Jay Rhee is a Neurosurgery provider in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Rhee is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subdural Hematoma. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Subdural Hematoma, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Microdiscectomy, and Cervical Disc Surgery.

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 Subdural Hematoma. His top areas of expertise are Meningioma, Pituitary Tumor, Brain Tumor, Awake Craniotomy, and Laminectomy.

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 a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subdural Hematoma. His top areas of expertise are Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Increased Intracranial Pressure, Posterior Fossa Decompression, and Gastrostomy.

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 a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subdural Hematoma. His top areas of expertise are Subdural Hematoma, Frontonasal Dysplasia, Binder's Syndrome, Craniectomy, and Awake Craniotomy.

Richard Strauss, MD, specializes in neurosurgery. He practices at UPMC Western Maryland Neurosurgery. Dr. Strauss completed his residency at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical and medical education at University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Strauss is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subdural Hematoma. His top areas of expertise are Delirium, Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET), Posterior Fossa Tumor, Vertebroplasty, and Bone Graft.

Judy Huang is a Neurosurgery provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Huang is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subdural Hematoma. Her top areas of expertise are Trigeminal Neuralgia, Arteriovenous Malformation, Subdural Hematoma, Rhizotomy, and Microvascular Decompression. Dr. Huang is currently accepting new patients.

Bizhan Aarabi is a Neurosurgery provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Aarabi is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subdural Hematoma. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Subdural Hematoma, Cervical Myelopathy, Gastrostomy, and Laminectomy. Dr. Aarabi is currently accepting new patients.

Aminullah Amini is a Neurosurgery provider in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Amini is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subdural Hematoma. His top areas of expertise are Subdural Hematoma, Cervical Myelopathy, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Vertebroplasty, and Bone Graft. Dr. Amini is currently accepting new patients.

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

Roberto Rey Dios is a Neurosurgery provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Rey Dios is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subdural Hematoma. His top areas of expertise are Pituitary Tumor, Subdural Hematoma, Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET), Balloon Sinuplasty, and Awake Craniotomy.

Laura Buchanan is a General Surgeon in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Buchanan is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subdural Hematoma. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Subdural Hematoma, Delirium, Gastrostomy, and Colostomy.

Neal Naff is a Neurosurgery provider in Randallstown, Maryland. Dr. Naff is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subdural Hematoma. His top areas of expertise are Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Congenital Cardiovascular Shunt, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, and Awake Craniotomy. Dr. Naff is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Truong Bao is the Director of Montgomery Medical's Hospital Practices. He completed his bachelor's degree at the University of Maryland, College Park in 1994 with honors Magna Cum Laude. He also earned his MD at the University of Maryland, Baltimore with. Dr. Bao is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subdural Hematoma. Her top areas of expertise are Osteoarthritis, Familial Colorectal Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

Zachary Levine is a Neurosurgery provider in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Levine is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subdural Hematoma. His top areas of expertise are Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Radiation Induced Meningioma, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Awake Craniotomy. Dr. Levine is currently accepting new patients.

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 an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subdural Hematoma. His top areas of expertise are Brain Aneurysm, Arteriovenous Malformation, Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation, Thrombectomy, and Carotid Artery Surgery.

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 Subdural Hematoma. His top areas of expertise are Trigeminal Neuralgia, Meningioma, Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumors (DNET), Rhizotomy, and Microvascular Decompression.

Dr. Jon Weingart focuses on the surgical treatment of brain tumors including benign and malignant tumors. Dr. Weingart also specializes in spinal disorders, such as cervical and lumbar disc disease, as well as other congenital and developmental abnormalities such as tethered spinal cord, spina bifida and chiari malformation. Dr. Weingart is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subdural Hematoma. His top areas of expertise are Glioblastoma, Astrocytoma, Glioma, Awake Craniotomy, and Osteotomy.

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 Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subdural Hematoma. His top areas of expertise are Trigeminal Neuralgia, Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma, Rhizotomy, and Microvascular Decompression.

Jordina Rincon-Torroella is a fellowship-trained neurosurgeon specializing in the surgical treatment of benign and malignant tumors of the brain and skull base, such as meningiomas, gliomas, pituitary tumors and metastatic brain tumors, to name a few. Dr. Rincon-Torroella earned her medical degree from the University of Barcelona medical school. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in neurosurgical oncology at Johns Hopkins University, where she remained for residency training in neurosurgery. She completed an additional postdoctoral fellowship in cancer research and drug development at Johns Hopkins in the Ludwig Center under the mentorship of neurosurgeon Chetan Bettegowda and molecular biologist and geneticist Bert Vogelstein. Active in clinical research since 2010, Dr. Rincon-Torroella has published numerous research papers. She is also a peer reviewer for several journals and has edited two books, most recently The Neurosurgical Consult Book. Dr. Rincon-Torroella is fluent in Catalan, English and Spanish. Dr. Torroella is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subdural Hematoma. Her top areas of expertise are Subependymoma, Ependymoma, Brain Tumor, Laminectomy, and Craniectomy.

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 Subdural Hematoma. His top areas of expertise are Ear Barotrauma, Subdural Hematoma, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Gastrostomy, and Hernia Surgery.