
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 a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brain Aneurysm. 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
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Dr. Caplan specializes in the treatment of cerebrovascular disorders of the brain, head, neck and spine, such as aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, arteriovenous fistulas, moyamoya disease, carotid artery stenosis and stroke. He is dual fellowship trained in both open cerebrovascular neurosurgery and endovascular neurosurgery, allowing him to offer patients the full spectrum of the latest surgical and endovascular techniques in treating these diseases. Dr. Caplan also focuses on treating acoustic neuromas and other tumors of the skull base, including meningiomas. Dr. Caplan graduated with honors from the Johns Hopkins University with a degree in neuroscience, where he spent time in the Hunterian Neurological Surgery Research Laboratory. He then earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He completed his neurosurgery residency at Johns Hopkins, along with fellowships in cerebrovascular neurosurgery and endovascular neurosurgery, also at Johns Hopkins. He then completed an additional fellowship in endovascular neurosurgery at the University of Miami before returning to join the Johns Hopkins faculty. Dr. Caplan is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brain Aneurysm. His top areas of expertise are Brain Aneurysm, Arteriovenous Malformation, Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation, Thrombectomy, and Carotid Artery Surgery.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Dr. Tamargo specializes in the treatment of aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs), and cavernous malformations of the brain and spinal cord in both adults and children. Dr. Tamargo specializes in revascularization procedures for moyamoya disease. For this condition, Dr. Tamargo performs either a microsurgical encephaloduroarteriomyosynangiosis (EDAMS) or a microsurgical extracranial-to-intracranial artery bypass. Dr. Tamargo also specializes in the treatment of acoustic neuromas (vestibular schwannomas). A recipient of numerous honors and awards, some of Dr. Tamargo's most recent accolades include the Neurosurgery Faculty Teaching Award and the Hopkins Richard S. Ross Clinician Scientist Award. Dr. Tamargo is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brain Aneurysm. His top areas of expertise are Brain Aneurysm, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Acoustic Neuroma, and Schwannoma.
Johns Hopkins University
Judy Huang is a Neurosurgery provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Huang is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brain Aneurysm. Her top areas of expertise are Trigeminal Neuralgia, Arteriovenous Malformation, Subdural Hematoma, Rhizotomy, and Microvascular Decompression. Dr. Huang is currently accepting new patients.
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.

