Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery

Physicians and Staff

Neurosurgeons

Howard M. Eisenberg, M.D.
R.K. Thompson Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
Special Interests: Skull Base Surgery; Acoustic Neuromas; Epilepsy and Movement Disorders
Medical Degree: State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center
Residency: Children's Hospital Medical Center and Peter Bent Bringham Hospital, Boston, MA, Neurosurgery
Fellowship: Cornell University, New York, NY, General Surgery; National Hospital for Nervous Disease, Queens Square, London, England; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, Neurosurgery
Certifications: Neurosurgery
Appointments: 410-328-3514

Bizhan Aarabi, M.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery; Director, Neurotrauma
Special Interests: Neurotrauma; Spinal Surgery
Medical Degree: Shiraz University Medical School, Shiraz, Iran
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Neurosurgery
Fellowship: Wellesley Hospital, Neurosurgery; Hamilton General Hospital, Neurosurgery; McMaster University, Neurosurgery; University of Nebraska, Neurosurgery
Certification: Neurosurgery
Appointments: 410-328-7371

E. Francois Aldrich, M.B., Ch.B.
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery; Neurosurgical Program Director, Maryland Brain Attack Team; Chief of Cerebrovascular Surgery; Neurosurgical Residency Program Director
Special Interests: Spinal Surgery; General Neurosurgery; Cerebrovascular Surgery
Medical Degree: University of the Orange Free State, South Africa
Residency: University of the Orange Free State, Neurosurgery
Certifications: Neurosurgery
Appointments: 410-328-0937

Amiel W. Bethel, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Special Interests: Complex Spinal Surgery; Spinal Tumors; Motion Preservation Spinal Surgery; Brain and Spinal Trauma; Sports-Related Neurologic Injury
Medical Degree: University of Pennsylvania
Residency: University of Maryland, Neurosurgery
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (Research)
Certifications: Neurosurgery
Appointments: 410-553-8160

Khalid H. Kurtom, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Medical Degree: George Washington University
Residency: George Washington University Hospital, Neurosurgery
Fellowship: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Neurosurgery
Appointments: 410-820-9117

Curtis N. Nelson, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Special Interests: General Neurosurgery
Medical Degree: University of Rochester
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Neurosurgery
Certifications: Neurosurgery
Appointments: 410-328-6034

Charles A. Sansur, M.D., M.H.S.
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery; Director of Spine Surgery
Special Interests: Complex spine surgery; Endoscopic and microscopic transsphenoidal surgery; Craniocervical junction pathology and syringomyelia
Medical Degree: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency:University of Virginia Medical Center, Neurosurgery
Fellowship:University of Virginia, Neurosurgery/Orthopedic Surgery - Complex Spine; Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand, Brain and Spine
Certifications: Neurosurgery
Appointments: 410-328-0282

J. Marc Simard, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Neurosurgery; Professor of Pathology; Professor of Physiology
Special Interests: Carotid and Cerebrovascular Surgery; Gamma Knife Radiosurgery; Cancer; General Neurosurgery
Medical Degree: Creighton University
Residency: Shands Hospital, Neurosurgery
Fellowship: Physiologisches Institut, Universität des Saarlands, Germany
Certifications: Neurosurgery
Appointments: 410-328-0850

Clifford Solomon, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Medical Degree: Medical College of Pennsylvania
Residency: Johns Hopkins University, Neurosurgery
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University, Neurosurgery
Certifications: Neurosurgery
Appointments: 410-553-8160

Graeme F. Woodworth, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Medical Degree: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Neurosurgery
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Neuro-Oncology-NCI/Nanotechnology for Cancer Medicine; Weill Cornell Department of Neurological Surgery, Skull Base Endoscopy
Certifications: Neurological Surgery; CNS Applications; Stereotactic Radiosurgery; Cyberknife Robotic System
Appointments: 410-328-6148

This page was last updated on: March 28, 2013.

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