Overview
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 Experienced provider by MediFind in Carotid Artery Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Brain Aneurysm, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Stroke, Stent Placement, and Transmyocardial Revascularization.
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Locations
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 5, Floor 5, Baltimore, MD 21287
Inova Health Care Services
Dipankar Mukherjee is a Vascular Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Fairfax, Virginia. Dr. Mukherjee is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Carotid Artery Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Carotid Artery Disease, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Carotid Artery Surgery, and Angioplasty. Dr. Mukherjee is currently accepting new patients.
Inova Health Care Services
Homayoun Hashemi is a Vascular Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Leesburg, Virginia. Dr. Hashemi is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Carotid Artery Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Arterial Insufficiency, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Carotid Artery Surgery, and Aneurysm Repair. Dr. Hashemi is currently accepting new patients.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Dr. Abularrage specializes in vascular and endovascular surgery, with a specific interest in minimally invasive techniques for lower extremity peripheral arterial disease and aneurysm repair. His clinical interests include limb preservation, Diabetic peripheral arterial disease and limb salvage, aortic aneurysms, endovascular aneurysm repair, visceral stents and bypass, and carotid stents and carotid endarterectomy. Dr. Abularrage is an active researcher within the department and has published widely on outcomes research using large, national databases. Recently, Dr. Abularrage and his team have published their outcomes of patients treated in the Multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot & Wound Clinic, showing significantly lower amputation rates compared to national benchmarks. Dr. Abularrage is a distinguished fellow to the Society of the American Board of Surgery, and recipient of the Zehner Award and the R. Clement Darling, Jr. Award. He is nationally renowned for his work in Diabetic peripheral arterial disease and limb preservation. Dr. Abularrage is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Carotid Artery Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Peripheral Artery Disease, Carotid Artery Disease, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Carotid Artery Surgery, and Stent Placement.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Brain AneurysmDr. Gonzalez isDistinguished. Learn about Brain Aneurysm.
- Advanced
- Arteriovenous MalformationDr. Gonzalez isAdvanced. Learn about Arteriovenous Malformation.
- Cerebral Arteriovenous MalformationDr. Gonzalez isAdvanced. Learn about Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation.
- Increased Intracranial PressureDr. Gonzalez isAdvanced. Learn about Increased Intracranial Pressure.
- Pseudotumor Cerebri SyndromeDr. Gonzalez isAdvanced. Learn about Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome.
- Stent PlacementDr. Gonzalez isAdvanced. Learn about Stent Placement.
- StrokeDr. Gonzalez isAdvanced. Learn about Stroke.
- Experienced
- ApoplexyDr. Gonzalez isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Carotid Artery SurgeryDr. Gonzalez isExperienced. Learn about Carotid Artery Surgery.
- Cerebellum Agenesis HydrocephalyDr. Gonzalez isExperienced. Learn about Cerebellum Agenesis Hydrocephaly.
- Cerebral Artery Bypass SurgeryDr. Gonzalez isExperienced. Learn about Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery.
- Chronic Subdural HematomaDr. Gonzalez isExperienced. Learn about Chronic Subdural Hematoma.
- DeliriumDr. Gonzalez isExperienced. Learn about Delirium.