Neeraj Badjatia is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Badjatia is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. His top areas of expertise are Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Traumatic Brain Injury, Status Epilepticus, Thrombectomy, and Gastrostomy.

Dr. Tamargo specializes in the treatment of aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs), and cavernous malformations of the brain and spinal cord in both adults and children. Dr. Tamargo specializes in revascularization procedures for moyamoya disease. For this condition, Dr. Tamargo performs either a microsurgical encephaloduroarteriomyosynangiosis (EDAMS) or a microsurgical extracranial-to-intracranial artery bypass. Dr. Tamargo also specializes in the treatment of acoustic neuromas (vestibular schwannomas). A recipient of numerous honors and awards, some of Dr. Tamargo's most recent accolades include the Neurosurgery Faculty Teaching Award and the Hopkins Richard S. Ross Clinician Scientist Award. Dr. Tamargo is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. His top areas of expertise are Brain Aneurysm, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Acoustic Neuroma, and Schwannoma.

Dr. Caplan specializes in the treatment of cerebrovascular disorders of the brain, head, neck and spine, such as aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, arteriovenous fistulas, moyamoya disease, carotid artery stenosis and stroke. He is dual fellowship trained in both open cerebrovascular neurosurgery and endovascular neurosurgery, allowing him to offer patients the full spectrum of the latest surgical and endovascular techniques in treating these diseases. Dr. Caplan also focuses on treating acoustic neuromas and other tumors of the skull base, including meningiomas. Dr. Caplan graduated with honors from the Johns Hopkins University with a degree in neuroscience, where he spent time in the Hunterian Neurological Surgery Research Laboratory. He then earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He completed his neurosurgery residency at Johns Hopkins, along with fellowships in cerebrovascular neurosurgery and endovascular neurosurgery, also at Johns Hopkins. He then completed an additional fellowship in endovascular neurosurgery at the University of Miami before returning to join the Johns Hopkins faculty. Dr. Caplan is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. His top areas of expertise are Brain Aneurysm, Arteriovenous Malformation, Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation, Thrombectomy, and Carotid Artery Surgery.

Neurologist Susanne Muehlschlegel is an internationally known clinician-researcher who specializes in critically ill patients as well as understanding and improving shared decision-making and the ways physicians derive and convey health care recommendations and prognostication to families of neuro-critically ill patients. Her empirical family- and patient-centered research intersects with decision-science, qualitative and mixed-methods research, neurology, neurosurgery, and critical care medicine. She strongly believes that involving families and other stakeholders in her research will positively impact the clinical care of neurocritically ill patients. More about her research: Muehlschlegel Lab Dr. Muehlschlegel earned her medical degree at Philipps-University in Marburg, Germany. She completed an internship in internal medicine followed by residency training at Shands Hospital and Malcolm Randall Veteran Affairs Medical Center at the University of Florida College of Medicine. She finished her fellowship training in neurocritical care at the Harvard Combined Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and she obtained her master’s degree in public health at the Harvard School of Public Health. She is the co-chair of a large international guideline on neuroprognostication, a joint guideline between the Neurocritical Care Society and the German Society for Neuro-Intensive Care Medicine (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurointensivmedizin). She served as the leader of the “Curing Coma” Common Data Elements subgroup for “Goals of Care Decisions / Family Data” with national and international group members. She also served as co-chair of the NIH/NINDS-funded Family Experience Workshop after Cardiac Arrest and Severe Neurotrauma. Dr. Muehlschlegel is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Her top areas of expertise are Traumatic Brain Injury, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Stroke, Craniectomy, and Gastrostomy.

Dheeraj Gandhi is a Neuroradiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Gandhi is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. His top areas of expertise are Brain Aneurysm, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Stroke, Thrombectomy, and Thalamotomy.

Deborah Stein is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Stein is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Her top areas of expertise are Traumatic Brain Injury, Subdural Hematoma, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Gastrostomy, and Fasciotomy.

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 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. His top areas of expertise are Brain Aneurysm, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Stroke, Transmyocardial Revascularization, and Stent Placement.

Christopher Jackson is a neurosurgeon who specializes in brain tumors and cerebrovascular disorders, including glioma, meningioma, acoustic neuroma, trigeminal neuralgia, brain metastasis, arteriovenous malformation, and aneurysms. He is the director of the Acoustic Neuroma Center. Dr. Jackson earned his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he also completed his neurosurgical residency. During his residency, Dr. Jackson was honored with multiple distinctions, including the Frank L. Coulson Jr. Award for Clinical Excellence, the Irving J. Sherman Award for Resident Achievement, the Harvey Cushing Hunterian Research Award, and was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. Dr. Jackson is an active researcher who has published over 35 peer-reviewed articles on brain tumor and cerebrovascular immunology. His laboratory focuses on how brain tumors evade the immune system and become resistant to immunotherapy. Additionally, Dr. Jackson’s laboratory explores the formation of cerebral aneurysms and inflammatory complications of cerebral aneurysm rupture. Dr. Jackson is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. His top areas of expertise are Trigeminal Neuralgia, Meningioma, Glioblastoma, Rhizotomy, and Microvascular Decompression.

Vishank Shah is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Shah is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. His top areas of expertise are Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Stroke, Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation, Thrombectomy, and Gastrostomy.

Dr. Watkins received a bachelor of arts degree in Psychobiology from Harvard University and a medical doctor degree from the University of Chicago-Pritzker School of Medicine. She completed internship at Georgetown-INOVA Fairfax Hospital followed by a Diagnostic Radiology residency and Neuroradiology fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, Dr. Watkins was a staff Neuroradiologist for Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center and the director of the Bethesda outpatient center for American Radiology from 2006-2015. She then served as Sub Chief of Neuroradiology Mid Atlantic Permanente Medical Group from 2015-2016. Dr. Watkins has served as a Neuroradiology course lecturer for the American College of Radiology, case review lecturer for the Radiological Society of North America and a reviewer for the Neuroradiology section of the Radiographics Journal. Dr. Watkins is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Her top areas of expertise are Stroke, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Meningioma, and Craniopharyngioma.

Dr. David M. Yousem is the associate dean for professional development in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Radiology and Radiological Science. He specializes in neuroimaging. Dr. Yousem received his B.S. and M.D. degrees at the University of Michigan. He completed a radiology residency at Johns Hopkins and a two-year fellowship in neuroradiology at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his M.B.A. at Johns Hopkins University in 2003. Dr. Yousem's expertise spans the full gamut of neuroradiology techniques including computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), angiography, myelography, CT guided aspirations and biopsies, functional MRI, diffusion and perfusion imaging, MR/CT angiography, and 3-D reconstructions. He is a noted authority on disorders of the brain, spine, head and neck, olfaction, cranial neuropathies and neurodegeneration. Dr. Yousem has authored or edited four books—Neuroradiology: THE REQUISITES, Head and Neck Case Review, and Radiology Business Practice: How to Succeed, and Non-Interpretive Skills Case Review, all published by Mosby/Elsevier—and has edited four journal issues. He has published over 250 peer reviewed articles over 50 chapters in books and has lectured on five continents. Dr. Yousem has an RSNA Educator Award sponsored on line course containing over 30 lectures on the Business of Medicine available to the public at https://webcast.jhu.edu/Mediasite/Catalog/Full/2facf598655b40ecaf3e7ee71698b86421. This is currently used by residency programs across the country to fulfill ACGME requirements for business of radiology content. He served as President of the American Society of Neuroradiology in 2008-2009 and as the Secretary of Treasurer of the World Federation of Neuroradiological Societies from 2011 to present. He sits on many of national radiological societies committees. Dr. Yousem has completed two marathons (best time: 3 hours, 54 minutes), a half Ironman, and a full Ironman (2.5-mile swim followed by 112-mile bike ride and then a 26-mile run) competition. Videos David M. Yousem e-Radiology Learning - Neuroradiology Pearls and Pitfalls (1 of 4) e-Radiology Learning - Neuroradiology Pearls and Pitfalls (2 of 4) e-Radiology Learning - Neuroradiology Pearls and Pitfalls (3 of 4) e-Radiology Learning - Neuroradiology Pearls and Pitfalls (4 of 4). Dr. Yousem is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. His top areas of expertise are Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Congenital Cardiovascular Shunt, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, and Embolectomy.

Dr. Haris Sair is Professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, and the Director of the Division of Neuroradiology. His areas of clinical expertise include functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) of the brain. He also has a faculty appointment in the Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare at The Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, investigating the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence in imaging. He is a founding director of the Radiology Artificial Intelligence Lab (RAIL). He previously served as the President of the American Society of Functional Neuroradiology. Dr. Sair earned his M.D. from Duke University School of Medicine. He completed his Radiology residency at Temple University Medical Center, and fellowship in Neuroradiology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA. Dr. Sair is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. His top areas of expertise are Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Traumatic Brain Injury, Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak, and Microvascular Decompression.

Paul Nyquist is a Neurologist and an Anesthesiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Nyquist is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, CACH Syndrome, Apoplexy, and Thrombectomy.

Raymond Fang, M.D., joins the Johns Hopkins Department of Surgery as an Assistant Professor of Surgery and the Trauma Medical Director at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Fang’s areas of clinical expertise include trauma surgery, surgical critical care, military medicine and patient transport/evacuation. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, Dr. Fang served for 22 years as a wartime trauma surgeon in the United States Air Force. From 2004-2011, he proudly cared for the Nation’s Wounded Warrior as a trauma surgeon at the United States Army’s Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC), Germany, the receiving hospital for all casualties evacuated from Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa. His efforts were essential in LRMC’s verification as the first American College of Surgeons (ACS) Level II trauma center outside of the United States in 2007. He was appointed Chief, LRMC Trauma Program in 2009 and led its ACS Level II re-verification in 2010, and its elevation to ACS Level I status in 2011. In 2011, Dr. Fang became the Director, United States Air Force Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills embedded within the University of Maryland’s R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, Maryland. In this role, he prepared Air Force Medical Service personnel to deploy in support of operations worldwide by immersing them in trauma care while personally providing trauma and emergency care to the citizens of Maryland. He held a faculty appointment as a Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery with the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Fang received his undergraduate degrees in Biochemistry and Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and earned his medical degree (cum laude) from the Saint Louis University School of Medicine. He completed his general surgery training at the combined United States Air Force/University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio training program. He performed a Critical Care fellowship at San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium. Dr. Fang is a member and holds leadership and committee positions with various organizations, including the American College of Surgeons, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. He is also a lifetime member of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. Dr. Fang’s research interests include the initial resuscitation of injured patients, the diagnosis and management of traumatic brain injuries, trauma program and trauma system development, medical simulation training, and trauma performance improvement and patient safety. As an academic surgeon-researcher, Col Fang is an author of 47 published, peer-reviewed medical articles and 9 book chapters. He has presented nearly 200 papers and invited lectures at regional, national and international meetings. Dr. Fang is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. His top areas of expertise are Ear Barotrauma, Subdural Hematoma, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Gastrostomy, and Hernia Surgery.

Jeffrey Mewborne is a Radiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Mewborne is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. His top areas of expertise are Herniated Disk, Stroke, Headache, and Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation.

Dr. Sachin K. Gujar is an Assistant Professor and Magnetic Resonance Section Chief in Johns Hopkins Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences. His area of clinical expertise is Neuroradiology. He earned his M.B.B.S. (medical degree) from Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College in Pune, India. After completing a radiology residency (M.D.) at the same college, he completed a two-year neuroradiology fellowship at the University of Michigan, and subsequently was on faculty at University of Michigan for over 5 years. Dr. Gujar has been a member of the Johns Hopkins Neuroradiology faculty since 2008. Dr. Gujar’s areas of clinical interest include all aspects of adult neuroradiology, including head and neck radiology, spine and spinal cord disorders, and cerebrovascular diseases, with particular interest in brain tumor imaging, physiologic imaging, and Functional MRI. He has published numerous articles on various topics in Neuroradiology. Dr. Gujar is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. His top areas of expertise are Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Hydrocephalus, Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation, Stroke, and Microvascular Decompression.

Dr. Juan Carhuapoma is an associate professor of neurology, neurosurgery, and anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include critical care medicine, intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage, and intracranial hypertension. He earned his M.D. from the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. He completed his residency in neurology at Henry Ford Hospital and performed a fellowship in neurological critical care at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Carhuapoma is a member of several professional associations, including the Neurocritical Care Society, the American Heart Association Stroke Council and the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Carhuapoma is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. His top areas of expertise are Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Stroke, Subdural Hematoma, Thrombectomy, and Gastrostomy.

Dr. Michael Kraut is a Professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Radiology and Radiological Science. Dr. Kraut received his undergraduate degree in B.S. in biomedical engineering from the University of Southern California, and M.D., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in neuroscience from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. After a residency in diagnostic radiology at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, MA, he completed a fellowship in neuroradiology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, and joined the Johns Hopkins faculty thereafter. Dr. Kraut’s research interests include functional neuroimaging, especially as a tool to investigate cognitive operations and issues of visual and somatomotor function. A special interest, reflecting his background in neurophysiology, is the use of functional imaging techniques in concert with electrophysiologic measures in order to elucidate the temporal sequence as well as spatial distribution of neural activation. In addition to his roles at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Kraut serves as the Medical Director at F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging. Dr. Kraut is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. His top areas of expertise are Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma (pLGG), Meningioma, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, and Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor.

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 Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. His top areas of expertise are Meningioma, Pituitary Tumor, Brain Tumor, Awake Craniotomy, and Craniectomy.

Richard Choi is a Neurologist in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Choi has been practicing medicine for over 18 years and is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Apoplexy, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Transmyocardial Revascularization, and Stent Placement.