Overview
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 an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Siderosis, Thrombectomy, and Gastrostomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 79 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
4940 Eastern Avenue, Suite 1201, Suite 1201, Baltimore, MD 21224
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.
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Children's Hospital
William Gaillard is a Psychiatrist and a Pediatrics provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Gaillard is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, Status Epilepticus, Liver Embolization, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Gaillard is currently accepting new patients.
Iqbal Singh is a Neurologist and a Pain Medicine provider in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Singh is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures, West Syndrome, Myoclonic Epilepsy, and Epilepsy in Children.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Dr. Eric Kossoff focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of childhood seizures and epilepsy, particularly treatments other than medications such as diet and neurostimulation. He is one of the world experts on dietary treatment for epilepsy (ketogenic diet) and lectures around the world about this therapy. His specific interests include the ketogenic diet, the modified Atkins diet for children and adults, infantile spasms, benign rolandic epilepsy, the interaction of migraine headaches with epilepsy, and Sturge-Weber syndrome. Dr. Eric Kossoff is also very involved in teaching and is the Director of the Pediatric Neurology Residency Program. He is a professor of neurology and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is a co-author of Treatment of Pediatric Neurologic Disorders and the 7th edition of Ketogenic Diet Therapies. Dr. Kossoff sees patients in the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (5th floor) in Baltimore on Tuesday afternoons and Thursday mornings. He sees patients at Green Spring Station on Wednesday afternoons. He also participates in telemedicine. Dr. Kossoff received his medical degree from SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine in New York. He went on to complete a residency in pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. He completed a second residency in child neurology and a fellowship in pediatric epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Dr. Kossoff is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Epilepsy in Children, Seizures, Endovascular Embolization, and Gastrostomy.
Areas of Expertise
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- StrokeDr. Llinas isElite. Learn about Stroke.
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- Cerebral Amyloid AngiopathyDr. Llinas isDistinguished. Learn about Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy.
- SiderosisDr. Llinas isDistinguished. Learn about Siderosis.
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- Arterial EmbolismDr. Llinas isAdvanced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- Cardiac AmyloidosisDr. Llinas isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiac Amyloidosis.
- Central Pain SyndromeDr. Llinas isAdvanced. Learn about Central Pain Syndrome.
- Familial Hemiplegic MigraineDr. Llinas isAdvanced. Learn about Familial Hemiplegic Migraine.
- GastrostomyDr. Llinas isAdvanced. Learn about Gastrostomy.
- Hereditary Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
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- Alien Hand SyndromeDr. Llinas isExperienced. Learn about Alien Hand Syndrome.
- Anti-NMDA Receptor EncephalitisDr. Llinas isExperienced. Learn about Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis.
- ApoplexyDr. Llinas isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- ArachnoiditisDr. Llinas isExperienced. Learn about Arachnoiditis.
- Arteriovenous MalformationDr. Llinas isExperienced. Learn about Arteriovenous Malformation.
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional VertigoDr. Llinas isExperienced. Learn about Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.