illinois ACR RFS Delegate in 2017 and 2018. He will also be the ASNR’s AMA Representative at this upcoming meeting. Dr. Yedavalli’s interests additionally include educational and teaching endeavors. He was previously the recipient of the Department of Radiology Education Award during his residency training. He prefers a balanced teaching approach with trainees with focused learning while maintaining autonomy for a more productive learning environment. Dr. Yedavalli is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Moyamoya Disease, Hydrocephalus, Arteriovenous Malformation, Thrombectomy, and Rhizotomy. Dr. Yedavalli is board certified in American Board Of Radiology.

Dr. Jose I. Suarez graduated from Javeriana University School of Medicine in Bogota, Colombia. He subsequently trained in Internal Medicine in Bogota and at Beth Israel Hospital in New York City, and then completed his neurology residency at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, followed by a fellowship in neurocritical care and stroke at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD (USA). After completion of his training, Dr. Suarez joined the faculty at the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), where he became the Maxine Stone and John A Flower Chair of acute neurology (07/1998 – 01/2017). He then became the head of vascular neurology and neurocritical care and a tenured professor of neurology and neurosurgery at the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and the CHI Baylor St Luke’s Medical Center in Houston, TX (USA) from 02/2007 – 07/2017. He is currently professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, neurology, and neurosurgery, and Chief of the Neurocritical Care Division at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Suarez is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Stroke, Subdural Hematoma, Embolectomy, and Thrombectomy. Dr. Suarez is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

Dr. Jenny Hoang is a Professor of Radiology at Johns Hopkins Medicine where she is the Chair of Bayview Radiology. Dr. Hoang earned her M.B.B.S. from the University of Melbourne, completed diagnostic radiology residency at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, and completed fellowships in neuroradiology and cardiothoracic radiology at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Hoang is a lifelong learner - she graduated with a Masters in Health Science from Duke University. In December 2019 she completed an executive MBA class at the Duke Fuqua School of Business and graduated in the top 10% of her class (Fuqua Scholar). Her career is accentuated by her strong involvement in research and education. She has published more than 110 peer-reviewed articles with a focus on thyroid and parathyroid imaging. She led the American College of Radiology (ACR) efforts in producing a White Paper on Incidental Thyroid Findings and was a core member of the ACR TI-RADS committee for thyroid ultrasound. She serves on several ACR committees including the Incidental Findings Committee. Dr. Hoang is the principal investigator for an ACRIN funded study using ACR's Multicenter Thyroid Ultrasound Registry. She is a popular a faculty lecturer at national and international meetings. She is also well known for actively educating and advocating on Twitter as @JennyKHoang. LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/JKHoang. Dr. Hoang is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 8 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Thyroid Nodule, Hydrocephalus, Meningioma, Parathyroidectomy, and Thyroidectomy. Dr. Hoang is board certified in American Board Of Radiology.

Tej Azad is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Azad is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 11 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Spinal Tumor, Traumatic Brain Injury, Subdural Hematoma, Spinal Fusion, and Laminectomy.

Dr. Doris Da May Lin is an Associate Professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Radiology and Radiological Science. She specializes in neuroradiology. Dr. Lin received her B.A. in chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania, and then pursued a joint M.D./Ph.D. degree at the Yale University School of Medicine, with graduate training in the neurosciences. She completed a medical internship at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital and a diagnostic radiology residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell. After a two-year neuroradiology fellowship, she joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Lin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Parkes Weber Syndrome, Sturge-Weber Syndrome, Subdural Effusion, Meningioma, and Endovascular Embolization. Dr. Lin is board certified in American Board Of Radiology.

Daniele Rigamonti is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Rigamonti is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 10 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Increased Intracranial Pressure, Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome, and Stent Placement.

Gary Gong is a Radiologist practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Gong is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 9 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hydrocephalus, Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome, Congenital Cardiovascular Shunt, and Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.

Dr. Rohini Nadgir is an Assistant Professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Radiology and Radiological Science. Her area of clinical expertise is Diagnostic Neuroimaging. Dr. Nadgir earned her B.A. from Columbia University and her M.D. from University of Pennsylvania. She completed her medical internship at Christiana Care Medical Center in Newark, DE and her Diagnostic Radiology residency at Boston University Medical Center. She completed her Neuroradiology fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Nadgir joined the Radiology faculty at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2012. In addition to her clinical work, she has a particular interest in education of residents and fellows in Neuroradiology. She has authored numerous book chapters and contributed to publications focused on Neuroimaging techniques particularly in the head and neck region. Dr. Nadgir is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 5 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Cerebellum Agenesis Hydrocephaly, CAPOS Syndrome, Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation, and Hydrocephalus. Dr. Nadgir is board certified in American Board Of Radiology.

Christina Graley is a neurologist who is fellowship-trained in headache medicine. She specializes in migraine headaches, cluster headaches and facial pain syndromes. Dr. Graley obtained her medical degree from Marshall University in West Virginia. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she remained for residency training in neurology. Her fellowship training in headache medicine was completed at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Selected Publications Dworetz A, Graley C, Padia H, Gwathmey K. Neurologic Manifestations of Systemic Disease: Peripheral Nervous System. Current Treatment Options in Neurology. 2020; vol 22 Graley C, Aubert R, Gowda S, Holloway K. Responsive neuro stimulation [RNS] system for management of refractory status epilepticus. Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery. 2021; vol 24 Graley C, Oakley, C. Evidence supports prophylactic treatment for migraine. Contemporary Pediatrics. May 2020. Dr. Graley is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 1 other condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Migraine, Migraine with Brainstem Aura, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, and Subdural Hematoma. Dr. Graley is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.