Dr. Elizabeth A. Fracica

Neurologist Elizabeth Fracica specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cerebrovascular disease and the diagnosis and treatment of neurovestibular and ocular motor disorders. Her clinical practice focuses on care for patients with cerebrovascular disorders as well as treatment of patients with disorders of the brainstem, cerebellum, and cranial nerves, including double vision, nystagmus and vertigo. Dr. Fracica has been involved in several initiatives focusing on institutional clinical process and guideline development to help improve care for patients with dizziness and stroke. She was also involved in the creation of a novel quality measure to rate patient harm due to emergency department misdiagnosis of dizzy patients with stroke, called the Avoid H.A.R.M.—ED Stroke/Dizziness measure. Her research has been published in high-ranking medical journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association and Frontiers in Stroke, and she has presented her work at national conferences. She is a member of the American Heart Association and the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Fracica earned her medical degree from the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota. She completed an internship in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, followed by residency training in neurology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Her fellowship training includes a vestibular and oculo-motor oto-neurology fellowship at Johns Hopkins and a vascular neurology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Fracica holds a master’s degree in public health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She joined the Johns Hopkins Department of Neurology faculty in 2024.

Her clinical expertise encompasses Stroke and Vertigo.

Dr. Fracica is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology. She is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 10 peer reviewed articles. Dr. Fracica is currently accepting new patients.