John Heiss is a Neurosurgery provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Heiss is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Syringomyelia. His top areas of expertise are Chiari Malformation Type 2, Syringomyelia, Chiari Malformation, Laminectomy, and Posterior Fossa Decompression.

Dr. Eric Jackson specializes in the evaluation and treatment of patients with a broad range of neurosurgical disorders, including congenital malformations of the brain and spine, hydrocephalus (including endoscopic treatment), chiari malformation, craniosynostosis, spinal dysraphism/tethered cord, brain and spinal cord tumors, and traumatic brain injuries. He is the Principal Investigator for several multi-institution research studies, including: Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network: currently investigating endoscopic surgery vs shunting for the treatment of hydrocephalus in infants in a $10M randomized trial funded by the NIH Park Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium Advancing the treatment for pediatric craniopharyngioma, identifying biological targets for molecular therapy A multi-institutional trial investigating a non-invasive eye tracking device for assessing increased intracranial pressure. Dr. Jackson is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Syringomyelia. His top areas of expertise are Hydrocephalus, Chiari Malformation, Chiari Malformation Type 2, Posterior Fossa Decompression, and Endoscopy.

Akil Benjamin is a Pain Medicine specialist and a Physiatrist in Owings Mills, Maryland. Dr. Benjamin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Syringomyelia. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Pain, Herniated Disk, Cervical Spondylosis, and Spinal Stenosis. Dr. Benjamin is currently accepting new patients.

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

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 Syringomyelia. His top areas of expertise are Glioblastoma, Astrocytoma, Glioma, Awake Craniotomy, and Osteotomy.

Jignesh Tailor is a General Surgeon and a Neurosurgery provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Tailor is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Syringomyelia. His top areas of expertise are Choroid Plexus Cyst, Hydrocephalus, Hydrocephalus due to Congenital Stenosis of Aqueduct of Sylvius, Rhizotomy, and Awake Craniotomy.

Robert Paschall is a Neurologist in Salisbury, Maryland. Dr. Paschall is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Syringomyelia. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Stroke, Memory Loss, Seizures, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Paschall is currently accepting new patients.

Fredric Cantor is a Neurologist in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Cantor is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Syringomyelia. His top areas of expertise are Chiari Malformation Type 2, Syringomyelia, Chronic Pain, and Stroke.

Sandra Ruby is a Neurologist in Westminster, Maryland. Dr. Ruby is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Syringomyelia. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia, Brain Herniation, and Chiari Malformation Type 1. Dr. Ruby is currently accepting new patients.

Stephen Sikorski is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Westminster, Maryland. Dr. Sikorski is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Syringomyelia. His top areas of expertise are Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia, Xanthoma, and Cirrhosis.

Charles Sansur is a Neurosurgery provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Sansur is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Syringomyelia. His top areas of expertise are Scoliosis, Kyphosis, Spinal Stenosis, Laminectomy, and Osteotomy. Dr. Sansur is currently accepting new patients.

Brian Sullivan is a Neurosurgery provider in Annapolis, Maryland. Dr. Sullivan is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Syringomyelia. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Cervical Spondylosis, Spondylolisthesis, Microdiscectomy, and Herniated Disc Surgery. Dr. Sullivan is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Cristina L. Sadowsky is an assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include spinal cord injury and paralysis restoration. Dr. Sadowsky is also a founder and the clinical director of the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. This program was built on the philosophy that functional restoration is possible for a long time after an injury, utilizing structured medico-rehabilitative interventions through activity-based restorative therapies (ABRT). She serves as a section editor for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports and is a recurrent invited reviewer for several peer-reviewed medical journals and government and privately funded competitive grant awards for spinal cord injury related research. Dr. Sadowsky has organized numerous courses and seminars, and has been invited to lecture in different universities and at national and international meetings, such as the American Academy of PM&R, American Spinal Cord Injury Association, International Spinal Cord Society and many more. She has published several manuscripts in highly regarded peer-reviewed journals and chapters in prominent specialty books. Dr. Sadowsky is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Syringomyelia. Her top areas of expertise are Paraplegia, Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM), Spasticity, Neurogenic Bowel, and Osteotomy.

Dennis Dey is a Neurologist in Cumberland, Maryland. Dr. Dey is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Syringomyelia. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Headache, Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Associated Disease, and Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA). Dr. Dey is currently accepting new patients.

Mari Groves is a Johns Hopkins pediatric neurosurgeon who cares for children with brain and spinal cord tumors (benign and cancerous), skeletal dysplasia, and spinal deformities such as neuromuscular and early scoliosis. She also sees patients diagnosed with Chiari malformations, spasticity and epilepsy. She specializes in treating patients with all types of spina bifida, including myelomeningocele. As part of the Johns Hopkins Center for Fetal Therapy, she is an expert in prenatal closure techniques such as minimally invasive fetoscopic repair of myelomeningocele (when the spina bifida defect is repaired before birth). Offering a transitional practice model of care, she follows patients diagnosed with spina bifida from birth to adulthood. Dr. Groves chose to pursue neurosurgery because it allows her to treat patients with complex conditions and help improve the quality of children’s lives. Her research interests focus on pediatric spinal disease and how surgical intervention can impact growth and neurological function during a child’s life. She is committed to building programs that support patients with congenital disorders as they age. Pediatric patients often age out of existing programs and have difficulty locating physicians and treating teams that understand their conditions. At Johns Hopkins, we have a unique ability to provide this type of comprehensive care. Dr. Groves earned her medical degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 2007. She completed residency training in 2014 at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she remained for a neurosurgery fellowship, which she finished in 2015. She also completed a spinal deformity fellowship at Shriners Hospitals for Children in Philadelphia. Dr. Groves is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Syringomyelia. Her top areas of expertise are Spinal Tumor, Myelomeningocele, Tethered Cord Syndrome, Osteotomy, and Laminectomy.

Jennifer Chu is a Neurologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Chu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Syringomyelia. Her top areas of expertise are Cervical Myelopathy, Spinal Tumor, Hemangioblastoma, Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumors (DNET), and Deep Brain Stimulation.

Dr. Ali Bydon is a renowned neurosurgeon and director of the Division of Spine Surgery and the Neurosurgical Spine Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. As the endowed Ziya Gokaslan Professor of Neurosurgery, he is dedicated to advancing the field through innovative clinical practices and extensive research. Additionally, Dr. Bydon serves as the vice chair for strategic planning within the Department of Neurosurgery. Dr. Bydon’s clinical practice is centered on degenerative disorders of the spine, spinal tumors, spinal trauma and complex spinal reconstruction. He is an esteemed member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Bydon earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan School of Medicine in 1999 and completed his residency in neurological surgery at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, where he graduated with distinction in 2006. He further honed his skillset by completing fellowships in minimally invasive spine surgery and the surgical treatment of peripheral nerves, followed by a one-year instructorship in spinal oncology and complex reconstructive spinal surgery at Johns Hopkins in 2007. His research focuses on spinal biomechanics and surgical outcomes. He has co-authored over 265 peer-reviewed manuscripts and numerous book chapters. Dr. Bydon has made significant contributions to the understanding of optimal surgical management for conditions such as spinal synovial cysts, cervical myelopathy, lumbar spondylolisthesis, ossified posterior longitudinal ligament, cervical degenerative disorders, cervical myelopathy, thoracic myelopathy and metastatic diseases to the spine, among others. Dr. Bydon has presented at more than 200 national and international scientific meetings, underscoring his commitment to advancing knowledge in the field. An educator who has trained over 75 practicing neurosurgeons, Dr. Bydon has received prestigious accolades, including the Richard Otenasak Faculty Teaching Award and the Chairman’s Neurosurgical Teacher of the Year Award. His leadership roles have included serving on the residency review committee and the patient access committee at Johns Hopkins, as well as a yearlong term as the neurosurgical representative on the Johns Hopkins Faculty Senate. He has also served as a medical director with Johns Hopkins Medicine International, overseeing clinical and educational activities at renowned institutions in Lebanon and Brazil. Dr. Bydon has performed more than 5,000 surgeries. His commitment to excellence in patient care, education and research makes him a leading authority in spine surgery, dedicated to providing transformative care to patients seeking relief and recovery. Dr. Bydon is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Syringomyelia. His top areas of expertise are Spondylolisthesis, Spinal Stenosis, Invertebral Disc Disease, Laminectomy, and Spinal Fusion.

Dagmara Pychynski is a Neurologist in Elkton, Maryland. Dr. Pychynski has been practicing medicine for over 18 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Syringomyelia. Her top areas of expertise are Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Seizures, Peripheral Neuropathy, and Memory Loss.

Dr. Albert Recio is an assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include spinal cord injury, spasticity management, wound healing, paralysis restoration and aquatics medicine. He is a physician in the paralysis restoration program at the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and medical director for the aquatics medicine program there. Dr. Recio received his medical degree from the Perpetual Help College of Medicine in the Philippines. He began internship training there and completed it at Jackson Park Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Recio did his physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, which is associated with Harvard Medical School. He then performed a fellowship in spinal cord injury medicine at University of Washington Medical Center. His research interests include functional electrical stimulation, activity-based restoration therapy and electrical stimulation for wound healing. For more than 15 years, Dr. Recio has been a volunteer physician for medical missions in the Republic of the Philippines. He is a member of the American Paraplegia Society, the Association of Academic Physiatrists, the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Recio is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Syringomyelia. His top areas of expertise are Paraplegia, Neurogenic Bowel, Transverse Myelitis, and Spasticity.

Dr. Becker is a neurologist who earned his Medical Degree from Ruprecht Karls University in Heidelberg, Germany in 2001. From 2001 to 2003, he was a Research Assistant in Neuroscience investigating the role of embryonic stem cells in spinal cord injury repair at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. At Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, he completed his residency in Internal Medicine in 2004 and his residency in Neurology in 2007. From there, he completed a year-long fellowship in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Becker is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Syringomyelia. His top areas of expertise are Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Paraplegia, Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS), and Cerebellar Multiple System Atrophy.